Olden Research Lab

The Olden Research Lab

School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences

University of Washington - Box 355020

Seattle, WA 98195

(206) 616-3112

Dr. Julian Olden

Assistant Professor

olden@uw.edu

(206) 616-3112

School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences

University of Washington Box 355020

Seattle, WA 98195

Welcome to the Olden Lab, where our:

Mission is to advance the science and practice of conserving freshwater biological diversity, and our

Vision is a world where people understand, value, and conserve freshwater ecosystems.

Main research themes include:

Ecology and management of invasive species
Environmental flows and the ecological impacts of hydrologic alteration by human activities
Conservation biogeography
Fish life-history strategies responses to environmental change
Ecology and conservation planning of desert fishes
Community ecology of freshwater organisms
Climate change and conservation strategies for the future

Recent News:

Nov '09: Julian participates in the first millennium conference of ESA on "Water-Ecosystem Services, Drought and Environmental Justice"

Oct '09: The Olden Lab welcomes new post-doc Angela Strecker and research associate Mariana Tamayo!

Sept '09 Julian and Chris Konrad (USGS/TNC) are leading a new NCEAS working group: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/projects/12374.

Aug '09: Julian recently returned from the INTECOL meeting in Brisbane where he organized a special symposium on global fish biogeography (click here)

Aug '09: The Olden Lab welcomes Julien Cucherousset who is visiting from Bournemouth University from July 22nd to the 31st.

Jul '09: We welcome Francis Lin and Kerry Ung - American Fisheries Society Hutton Scholars - who are working on our Washington crayfish project.

Jan '09: Our project that is forecasting the spread of aquatic weeds in Washington was featured in the Seattle Times (click here)

Research Opportunities:

PhD student to study amphibian conservation in the desert southwest (click here)