Jahn Kallis

Jahn Kallis

Graduate Research Associate

Aquatic Ecology Laboratory

Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology

The Ohio State University

Room 203H, Research Center

1314 Kinnear Road

Columbus, Ohio 43212

Email:  kallis.3@osu.edu

Research Interests:

My current research interests focus on assessing biotic and abiotic mechanisms influencing the success of stocked age-0 saugeye (Sander vitreus X S. canadensis).  Specifically, I am completing a meta-analysis of historical fisheries data collected by the Ohio Division of Wildlife and comparing the survival and growth of saugeye stocked at two different sizes: fry and fingerlings.  Additional components of my Ph.D project include quantifying overwinter growth using PIT tagging to distinguish between size-dependent overwinter mortality and size-dependent overwinter growth, and determining whether early growth rates of fish coming out of the hatchery relate to survival in the reservoir.  

Education:

Ph.D Graduate Student. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Major: Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology.

Advisors: Elizabeth A. Marschall and Roy A. Stein

M.S. 2005. Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.

Major: Environmental Science

Advisor: Leo Bodensteiner

Thesis title: A water budget and changes in Salinity, Soap Lake, Washington

B.S. 2000 Whitworth College

Major: Biology

Advisor: LeaAnn Chaney

Professional Experience:

Graduate Research Associate.  2007-present. Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology (EEOB), The Ohio State University (OSU).

Environmental Scientist.  2005-2007. URS Corporation, Anchorage Alaska/Baton Rouge Louisiana.

Graduate Research Associate. 2002-2005. Western Washington University, Bellingham Washington.