Rate My Professor Jim Stoeckel

Jim Stoeckel is an Associate Professor in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences at Auburn University. He earned his Ph.D. in Zoology from Miami University in 2007, M.S. in Zoology from The Ohio State University in 1994, and B.S. in Biology from Northern Kentucky University in 1988. Stoeckel joined Auburn University as an Assistant Professor in 2007 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2013. Prior roles include Teaching and Research Assistant at Miami University from 2002 to 2007 and Assistant Supportive Scientist/Technical Scientist at the Illinois Natural History Survey from 1993 to 2002.

Stoeckel's research examines individual- and population-level effects of environmental stressors on molluscs and crustaceans and their impacts on population viability. Key areas include suspended sediments, advection, developmental bottlenecks, invasive species, thermal stress, and agrochemicals in lentic and lotic systems ranging from large rivers to small streams, reservoirs, and floodplain lakes. His current research focuses on population dynamics of Southeastern molluscan and crustacean fauna, emphasizing unionid mussels and crayfish. He directs the Crustacean and Molluscan Ecology Lab. Stoeckel received the Grantsmanship Award from the College of Agriculture at Auburn University in 2013 and the Best Presentation by a Professional Award at the 18th International Association of Astacology Symposia in 2010. His professional affiliations include the International Association of Astacology, Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, and Southeastern Crayfish Biologists Working Group. Notable publications include "Novel polyfluorinated compounds identified using high resolution mass spectrometry downstream of manufacturing facilities near Decatur, Alabama" (Newton et al., 2017, Environmental Science & Technology); "Behaviour and physiology are linked in the responses of freshwater mussels to drought" (Gough et al., 2012, Freshwater Biology); "High suspended solids as a factor in reproductive failure of a freshwater mussel" (Gascho Landis et al., 2013, Freshwater Science); "Towards a cohesive strategy for the conservation of the United States’ diverse and highly endemic crayfish fauna" (Taylor et al., 2019, Hydrobiologia); and "Effects of inorganic sediment and food concentrations on energetic processes of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha" (Madon et al., 1998, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences).