DONALD GENE CLOUTMAN Associate Professor of Biology (Aquatic Sciences) 1500 Birchmont Drive NE Phone 218-755-2877 (work) |
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Biography Teaching, research, environmental monitoring, and management leading to conservation of natural resources and preservation of biodiversity while maintaining economic well-being and quality of life for mankind. Bemidji State University, Department of Biology- Aquatic Sciences Coordinator, August 1998-present. Responsible for administrating the aquatic biology program and maintaining the Harold W. Peters Aquatics Laboratory at Bemidji State University; developing curriculum and teaching courses in Physical and Chemical Limnology, Biological Limnology, Ichthyology, Fisheries Management, Readings in Aquatic Biology, Parasitology and Advanced Projects in Biology; advising aquatic biology students; and developing a research program in aquatic biology. Taught liberal education Cellular and Molecular Biology and Evolution and Ecology courses during summer sessions, 1999-2000. Sobran, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (Contractor for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency)- Biologist, March 1998-July 1998. Crew chief for the EPA Region 5 large river EMAP (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program). Responsible for designing and procuring sampling equipment; supervising a field crew that collected physico-chemical, periphyton, macroinvertebrate, and fish samples; and conducting a literature survey on bioassessment techniques of large rivers. Mississippi State University, College of Forest Resources, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries- Graduate Teaching Assistant (Applied Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecology; Fish and Wildlife Policy and Law Enforcement; Fisheries Management), August 1997-December 1997. Responsible for lab preparation, assisting in field exercises, helping in the development of curriculum, grading papers, and occasional lecturing. Mississippi State University, College of Forest Resources, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries- Graduate Research Assistant, August 1994-August 1997. Responsible for researching the biological and socio-economic effects of supplemental stocking of channel catfish in a floodplain river ecosystem in the Delta region of Mississippi, including writing the research grant proposal, field data collection (creel surveys and sampling fishes with hoop nets and trotlines), writing press releases, statistical analysis of fisheries and socio-economic data, writing annual reports, and supervising project technicians. Duke Power Company, Applied Science Center, Huntersville, NC?] Scientist, February 1974?]November 1979, November 1984?]August 1994. Fisheries project leader responsible for researching and monitoring effects of hydro, fossil, and nuclear electric generating facilities on fishes, including field and laboratory observations, statistical analysis of data, writing reports, and supervising project personnel. Experienced and proficient in: collecting all life history phases of fish with a wide variety of gear, including rotenone, electrofishing, horizontal and vertical gill nets, seines, trawls, trap nets, hoop nets, and push nets; identification of larval and adult fishes; taxonomy and ecology of fish parasites, especially monogeneans; statistical analysis of a wide variety of fisheries data, including population estimates, creel surveys, economic analysis, index of biotic integrity, habitat suitability curves and instream flow methodologies, fish health assessments, food habits, age?]growth, mortality, and fecundity; and writing and editing project proposals, scientific reports, and publications. Worked closely with corporate engineers and government regulatory biologists and engineers to design and operate environmentally sound electric generating facilities so that balanced indigenous communities would be maintained in ambient waters. Deeply involved in attaining and maintaining National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits at electric generating facilities. Worked on committees establishing endangered and threatened fish lists in North Carolina and South Carolina. Established and curated the Duke Power Company Fish Museum, a regional reference collection of over 2,300 lots of fishes from the Carolinas. Open Door Publishing Company, Burdett, KS- President, November 1979?]November 1984: Responsible for administration, typesetting, camera work, platemaking, and offset press work. Did job printing and published advertising material. Edited and published a children's magazine that was mailed throughout the United States and several foreign countries. University of Arkansas, Department of Zoology- Teaching Assistantship (Zoology; Limnology), August 1973-January 1974. Responsible for lab preparation, lab lectures, and preparing and grading lab tests. University of Arkansas, Department of Zoology- Research Assistantship (Fish Parasitology), July 1970?]July 1973. Responsible for collecting fish; necropsies; preserving, mounting, and identifying parasites; analyzing parasitological data; and writing reports. Fort Hays Kansas State University, Department of Zoology- Teaching Assistantship (Zoology), February 1970-June 1970. Responsible for lab preparation, lab lectures, and preparing and grading lab tests. Hardware- Operation of DOS-operated (PC) personal computers. Software- Microsoft Windows, Office, Word, Excel, Powerpoint; Word Perfect; Quatro Pro; Harvard Graphics; SAS (Statistical Analysis System); Statistica; BIODIV Version 5.1 (Program for calculating biological diversity parameters, similarity, niche overlap, and cluster analysis); NTSYS-pc Version 1.40 (Numerical Taxonomy and Multivariate Analysis System); CANOCO Version 2.1 (Canonical Community Ordination by Partial Detrended Canonical Correlation Analysis, Principal Components Analysis and Redundancy Analysis); PC-ORD; SPSS (Statistical Programs for the Social Sciences). Military Service: United States Army, active duty July 1968?]February 1970; Chaplain's Assistant, 159th Engineer Group, 20th Engineer Brigade, Republic of Vietnam, January1969?]February 1970; Rank SP/5; Honorable Discharge July 1974. Professional Services Chairman of the Board of Directors, Headwaters Science Center, Bemidji, Minnesota, 2000-present. Technical Advisory Committee, Northwest Minnesota Foundation, 2001-2004. Big Bog Citizens Advisory Committee, Waskish, Minnesota, 2001-2004. Education: Ph.D. Forest Resources (Fisheries), Mississippi State University, December 1997. Dissertation: Biological and socio-economic assessment of stocking channel catfish in the Yalobusha River, Mississippi. M.S. Zoology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, May 1974. Thesis:Parasite community structure of selected game fishes related to season and water quality in Lake Fort Smith, Arkansas. B.S. Zoology, Fort Hays Kansas State University, May 1968. Special Studies: University of Arizona Marine Ecology Course, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, May-July 1973. Professional Awards: Duke Power Company Vision Award, 1994, for developing new thermal regulations and operating procedures, which enhanced power plant operations and environmental conditions for aquatic biota. Honors: Beta Beta Beta (Academic) Fort Hays Kansas State University. Phi Kappa Phi (Academic) Fort Hays Kansas State University. Professional Associations: The American Fisheries Society: member 1971?]present, Certified Fisheries Scientist 1979, life member 1985. The American Fisheries Society, Minnesota Chapter: member 1998-present, academic representative to EXCOM 2001-2004. Scholarship committee 2003-present. The American Fisheries Society, Mississippi Chapter: member 1995-1997. The American Fisheries Society, North Carolina Chapter: member 1990?]1994, President 1991. The North Carolina Fisheries Workers Association: member 1988?]1990, Secretary/Treasurer 1988?]1989. The American Fisheries Society, Southern Division: member of Warmwater Streams Committee 1990?]1994. The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists: member 1978?]present. The Helminthological Society of Washington: member 1985?]present. The Southeastern Fishes Council: member 1985?]1994, Historian 1990?]1994. Links:
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