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Principal Investigator
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Brook L. Fluker (He, Him)
Associate Professor of Aquatic Ecology in the department of Biological Sciences at Arkansas State University. Curator of Fishes and Aquatic Macroinvertebrates at the Arkansas Center for Biodiversity Collections (ACBC). Brook received a BS in Biology from Henderson State University, MS in Biology from the University of Louisiana Monroe, and PhD from the University of Alabama.
Find me on:
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ResearchGate


PhD Students
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Brittany L. McCall (She, Her)
PhD Candidate in Environmental Science and SUPERB Scholar at Arkansas State University. Diversity Fellow of Environmental Studies at Augustana College. Brittany received a BS in Biology from Austin Peay State University and MS in Biology from Arkansas State University.
Dissertation Research: Small Cats Matter: the Potential use of Madtom Catfishes as Conservation Tools for the Southeastern US.


​Visit Brittany's Website
Masters Students
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Hilary K. Canada
Graduate Assistant in Biological Sciences and SUPERB Scholar at Arkansas State University. Hilary received a BS in Biology from Arkansas State University.
Thesis Research: Population Genomic Assessment of the Endangered Cumberland Darter (Etheostoma susanae).

Visit Hilary's Website


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Dustin R. Thomas
Graduate Student in Biological Sciences and SUPERB Scholar at Arkansas State University. Dustin received a BS in Biology from Arkansas State University.
Thesis Research: Assessment of Walleye in the Eleven Point River, Arkansas, Following a Six-year Stocking Gap.

Undergraduate Student Researchers
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Benjamin Brown
is researching blackspot disease, a trematode parasite, in fishes
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Kylee Wood
​is researching thermal tolerance in Madtom catfishes
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Meghan Hughes
​is researching blackspot disease, a trematode parasite, in fishes
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Noah Carter
is new to the lab in Fall 2022! 
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Emily Letner
is new to the lab in Fall 2022!
Lab Alumni
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Anna M. Pieri 
MS Biological Sciences - Graduated May 2022
Thesis: Evaluating the potential effect of nitrogen and toxicological responses of juvenile Lampsilis reeveiana (Mollusca: Unionidae) in the Buffalo National River.
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Co-Advised with Jennifer Bouldin.
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Alexsis Mross 
MA Biological Sciences - Graduated May 2021
Practicum: Assessing species boundaries among clades of the Least Darter, Etheostoma microperca, using multilocus species delimitation methods and morphological data.
Taylor Lee
MS Environmental Sciences - Graduated May 2018
Thesis: Analysis of environmental DNA methods for the detection of small stream fishes.
Kyle Dineen
MS Biological Sciences - Graduated December 2017
Thesis: Genetic connectivity of Rainbow Darters (Etheostoma caeruleum) and Southern Redbelly Dace (Chrosomus erythrogaster) throughout the Mississippi Corridor.
Brittany L. McCall
MS Biological Sciences - Graduated August 2017
Thesis: Stability at Low-densities or Endangered? Spatiotemporal Population Dynamics of the Caddo Madtom (Noturus taylori).
Profiles under construction for:
  • Kenny Jones
  • Kandria Driskill
  • Jennifer Taylor
  • Annie Savage
  • Tyler Brown
  • River Watson
  • Kelsey Wagster
  • Landen Ho
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bfluker@astate.edu
Brook L. Fluker
870-972-3253