Olden Research Lab

Dr. Julian Olden

Associate Professor

School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences

University of Washington Box 355020

Seattle, WA 98195

olden@uw.edu

(206) 616-3112

Welcome to the Freshwater Ecology and Conservation Lab, where our:

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

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

Main research themes include:

Ecology and management of invasive species
Environmental flows and the ecological impacts of hydrologic alteration by human activities
Linking food webs & nutrient fluxes to landscape change
Conservation biogeography
Functional ecology and environmental change
Ecology and conservation planning of desert fishes
Climate change and conservation strategies for the future

Research Opportunities

Want to join the Olden Lab? Click here for more info about us (link)

Recent News (Archive)

Feb '12: Julian just returned from his "fact-finding" trip in Kenya

Jan '12: Dave Lawrence was awarded the 2012 Student Spotlight North America from the Society for Conservation Biology (link)

Jan '12: The FEC Lab bids a fond farewell to Eric Larson and Thomas Pool, both recently defended their PhD dissertations, and both starting new post-doc fellowships!

Dec '11: NEW: Selected presentations from conferences and meetings are now posted. Click here.

Nov '11: Assessing ecosystem vulnerability to species invasions. New paper in Ecological Applications.

Oct '11: National parks serve as potential protected areas for freshwater fishes ... the paper is out in Conservation Letters!

Sep'11: The FEC lab welcomes new MS students Polly Gibson and Laura Twardochleb.

Sep'11: AFS National Meeting in full effect. Check out our special symposium "Crayfish In Western North America: Research Opportunities and Management Challenges"