Eric’s research focus is eco-evolutionary dynamics of aquatic ecosystems--the bi-directional interactions occurring between ecology and evolution in nature. He combines surveys of genetic, phenotypic, and ecological variation in nature with field and laboratory experiments to examine how evolution shapes populations, communities, and ecosystems and how these changes feed back to shape the trajectory of evolution.

Peter received his BSc and MSc from the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and his PhD from Memorial University of Newfoundland. In the summer of 2014 he made the final leg of a long journey back to his home state of Alaska, where he joined the faculty in the Department of Fisheries in the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. As Principal Investigator of the Salmonid Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Lab (seec-lab.com), Peter and his students strive to understand the ecological patterns and processes that give rise to adaptation in nature, the consequences of adaptation for management and conservation, with the goal of sustaining the connections between salmon, people, and place.

Bert is the ADF&G Central Region Supervisor. His research has focused on salmon ecology including lake and stream trophic, paleolimnolgy, size and age patterns, hatchery and wild interactions, and spawning population monitoring. This research serves as a template for his commercial fisheries management responsibilities. Education: B.S. University of Colorado, M.S. Utah State University.