Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey

Title: Graduate Research Assistant

Email: osbornej@onid.orst.edu

Major Professors: Scott Heppell and Hiram Li

Education: Honors BS cum laude (Fisheries and Wildlife), 2003
Oregon State University

Master of Science (Fisheries Science), December 2006
Oregon State University

Office: Nash 018 (Aquarium Room)

Phone: (541) 737-2407 or -4531

Fax: (541) 737-3590

Personal Web Address: http://oregonstate.edu/~osbornej/

Personal Interests:

My personal interests include all things ‘fishy.’ Additionally, I spend copious amounts of time fly-fishing (look out steelhead!), fly-tying, SCUBA diving, hiking, camping, backpacking, snowshoeing, photography, gardening, and wild mushroom picking.  I enjoy spending time on early morning walks with my wife, daughter and dogs, playing with my god-daughters/nieces/nephews, volunteering my time teaching fish ecology to young children and highschoolers, and just plain chillin’ with friends.  I also enjoy (but am only occasionally afforded the opportunity to participate in) softball, reading anything non-science, and late-night poker binges with close friends (whereupon I usually loose my wallet and dignity).

Publications/Technical Reports:

Webster, M.S., Osborne-Gowey, J.D., Young, T.H., Freidenburg, T.L, and B.A. Menge. In Press. Persistent regional variation in populations of a tidepool fish.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

Osborne-Gowey, J. 2006. Responses of a threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi) to an introduced, invading salmonid: ecological implications for growth, stress, and behavior. Master of Science thesis, Oregon State University.

Osborne-Gowey, J. 2003. Historical Patterns of Skeletal Deformities in Fishes of Columbia River Drainages. Honors Bachelor of Science Thesis. Oregon State University.

Chastain, J., J. Feldhaus, M. Heck, G. Ogawa, J. Osborne-Gowey, C. Rombough, and A. Schwab, 2002. Fishes of Rickreall Creek. Technical report for the Polk Soil and Water Conservation District, City of Dallas, and the Rickreall Watershed Council.  (order of authorship alphabetical)

Grants/Awards:

-Student Travel Award, Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 

 2004

-Meritorious Service Award, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife (OSU), 2004

-Waldo-Cummings Outstanding Student Award, Oregon State University,  

 2003

-Best poster, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife (OSU) annual competition,

 2003

-Best student poster, Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society,

 2002

-Significant Science Contributions Award, Rickreall Watershed Council, 2002

-Undergraduate Research Innovation Scholarship Creativity (URISC) grant,

 2002

-Department of Fisheries and Wildlife (OSU) Research Fund, 2001

-Undergraduate Research Innovation Scholarship Creativity (URISC) grant,

 2001

-Chambers Environmental Research Fund (CERF) grant, 2001

Research/Work in Progress:

Osborne-Gowey, J., M. Webster and B. Menge.  In Progress.  Ecological consequences of regional variation in foraging in a guild of tidepool fishes.  To be submitted to Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Osborne-Gowey, J. and D. Markle.  In Progress.  Historical patterns of skeletal deformities in fishes of Columbia River drainages.  To be submitted to Northwestern Naturalist.

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