Lauren Stigers

• Ph.D. Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University
• M.S. Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University
• Graduate Certificate in College/University Teaching, Auburn University
• B.S. Fisheries Biology & B.S. Environmental Science, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

• Michigan Sea Grant Extension Educator, 2019-Present
• Research Associate of Science Education Research at Michigan State University, 2018-2019
• Research Associate of Water Quality and Aquatic Ecology at Delaware State University, 2017-2018
• Technician at Auburn University, 2017
• Intern at the Conservation Fund Freshwater Institute, 2010

• Lake Superior Citizens Fishery Advisory Committee, Voting Member
• North Central Regional Aquaculture Center, Technical Committee – Extension
• United States Aquaculture Society Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society, Director

Boyd CE, Jescovitch LN. 2020. Penaeid Shrimp Aquaculture. In G Lovrich & M Thiel (Eds.), The Natural History of the Crustacea: Fisheries and Aquaculture (Vol 9). Oxford University Press USA

Jescovitch LN, Scott EE, Cerchiara JA, Doherty JH, Wenderoth MP, Merrill J, Urban-Lurain M, Haudek KC. 2020. Comparison of machine learning performance using analytic and holistic coding approaches across constructed response assessments aligned to a science learning progression. Journal of Science Education and Technology. Special Issue: Machine Learning in Science Assessment. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-020-09858-0

Jescovitch LN, Scott EE, Cerchiara JA, Doherty JH, Wenderoth MP, Merrill J, Urban-Lurain M, Haudek KC. 2019. Deconstruction of holistic rubrics into analytic rubrics for large-scale assessments of students’ reasoning of complex science concepts. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 24(7) https://doi.org/10.7275/9h7f-mp76

Williams MA, Thurlow CM, Carrias A, Ran C, Newman M, Tweedie J, Allison E, Jescovitch LN, Wilson AE, Terhune J, Liles MR. 2019. Bacillus velezensis AP193 exerts probiotic effects in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and reduces aquaculture pond eutrophication. Aquaculture. 503:347-356.

Pine HJ, Jescovitch LN, Roy LA, Boyd CE, Davis DA, Brown TW. 2018. Growth of Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, cultured on inland low salinity pond soils. North American Journal of Aquaculture 80:273-277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/naaq.10031

Thongda W, Zhao H, Zhang D, Jescovitch LN, Liu M, Guo X, Schrandt M, Powers SP, Peatman E. 2018. Development of SNP panels as a new tool to assess the genetic diversity, population structure, and parentage analysis of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Marine Biotechnology 20(3):385-395 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-018-9803-y

Jescovitch LN, Ullman C, Rhodes M, Davis DA. 2018. Effects of different feed management treatments on water quality for pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture Research 49:526-531 https://doi.org/10.1111/are.13483

Jescovitch LN, Boyd CE. 2017. A case study: Impacts of deviating from model research design to the commercial industry for split-pond aquaculture. Aquacultural Engineering 79: 35-41 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaeng.2017.09.001

Jescovitch LN, Boyd CE, Whitis GN. 2017. Effects of mechanical aeration in the waste-treatment cells of split-pond systems on water quality. Aquaculture 480: 32-41 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.08.001

Jescovitch LN, Chaney P, Boyd CE. 2016. A preliminary assessment of land-to-water surface area ratios (LWR) for sustainable land use in aquaculture. Papers in Applied Geography 2(2): 178-188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23754931.2015.1115367

Jescovitch LN, Moen S, Abdl-Haleem F, Seilheimer. 2023. The Great Lakes Future Fishers Initiative: Supporting the next generation of Great Lakes commercial fishing and seafood processing industries. Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.11005

Doherty J, Cerchiara J, Scott E, Jescovitch LN, McFarland J, Haudek K, Wenderoth, MP. 2023. Oaks to arteries: The physiology core concept of “flow down gradients” supports transfer of student reasoning. Advances in Physiology Education, 47: 282-295. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00155.2022

Zhang D, Mohammed H, Ye Z, Rhodes MA, Thongda W, Zhao H, Jescovitch LN, Fuller SA, Davis DA, Peatman E. 2022. Transcriptomic profiles of Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) gill following infection by the ectoparasite Amyloodinium ocellatum. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 125: 171-179 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2022.05.017

Seilheimer TS, Wiermaa E, Jescovitch LN. 2021. Fisheries, hatcheries, and aquaculture- What’s the difference? Choices. Quarter 4 Special Issue: The Economics of U.S. Aquaculture https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/the-economics-of-us-aquaculture/fisheries-hatcheries-and-aquaculturewhats-the-difference

 Staples AJ, Abaidoo E, Jescovitch LN, Chambers D, Melstrom RT, Malone T. 2021. Regulatory landscape of the U.S. aquaculture supply chain. Choices. Quarter 4 Special Issue: The Economics of U.S. Aquaculture https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/the-economics-of-us-aquaculture/regulatory-landscape-of-the-us-aquaculture-supply-chain