Kevin A. Thompson
I am originally from south Florida where I
established a relationship with the ocean early through diving, surfing
and fishing. My first working experience in fisheries was as a
volunteer during high school for the NMFS Southeast Science Center
juvenile goliath grouper study. From Florida I attended the College of
William and Mary where I graduated in '05 with a BS in Biology. While
in college, I was a volunteer at the Virginia Institute of Marine
Science (VIMS) in the Fisheries Genetics Lab, working on sandbar sharks
and immediately after graduating I stayed at VIMS working in the field
for the juvenile striped bass and bluefish survey. I attended the
University of Florida Dept. of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences for my MS
working on mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) predatory interactions
with non-native, ornamental poeciliid fishes. After my thesis
defense I came directly to OSU to work for Selina Heppell and Grant
Thompson (NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center).
Since beginning at OSU I have been developing a
research project to address diet of groundfish predators in Alaska in
relation to abiotic and biotic factors and incorperation into ecosystem
models. I also spent 3 weeks on a leg of the Alaska Fisheries Science
Center's Gulf of Alaska groundfish survey as a biologist. I have also
been involved in the OSU Loop Group, a group of researches interested
in a qualitative community analysis methodology which has lead to
presentations at Oregon AFS and the PICES annual meeting in South Korea
in October 2009.
When not working in Nash Hall, you can find me
surfing out at Newport, playing water polo on the OSU Men's club team,
hiking around Oregon, organizing tailgates for Beaver football, and
generally enjoying the Pacific Northwest.
Contact:
kevin.thompson@oregonstate.edu
Short CV:
Research and Organization
Links
AFSC
AFSC
Ecosystem Research
OSU Loop Group
Oregon Chapter, American Fisheries
Society
PICES
Other Links
Oregon Surf Report and Forcast
Oregon Surfrider