Steven Chipps
Unit Leader to USGS SD Coop Unit, Professor
Biography
Originally from Virginia, I joined the South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Unit in 1999 and currently serve as the Unit Leader. My research interests include feeding ecology and energetics of fishes. Before joining the South Dakota Coop Unit, I worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Aquatic Ecology at the University of Illinois.
If you would like my CV or more information, please feel free to contact me at my Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ email address noted above.
If you would like my CV or more information, please feel free to contact me at my Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ email address noted above.
Education
- Ph.D. | University of Idaho
- M.S. | West Virginia University
- B.S. | Davis and Elkins College
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
I teach graduate courses in aquatic trophic ecology and ecology of aquatic invertebrates.
Committees and Professional Memberships
- American Fisheries Society
- Dakota Chapter American Fisheries Society
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
- Society of Wetland Scientists
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ and Scholarly Work
Areas of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½
My research focuses primarily on aquatic food web ecology and bioenergetics of fishes. My students and I use quantitative tools such as energy budgets, diet analysis, stable isotopes and foraging models to help address fisheries management questions.
