| Geoffrey Smith |
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Office: Morrow Library G31F Lab: Morrow Library G18 Email: smith1090@marshall.edu Graduate Assistant/
Teaching Assistant - Integrated Science and Technology |
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Education |
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Bachelors of Science
(with Departmental Honors) Biology (minor Environmental Science) Lycoming College Honors Thesis: "Colonization of Benthic Macroinvertebrates following construction of Fluvial Geomorphologic Structures" |
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Masters of Science
(anticipated May 2007) Biology (area of emphasis: Watershed Resource Sciences) Marshall University Thesis: "Analysis of the Blacknose dace complex (Family Cyprinidae, Genus Rhinichthys) in West Virginia using mtDNA" Major Professors: Tom Jones, Ph.D. and Charles "Chuck" Somerville, Ph.D. |
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Research Interests |
| Distribution and systematics of the
Blacknose dace complex in West Virginia Rhinichthys atratulus Rhinichthys obtusus obtusus Rhinichthys obtusus meleagris |
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| Benthic macroinvertebrate communities of
large river systems *the trichopteran shown is actually and undescribed species of Ceraclea collected from the Delaware River A single individual collected and identified by M. Bilger from the Susquehanna River was the first record but our collections found this species to be relatively common in the Delaware River. |
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| Benthic fish communities of large river systems |
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Technical Experience |
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Environmental Assessments Associates, LLC Barboursville, WV Project Manager and Research Diver Freshwater mussel (unionid) research - Muskingum River (Ohio) |
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Delaware River Basin Commission
(2001-2005) West Trenton, NJ Field Technician/ Aquatic Biologist Ambient water quality monitoring of lower, non-tidal Delaware River Biocriteria development for non-tidal Delaware River (benthic macroinvertebrate) |
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
(1999-2001) Williamsport, PA Scientific Intern Benthic macroinvertebrate taxonomy Blackfly supression program |
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Professional Organizations |
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Pennsylvania Chapter American Fisheries Society (2004- Present) |
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Entomological Society of Pennsylvania (2003 - Present) |
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North American Benthological Society (2007) |
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Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (2006 - Present) |
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West Virginia Academy of Sciences (2007) |
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G. Smith - July 2006 |
