Welcome to the web page of Kenneth W. Thompson.

Kenneth W. Thompson: I earned a Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin in 1976 in Zoology/Ichthyology. I am a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania where I teach comparative anatomy, ecology, ichthyology, aquatic biology and related courses. I am a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Marine Science Consortium where I also serve as Curator of Fishes.

My Office is in Ulmer Hall room 323

My Office Hours for the fall semester, 2009.

Monday 2:30 - 4:50 pm
Tuesday 9:00 - 9:50 am
Thursday 9:00 - 10:50 am

Research Interests: My research interests are the evolution of fishes, cytotaxonomy and water quality monitoring.

Current Projects:

Karyotypic and geographic variation of the bantam sunfish, Lepomis symmetricus.

Karyotype of the black sea bass, Centropristis striata

Karyotype of the skilletfish, Gobiesox strumosus

 

 

Chromosomes of          

Lepomis symmetricus

 

Classes that I teach:

   BIOL309 - Ecology (f;2/3) 3 sh.




BIOL315 - Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates (sp;3/3) 4 sh.

 


BIOL305 - Ichthyology (summer;2/3) 3 sh.
 


   BIOL411 - Aquatic Biology (f;2/3) 3 sh.

Links

http://www.asih.org/
American Fisheries Society
 
Association of Zoos and Aquariums
 

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