Kevin Pangle

Postdoctoral Researcher

Aquatic Ecology Laboratory

Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology

The Ohio State University

Room 200R, Research Center

1314 Kinnear Road

Columbus, Ohio 43212

E-mail: pangle.3@osu.edu

Office (direct): (614) 292-3666

AEL: (614) 292-1613

Fax: (614) 292-0181

Education:

Ph.D. 2008. Michigan State University, Fisheries and Wildlife & Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior.

M.S. 2003. Purdue University, Forestry and Natural Resources.

B.S. 2001. Lake Superior State University, Biology.

Teaching interests:

As a scholar of ecology, I believe that teaching ecology and evolution serves an important function in our society: it not only provides a means to aid aspiring future ecologists, but also a stimulating venue to expose all students to the nature of science, to develop their critical thinking, and to help them become better citizens. My goal as a teacher is to make the workings of science accessible to every student while fostering in them a deep appreciation for the natural world.

Instructing the 2008 MSU Ecology class at the Kellogg Biological Station

At OSU, I am currently developing a course entitled “Computer Programming for Ecologists” that I will instruct with Dr. Stuart Ludsin during the upcoming winter quarter. The course will begin with fundamentals of programming and then step through a variety of programming applications, including automation of repetitive tasks, data management, permutation-based statistical analyses, and construction of an ecological model. The course will also include an independent project in which students can choose a programming task to complete that will help them with their own research. Importantly, we have designed the course for students with no prior knowledge of programming.

Research Interests:

The general theme of my research is tackling important, applied problems with basic ecological and evolutionary theory. My work focuses on aquatic invertebrates and fish, and, in particular, how the behavior of these organisms is shaped by predation and environmental constraints and how behavioral changes, in turn, influence the dynamics of aquatic food webs. My doctoral dissertation addressed the interactions between an invasive invertebrate species and native zooplankton prey in the vertical water column of Lake Michigan. At OSU, I am currently studying fish-invertebrate communities in Lake Erie and have extended my research to broader spatial scales through the use of some novel scientific tools.

Selected Publications:

Pangle, K. L., S. A. Ludsin, and B. J. Fryer. In review. Otolith microchemistry as a stock identification tool for freshwater fishes: testing its limits in Lake Erie. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Pangle, K. L., and S. D. Peacor. In press. Light-dependent predation by the invertebrate planktivore, Bythotrephes longimanus. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Pangle, K. L., S. D. Peacor, and O. E. Johannsson. 2007. Large nonlethal effects of an invasive invertebrate predator on zooplankton population growth rate. Ecology 88:402-412.

Pangle, K. L., T. M. Sutton, R. E. Kinnunen, and M. H. Hoff. 2004. Overwinter mortality of age-0 lake herring in relation to body size, physiological condition, and energy stores. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:1235-1246.