Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member


Darren Shoemaker

Darren and green sunfish

PhD
Email: ds2951@msstate.edu

Biography

I began working in aquatic ecology as a technician during undergrad and became fascinated with the dynamic relationships between fish and climate change. I received my master's in biology from Purdue University – Fort Wayne with my thesis "An Examination of Relationships between Climate and Fish Communities in Agricultural Headwater Streams." After my master's, I decided to pursue my doctorate at Mississippi State University, studying how climate change will affect reservoir habitats across the United States.

Presentations Presentation Date
Shoemaker, D.S., L.E. Miranda, C.G. Dunn. 2023. Vulnerability of reservoir fish habitats to climate change. Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Natchez, Mississippi. February 2023
Shoemaker, D.J., L.E. Miranda, C.G. Dunn, R.P. Boyles, and K.M. Hunt. 2023. Challenges evaluating reservoir fish habitats in a changing climate. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Grand Rapids, Michigan. August 2023