Find An Expert
Looking for answers to your mussel questions? Interested in funding opportunities and compliance requirements for research? Want more information about management and control of mussels? We have a variety of experts within the Invasive Mussel Collaborative ready to answer whatever questions you may have! Click through below to see our contacts by location and expertise. If you are an expert and would like to be added to our list, please let us know!
Joel Hoffman
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Topics: Detection Methods (Including molecular and genetic)
Located In: Washington, DC, USA
Primary focus on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
John Navarro
Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources
Topics: Ecosystem Impacts- Habitat and Native Species
Located In: Columbus, OH, USA
Primary focus on high quality streams in Ohio
Jon Amberg
U.S. Geological Survey
Topics: Detection Methods (Including molecular and genetic), Management/Control Tools - Development and Assessment
Located In: La Crosse, WI, USA
Conducted work in Mississippi River, Lake La Homme Dieu, and Maple Lake, WI as well as Tiber Reservoir, MT. Now involved with studies for mussel detection throughout the Pacific Northwest
Jonathan Bossenbroek
University of Toledo
Topics: Modeling
Located In: Toledo, OH, USA
Primary focus on the Great Lakes
Katherine Ayres
Topics: Dreissenid Biology and Life History, Management/Control Tools - Development and Assessment, Modeling
Located In: Santa Paula, CA, USA
Primary focus on Lake Piru, California
Keith Boulais
Premier Materials
Topics: Management/Control Tools - Development and Assessment
Located In: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Kelly Stockton-Fiti
KASF Consulting, LLC
Topics: Management/Control Tools - Development and Assessment
Located In: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Primary focus on the Colorado River system, but willing and able to travel to any location
Kristen DeVanna Fussell
Ohio Sea Grant
Topics: Ecosystem Impacts- Habitat and Native Species
Located In: Columbus, OH, USA
Primary focus on the western basin of Lake Erie
Kristin Thomas
Michigan Trout Unlimited
Topics: Dreissenid Biology and Life History, Ecosystem Impacts- Habitat and Native Species
Located In: DeWitt, MI, USA
Primary focus on Lake Michigan drowned river mouth lakes and rivers
Leah Kainulainen
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Topics: Detection Methods (Including molecular and genetic)
Located In: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Munising, MI, USA
Primary focus on Little Beaver Lake, MI and Grand Sable Lake, MI
Lewis McCaffrey
New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Topics: Ecosystem Impacts- Habitat and Native Species, Modeling
Located In: Albany, NY, USA
Primary focus on the Finger Lakes of New York
Lisa Jones
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Topics: Dreissenid Biology and Life History
Located In: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Primary focus on the St. Lawrence River
Lyuba Burlakova
Buffalo State College
Topics: Dreissenid Biology and Life History, Ecosystem Impacts- Habitat and Native Species
Located In: Buffalo, NY, USA
Primary focus on the Great Lakes region
Mark Anderson
National Park Service
Topics: Detection Methods (Including molecular and genetic), Ecosystem Impacts- Habitat and Native Species, Ecosystem Impacts- Nutrients, Management/Control Tools - Development and Assessment
Located In: Page, AZ, USA
Primary focus on Lake Powell and the Colorado River
Matt Claucherty
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
Topics: Ecosystem Impacts- Habitat and Native Species, Management/Control Tools - Development and Assessment
Located In: Petoskey, MI, USA
Primary focus on inland Lakes within the Northern Lake Huron Watershed
Matthew Barnes
Texas Tech University
Topics: Detection Methods (Including molecular and genetic), Modeling
Located In: Lubbock, TX, USA
Primary focus on North-Central Texas River Basins, with experience in the Great Lakes