Officers

The AFS Physiology Section is governed by officers with the support of an Executive Committee formed of past presidents and officers.

The current officers of the AFS Physiology Section are:


Dr. Anne Todgham (President)

President
Dr. Anne Todgham
Email: todgham@ucdavis.edu
AFS-Physiology Bio: Dr. Todgham is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Animal Science at the University of California Davis. As an environmental physiologist, Dr. Todgham has an interest in understanding the molecular, biochemical and physiological mechanisms that underlie an animal’s capacity to cope with environmental change, specifically their response to changes in multiple environmental variables. Dr. Todgham is a member of the California-Nevada Chapter, Western Division, and Physiology Section of the American Fisheries Society.
Todgham Lab Website

 

 


Dr. Erika Eliason (President-Elect)

President-Elect
Dr. Erika Eliason
Email: erika.eliason@lifesci.ucsb.edu
AFS-Physiology Bio: Dr. Eliason is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology at the University of California Santa Barbara. As an ecological physiologist, Dr. Eliason uses a combination of field and lab-based studies to investigate how fish cope with anthropogenic stressors (e.g., temperature, fisheries interactions). Much of her research focuses on how climate change affects physiological performance across populations, age, body size, and sex in marine and freshwater fishes. Dr. Eliason is a member of the California-Nevada Chapter, Western Division, Canadian Aquatic Resources Section, and Physiology Section of the American Fisheries Society.
Eliason Lab Website

 

 


Dr. Chris Myrick (Past President)

Past President
Dr. Chris Myrick
Email: chris.myrick@colostate.edu
AFS-Physiology Bio: Dr. Myrick is a Professor in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology at Colorado State University. Dr. Myrick is an applied fish physiological ecologist who applies fish physiology research tools to solve current and future management challenges while actively training future cohorts of fish biologists and fish physiologists. Dr. Myrick is a member of the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter, Western Division, and Physiology Section of the American Fisheries Society.
Myrick Lab Website

 

 


Dr. Ciaran Shaughnessy (Secretary/Treasurer)

Secretary/Treasurer
Dr. Ciaran Shaughnessy
Email: ciaran.shaughnessy@okstate.edu
AFS-Physiology Bio: Dr. Shaughnessy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Shaughnessy is an integrative physiologist who conducts research on the processes of stress and osmoregulation and the endocrine signaling controlling them with applications spanning ecological, evolutionary, and biomedical contexts. In his comparative physiological work, Dr. Shaughnessy seeks to understand how physiological processes related to stress and osmoregulation originated and evolved in by studying key groups (such as agnathans, cartilaginous fishes, and basal bony fishes) along the vertebrate phylogeny. Dr. Shaughnessy is a member of the Oklahoma Chapter and Physiology Section of the American Fisheries Society.

Shaughnessy Lab Website

 

 


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