Hi!  My name is Ashlee Paver.  I am a graduate student here at UAPB.  Originally I am from Lebanon, Pennsylvania. I graduated in 2005 from the Mansfield University of PA where I earned undergraduate degrees in both Fisheries and Environmental Science.  I have worked in many places including Arizona, Wisconsin and the Michigan Upper Peninsula on various fisheries type projects.  My current research involves developing new methods for fathead minnow culture.  My hobbies include fishing and taking care of my many turtles J

Hi, my name is Adam Nanninga.  I grew up near Bowling Green Ohio.  I received my Associates degree from Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio and my Bachelors from Lake Superior State University in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.  I have worked for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Lake Superior State University Atlantic Salmon hatchery, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Forest Service, the Oregon Game and Fish Commission, and the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission before becoming research associate and part-time graduate student studying catfish production at UAPB. 

Hi, my name is Daryl Weldon.  I was born and raised in the Mile High City.  I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Oregon in 2002.  The emphasis of my undergraduate career was neurobiology, marine sciences, and chemistry.  My experience in aquaculture before coming to UAPB was raising zebrafish and sticklebacks for embryological neural development experiments at U of O and the University of Colorado-Health Sciences Center.  I really enjoy raising fish and the main emphasis of my research here at UAPB is finfish nutrition.  In the future I hope to work as a Fish Culturist for a state hatchery and eventually teach college level biology and work in marine resource management using GIS to monitor productivity of natural systems through the application nutritional indices.         

Hello, my name is Calvin Fisher.  I was born in Phoenix, Arizona.  From there I moved to Springs, Colorado where I lived until I was 10.  I then moved to Long Beach, Mississippi where I have lived most of my life.  I graduated from Long Beach High School in 2006.  During high school, I gained an interest in the aquaculture/fisheries field and was able to obtain a scholarship to UAPB.  While at UAPB, I was able to get a student internship.  I was awarded the undergraduate student of the year award and also the catfish farmers of Arkansas scholarship which required that I give a presentation at the annual CFAS meeting.  Later that year, I also gave that same presentation at the annual research forum. 

Aquaculture/Fisheries Center Research Specialist
UAPB Aquaculture Research Station Manager