Ahmed Alsaqufi
Graduate Student
502.597.5083
ahmed.alsaqufi@kysu.edu

I was born in Saudi Arabia and got my bachelor's degree in Aquaculture from King Faisal University. I am very interested in fish genetics.

Travis Bailey
Graduate Student
502.597.5083
travis.bailey@kysu.edu

My hometown is Owenton, KY, but I was born in Marinette, WI. I received my B.S. in Animal Science with a Business minor from Morehead State University. Thesis title: Use of different lipid sources to evaluate essential fatty acid requirements in juvenile Australian red claw (Cherax quadricainatus) when fed a practical diet.

Nate Bussen
Graduate Student
502.597.5083
nate.bussen@kysu.edu

My hometown is Rexford, KS. I received my B.S. degree in Fisheries Biology from Kansas State University.  Areas of interest:  Centrarchid and Salmonid culture and fish nutrition.

Tiffany Ogunsanya
Graduate Student
502.597.5083
tiffany.ogunsanya

My hometown is Frankfort, KY.
I received my B.S in Biology at Western Ky. University. I am
interested in fish diseases.

Josh Patterson
Graduate Student
502.597.5035
joshua.patterson@kysu.edu

I'm from Roanoke, VA. Got my B.S. in Biology at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. My thesis is going to deal with paddlefish respiration/ bioenergetics.

Kelly R. Probst
Graduate Student
502.597.5083
kelly_probst@hotmail.com

Hometown: San Diego, CA
Education: B.S. Int'l Business Management, BYU-Hawaii.
Background: Eight years in corporate marketing and finance; fluent in Spanish.
Interests: Locating local and national market niches of live-sale product for Ky's fish growers, specifically within ethnic populations. Ideally, we'll create product and market packages that will help the growers choose what to stock in their ponds that will produce the highest economic gain.
 

Andy Redden
Graduate Student
502.597.5003
andrew.redden@kysu.edu

I'm from Owen County, KY, with an associate degree in Fish and Wildlife Mgt. from Hockling College in Athens, OH, and a B.S. in Biology from KSU. Presently, I'm working with largemouth bass and thesis research is on cheap alternative carotenoids for a color-enhancing koi diet. Plans are to work with a fish & wildlife agency or teach high school agriculture.

Kim Trosvik
Graduate Student
502.597.5083
kimberly.trosvik@kysu.edu

My home town is Ham Lake, MN. I earned my B.S. in Marine Biology at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, FL. My areas of interest are larval or early life stage fish nutrition and rearing techniques. Thesis title: Total replacement of fish meal with commercial yeast extract and soybean meal in practical organic diets for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). 

David Wood
Graduate Student
502.597.5083
david.wood@kysu.edu

Hometown: Pine Mountain, GA. College of B.S.-Savannah State
University, Savannah, GA. Area of Interest: saltwater shrimp and freshwater prawn production techniques and genetics.