Meet the Faculty of the UW Biodiversity Conservation and Management Program
Meet the Faculty
Amy Carrozzino-Lyon Academic Director UW-Green Bay
Restoration Scientist I, Natural & Applied Sciences.
Fields of interest: Wetland ecology and conservation, fish and wildlife ecology and management, ecological restoration and monitoring, human dimensions of natural resources, environmental outreach and education, stakeholder engagement.
B.S. (2006) Penn State; M.S. (2009) Virginia Tech; Ph.D. (2012) Virginia Tech.
Patrick Forsythe UW-Green Bay
Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Biology).
Fields of interest: Fisheries biology and ecology with emphasis on ecosystems of the Great Lakes region; mating systems and early life history dynamics of fishes; behavioral ecology and species interactions; population/community ecology; landscape ecology; conservation biology; dynamic evolutionary processes that lead to adaptation.
B.S. (2000), M.S. (2003) Eastern Illinois University, Ph.D. (2010) Michigan State University.
Lisa Grubisha UW-Green Bay
Associate Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Biology).
Fields of interest: Fungal ecology and evolution, Microbial diversity and function, Conservation Biology, Population Genetics, Phylogenetics.
B.S. (1988) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, M.S. (1998) Oregon State University, Ph.D. (2005) University of California-Berkeley.
Christopher Houghton UW-Green Bay
Assistant Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences.
Fields of interest: Community ecology of Lake Michigan and Green Bay fishes, invasive species interactions, habitat classification and utilization by fish, remote sensing.
B.S. (2004) University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; M.S. (2006) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2006); Ph.D. (2015) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
John Jacisin UW-Green Bay
Assistant Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Biology).
Fields of interest: Conservation Paleontology, Herpetology, Morphology, Geometric Morphometrics, GIS, trait-environmental modeling.
B.A. (2012) Albion College, M.S. (2014) University of Oregon, Ph.D. (2021) Texas A&M University.
Daniel Meinhardt UW-Green Bay
Associate Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Biology) (retired).
Fields of interest: Human anatomy and physiology, comparative vertebrate anatomy, and evolutionary biology.
B.S. (1992) Southern Illinois University; Ph.D. (2002) University of Kansas.
Daniel Niquette UW-Green Bay
Lecturer, Natural & Applied Sciences.
Fields of interest: Conservation biology, ecology, environmental science, fisheries biology, limnology, aquaponics.
B.S. (1984) University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; M.S. (1989) Mississippi State University.
Paolo Segre UW-Green Bay
Assistant Professor, Natural & Applied Sciences.
Fields of interest: Movement ecology; conservation physiology; functional morphology; birds and mammals.
B.S. (2003) University of Illinois; M.S. (2006) University of Montana; Ph.D. (2015) University of British Columbia.
Karen Stahlheber UW-Green Bay
Assistant Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Biology).
Fields of interest: Natural ecosystem restoration; connections among species diversity in plant communities; ecosystem processes and human management.
B.A. Middlebury College; Ph.D. University of California Santa Barbara.