AMNIS OPES INSTITUTE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Professors at 6 Brazilian
- Senior Scientist With
Bob Hughes is a Senior Scientist with Amnis Opes Institute and a Courtesy Associate Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University. He obtained an A.B. in Psychology & Biology (1967) and a M.Sc. in Resource Planning & Conservation (1973) from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Fisheries (1979) from Oregon State University. Bob is Immediate Past-President of the American Fisheries Society (AFS, 2014-2015) and a member of Oregon's Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team (2004-present), which reviews state actions for rehabilitating salmon populations and watersheds. He was elected President of the AFS International Fisheries Section (2015-2016), Western Division (2006-2007), Water Quality Section (1999-2001), and Oregon Chapter (1994-1995). Hughes chaired the North American Benthological Society's Science and Policy Committee (2002-2011), and he was a technical advisor to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (1990-1994; 2000-2004), the University of Minnesota's Great Lakes Environmental Indicators Program (2001-2005), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Klamath River Chinook Salmon Review Panel (2011). Dr. Hughes has served on national advisory committees for the National Ecological Observatory Network (2013), Aquatic Gap Analysis Program (2011-present), European Fish Index (2007-2009), National Research Agency of France (2006), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1996-2012), and Water Environment Research Federation (1999-2000). Bob worked as a Visiting Senior Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil in 2009 and the Federal University of Lavras, Brazil in 2010, and as a Guest Professor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria in 2012. Dr. Hughes has served on the committees of 16 graduate students in the USA, Austria, Brazil, China, and France.
Dr. Hughes is currently aiding professors at 6 Brazilian universities in their efforts to implement rigorous bioassessment programs across 3 states and he is collaborating with the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences to field test lake, river, and stream sampling methods for subsequent national implementation. From 2001 to 2003, he contracted with the USEPA Office of Water to develop guidelines for state biocriteria. In 1990 to 2000, Bob worked as indicator coordinator working closely with 14 scientists at three USEPA laboratories and four universities, where he designed and implemented a 19 lake pilot study to evaluate indexing and assessment issues for bird, fish, benthos, zooplankton, and diatom assemblages in New England. From 1994 to 1996, Dr. Hughes contracted with 3 federal agencies to develop a strategy for restoring and protecting stream/riparian ecosystems on nonfederal lands. This responsibility included tracking the work assignment, preparing the technical proposal, and writing portions of the strategy. From 1992 to 1996, Dr. Hughes supervised five team leaders and 50 contract staff. In this position he suggested new areas of research, acquired project funding, designed studies, prepared research protocols, supervised field crews, analyzed data, and prepared reports and peer-reviewed manuscripts for publication. He administered the budget and was responsible for hiring, travel, training, employee evaluations, and counseling, as well as for applying corporate policies and quality assurance and health and safety protocols.
Jason has over 15 years of experience working on rivers and lakes across the western United States. During this time, he has worked extensively on the development of non-wadeable river monitoring protocols including the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program and National Rivers and Stream Assessment Program. He has designed and built several variations of boat electrofishers for both state and federal agencies. He is also a certified Level 4 Swiftwater Rescue Instructor through the American Canoe Association. When not in the field or office, he spends his time fishing, hunting and skiing with his wife and two daughters.
Job Titles:
- Project Manager, Crew Leader
Maggie has 6 years of experience conducting stream surveys and participating in various aquatic ecological research projects. As an undergraduate she studied Environmental Science at the University of Kansas. Simultaneously, she worked in the Kansas Biological Survey- Central Plains Center for Bio-assessment macroinvertebrate laboratory. After her graduation, she continued her work in stream ecology and in 2014 began leading field crews conducting stream surveys with Amnis Opes Institute. Maggie has been involved in EPA's National Rivers and Stream Assessment (NRSA) for 4 years, collecting data throughout the mid-western and western United States. Her work experience includes fish husbandry and both field and laboratory fish identification. She also has been involved in permitting and report writing for ecological research