Thomas F. Turner

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Professor

Regents' Professor; Curator, Division of Fishes, Museum of Southwestern Biology

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Email: 
turnert@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-7541
Office: 
306 CERIA

Education:
Florida International University, PhD, 1996
Ohio University, MS, 1990

 
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Research Area(s)

Aquatic Ecology,  Conservation Biology,  Evolutionary Biology,  Population Genetics & Phylogenetics,  Riparian Ecology

Research Interests:

Ecology, evolution, and conservation of aquatic biota and riparian zones in dryland regions of the world.

 

Profile:

I am interested in how science and policy interact in natural resource conservation. I am co-chair of the Independent Scientific Review Panel for the Columbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Program, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program.

Selected Publications:

Turner, T.F., Bart Jr, H.L., McCormick, F., Besser, A.C., Bowes, R.E., Capps, K.A., DeArmon, E.S., Dillman, C.B., Driscoll, K.P., Dugger, A. and Hamilton, G.L., et al. 2023. Long-term ecological research in freshwaters enabled by regional biodiversity collections, stable isotope analysis, and environmental informatics. BioScience, 73:479-493.

Osborne, M.J., Archdeacon, T.P., Yackulic, C.B., Dudley, R.K., Caeiro‐Dias, G. and Turner, T.F., 2024. Genetic erosion in an endangered desert fish during a megadrought despite long‐term supportive breeding. Conservation Biology, 38: p.e14154.

Awards:

  • Gila Trout Distinguished Service Award, Trout Unlimited, 2021
  • ASIH Meritorious Teaching Award in Ichthyology, 2019
  • Endangered Species Recovery Champion Award, US Fish & Wildlife Service, 2012
  • NSF CAREER Award for integration of research and teaching in a museum setting, 2002