Kevin Fitzsimmons

Professor, Environmental Science

CALES Director for International Programs

Pronouns: he/him

Program(s):
Fisheries Conservation and Management
Fisheries Conservation and Management Invasive Species Ecology Restoration Ecology

Research

Aquaculture - making aquaculture more sustainable by integrating with irrigated agriculture, substituting ingredients in aquafeeds to eliminate the use of fishmeal and fish oil, and developing multi-trophic farming systems using shrimp, fish and seaweeds.

Teaching

I teach two courses in aquatic biology one that covers aquatic plants and wetlands and the other that covers biology and culture of freshwater and marine algae:

SNRE/ENVS 474/574 Aquatic Plants and the Environment

SNRE/ENVS 475/575 Freshwater and Marine Algae

Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science, 1999, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  • MS in Marine Biology, 1986, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
  • BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1978, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