Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Steven Lynn Powers

Assistant Professor of Biology

Department of Biology

Reinhardt College

Waleska, GA 30183-2981

(770) 720-9220 phone

(770) 720-5602 fax

SLP@reinhardt.edu

Education:

University of Alabama 08/99 – 08/03. Ph.D. (Biology)

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Dissertation title: Systematics and evolution of snubnose darters of the subgenus Ulocentra (Actinopterygii: Percidae).

Advisor: Dr. Richard L. Mayden

Eastern Kentucky University 08/97 – 08/99. M.S. (Biology)

Richmond, KY 40475

Georgetown College 08/92 - 05/95. B.S. (Biology)

Georgetown, KY 40324

Miami University 08/90 - 05/92. (Biology)

Oxford, OH 45056

Research Focus:

Evolution, biogeography, systematics, ecology, and conservation of North American freshwater fishes.

Current Research:

Influence of population size on the evolution of stream fishes in the southeastern United States.

Evolution, biogeography, systematics, and conservation genetics of the darter subgenus Ulocentra (Percidae: Etheostoma)

Evolution, conservation genetics and systematics of the Ashy Darter, Etheostoma cinereum (Percidae)

Evolution and systematics of the Speckled Chub, Macrhybopsis aestivalis species complex (Cyprinidae)

Life history of the Coosa Shiner, Notropis xaenocephalus (Cyprinidae); Rainbow Shiner, Notropis chrosomus (Cyprinidae); and Southern Studfish, Fundulus stellifer (Fundulidae).

Genetic structure and biogeography of the Bandfin Shiner, Luxilus zonistius and Yellowfin Shiner, Notropis lutipinnis (Cyprinidae) in North Georgia

Teaching Experience and Associated Responsibilities:

Assistant Professor of Biology 08/03 – present

Reinhardt College, Department of Biology

Instructing Evolutionary Biology, Vertebrate Zoology, Aquatic Zoology, General Zoology, Biology Seminar and General Biology I & II courses. Supervising work-study students. Guiding student research. Advising biology majors. Serving on college committees.

Graduate Teaching Assistant 08/01 – 12/02 & 08/99 – 05/00

University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences

Instructing Introductory Biology for Non-Majors lecture and Introductory Biology for

Majors laboratory courses.

Graduate Teaching Assistant 08/97 – 6/99

Eastern Kentucky University, Department of Biological Sciences

Instructing Zoology and Introductory Biology for Non-Majors laboratory courses.

Science Teacher 08/95 - 06/97

Frankfort High School, Frankfort, KY

Instructing General Science, Earth Science, Environmental Science and Introductory Chemistry & Physics courses. Assistant varsity football, basketball and baseball coach.

Research Experience and Associated Responsibilities:

Graduate Research Assistant 01/03 – 07/03 & 05/00 – 08/01

University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences

Collecting and assisting in curation of fishes and tissues in the University of Alabama Ichthyological Collection. Collection and analysis of DNA sequence, morphological, and osteological data from fishes. Collection and analysis of fish community and stream habitat data. Georeferencing locality data. Database construction and management. Supervising undergraduate researchers.

Graduate Research Assistant 08/97 – 08/99

Eastern Kentucky University, Department of Biological Sciences

Collecting and assisting in curation of fishes in the Branson Museum of Zoology. Collection and analysis of fish community and stream habitat data. Collecting macroinvertebrates for bioassessment. Performing stream habitat assessments.

Aquatic Biologist 06/98 - 08/98

Commonwealth Technologies Inc.

Collecting and identifying fishes and aquatic invertebrates for biological assessment of streams and reservoirs. Collecting and preparing water and sediment samples for chemical analysis.

Publications:

O’Kelley, C. T. and S. L. Powers. (submitted 7/06). Life History of the Alabama Hog Sucker, Hypentelium etowanum (Actinopterygii: Catostomidae) in Northern Georgia.

Powers, S. L. (in press). Sciaenidae, Embiotocidae, Mugilidae & Synbranchidae; Drums, Surfperches, Mullets and Swamp Eels. In: R. L. Mayden and B. M. Burr (eds.). North American Freshwater Fishes: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior. Academic Press.

Powers, S. L. and R. L. Mayden. (in press). Evolution, systematics and biogeography of the Etheostoma simoterum species complex (Percidae: subgenus Ulocentra). Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History.

Lang, N. J., S. L. Powers, and R. L. Mayden. 2005. Conservation status of undescribed madtoms of the Noturus elegans species complex in the Upper Tennessee River system. Southeastern Naturalist. 4(4):585-596.

Mayden, R. L. and S. L. Powers. 2004. Biochemical systematics and species diversity in the Macrhybopsis aestivalis species complex from Gulf Coastal Rivers, with comments on species relationships (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). In: Vilano, M. and A. Bladeras (eds.). Homanaje al Doctor Andres Resendez Medina, Un Ictiologo Mexicano. Universidad Autonoma de Neuvo Leon.

Powers, S. L., R. L. Mayden, and D. A. Etnier. 2004. Conservation genetics of the Ashy Darter, Etheostoma cinereum (Percidae: subgenus Allohistium), in the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers of the southeastern United States. Copeia. 2004(3):632-637.

Powers, S. L. and R. L. Mayden. 2003. Etheostoma cervus: a new species from the Forked Deer River System in western Tennessee with comparison to Etheostoma pyrrhogaster (Percidae: subgenus Ulocentra). Copeia. 2003(3):576-582.

