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Dr Jessica HopkinsAssistant ProfessorOffice: ASEC 282
Email: jhopkins
Phone: 330 972 8115
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Research InterestsI study the ecology of streams and rivers. My work is set in the context of addressing human affects on stream ecosystems and their native organisms, and aims to contribute to better-informed conservation and stewardship. I use techniques grounded in historical ecology, landscape and community ecology, conservation and restoration ecology, and resource management. I am particularly interested in whether and how documented shifts in water quality translate into shifts in macroinvertebrate community structure. Currently, I am investigating the relationships between in-stream community structure and measures of stream ecosystem function with Dr. Amy Marcarelli at Idaho State University. Current projects in my laboratory include the design of a long-term real-time water quality monitoring network for streams on the Bath Nature Preserve, and the development of a habitat-based biological prediction model for use in stream restoration projects. Education2007. Doctor of Arts, Biology – Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Advisor: Dr. G. Wayne Minshall
Dissertation: Spatial and Temporal Evaluation of Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Portneuf River, Idaho and An Inquiry-based Field and Laboratory Exercise on In-stream Leaf Litter Decay
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
2002. Master of Science, Biology – Towson University, Towson, Maryland
Advisor: Dr. Susan Gresens
Thesis: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Response to Experimental Reduction of Fine Sediments in Streams
Outstanding Graduate Student in Biological Sciences
1999. Bachelor of Science, Biology – Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
Advisor: Dr. Michael Melampy
Senior Research Thesis: Microbial EPS in Hubbard Brook Streams
Graduated Magna Cum Laude; Presidential Scholarship, Alpha Lambda Academic Honorary
Selected PublicationsDelMonte, Jessica M. 2004. Increase general understanding of benthic science this fall. Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society No. 21 Vol. 2.
Hopkins, Jessica M. 2002. Microbial EPS in Hubbard Brook stream sediments. Pages 49-53 In Berkowitz, A.R., S.E.G. Findlay, F. Kessing, and R.S. Ostfeld (eds). Undergraduate Research Reports – 1998 and 1999. Occasional Publication of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Number 16, Milbrook, New York.
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