Powers, S. L. 2003. Modification of Index of Biotic Integrity for Russell Fork of upper Big Sandy River system, Kentucky. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 64(1):6-11.

Powers, S. L., G. L. Jones, P. Redinger, and R. L. Mayden. 2003. Habitat associations with upland stream fish assemblages in Bankhead National Forest, Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist. 2(1):85-92.

Powers, S. L. and R. L. Mayden. 2002. Threatened fishes of the world: Etheostoma cinereum Storer, 1845 (Percidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 63:264.

Powers, S. L. and R. L. Mayden. 2002. Threatened fishes of the world: Percina aurolineata Suttkus & Ramsey, 1967 (Percidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 63:116.

Powers, S. L. and P. A. Ceas. 2000. Ichthyofauna and biogeography of Russell Fork (Big Sandy River - Ohio River). Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings. 41:1-13.

Powers, S. L. and M. L. Warren, Jr. (in prep.). Conservation genetics, evolution and vicariance biogeography of Etheostoma raneyi, Etheostoma cervus, and Etheostoma pyrrhogaster (Percidae: subgenus Ulocentra) of the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States.

Lang, N. J., S. L. Powers, and D. A. Neely. (in prep.) Etheostoma luteovinctum (Teleostei: Percidae) as a surrogate for trans-drainage evolutionarily significant units.

Presentations:

Mayden, R. L., K. J. Roe, P. M. Harris, D. A. Neely, and S. L. Powers. Phylogeny of Sunfishes and Basses, Family Centrarchidae (Teleostei; Perciformes). American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Tampa, FL. 2005

Warren, M. L., Jr. and S. L. Powers. Conservation genetics of the Yazoo Darter, Etheostoma raneyi, and vicariance in streams of upper Coastal Plain hills. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norman, OK. 2004

Powers, S. L. Conservation genetics of the threatened Ashy Darter, Etheostoma cinereum

(Percidae: Allohistium), in the Cumberland and Tennessee river systems. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Kansas City, MO. 2002.

Powers, S. L. Morphological variation within Etheostoma pyrrhogaster (Percidae:Ulocentra) between the Forked Deer and Obion river systems in western Tennessee. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Kansas City, MO. 2002.

Powers, S. L., G. L. Jones, P. Redinger, and R. L. Mayden. Habitat associations with upland stream fish communities in Bankhead National Forest, Alabama. Southern Division, American Fisheries Society, Little Rock, AR. 2002

Powers, S. L. and R. L. Mayden. Meristic, morphometric and pigment variation in the

Etheostoma baileyi (Percidae: Ulocentra) species complex. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, State College, PA. 2001.

Powers, S. L. and R. L. Mayden. Meristic, morphometric and pigment variation between

disjunct populations of Etheostoma baileyi (Percidae: Ulocentra). Association of

Southeastern Biologists, New Orleans, LA. 2001.

Powers, S. L. and P. A. Ceas. Ichthyofauna and biogeography of Russell Fork (Big Sandy

River - Ohio River). Association of Southeastern Biologists, Chattanooga, TN. 2000.

Invited Seminar:

Powers, S. L. Evolution, biogeography, conservation, ecology, and systematics of darters (Percidae: Etheostoma) in the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. North Georgia College and State University, Biology Department Seminar. 2004.

Extramural Research Funding:

Research Grant, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Asheville, NC 07/03

$2500 for systematics of Etheostoma cinereum species complex research

Research Grant, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Oxford, MS 01/03

$1000 for Etheostoma raneyi conservation genetics research

Research Grant, USDA Forest Service Southern Division, Athens, GA 08/02

$2000 for Etheostoma cinereum conservation genetics research

Conservation Research Grant, Bluegrass Wildwater Assoc., Lexington, KY 11/97

$500 for thesis research

Other Grants and Awards:

Faculty Development Research Grant, Reinhardt College 10/05

$950 for reasearch

Graduate Fellowship, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama 12/02

$7500 spring and summer stipend

Hill Fellowship, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama 04/02

$2500 summer stipend

Research Award, Student Activity Research Committee, University of Alabama 01/02

$475 for dissertation research

Matching Grant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama 01/02

$475 for dissertation research

Travel Award, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama 11/02

$300 for travel to professional meeting in July 2002

Research Award, Student Activity Research Committee, University of Alabama 01/01

$480 for dissertation research

Matching Grant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama 01/01

$480 for dissertation research

Travel Award, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama 11/01

$300 for travel to professional meeting in July 2001

Research Award, Graduate School, University of Alabama 09/00

$200 for dissertation research

Matching Grant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama 09/00

$200 for dissertation research

Travel Award, Southeastern Association of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 04/00

$50 for travel to professional meeting in April 2000

Travel Award, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama 11/99

$400 for travel to professional meeting in April 2000

Research Award, Student Activity Research Committee, University of Alabama 11/99

$420 for dissertation research

Matching Grant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama 11/99

$420 for dissertation research

Professional Societies:

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Southeastern Fishes Council

Extracurricular Positions and Awards:

Graduate Student Representative and Graduate Forum Convener 08/01 – 08/02

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama

Bluegrass Wildwater Association Conservation Officer 06/98 – 06/99

Lexington, KY

Varsity Football, Georgetown College 1992 - 1994

- Team Captain 1994

- Honorable Mention All-American 1994

- First Team All-Mid-South Conference 1993 - 1994

- Mid-South Conference Scholar Athlete 1992

Kappa Alpha Order Sergeant-at-Arms 1994 - 1995

Georgetown College

Varsity Football, Miami University 1990 - 1991