Rate My Professor Jay Stauffer

Stauffer's prolific research includes over 170 publications and extensive work on biodiversity in Lake Malawi, where he has described numerous new cichlid species, such as Cyrtocara macrocleithrum (1985), a facultative cleanerfish (1991), and a revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra complex introducing a new genus and ten new species (1997). His studies also cover schistosomiasis control through ecological interactions among schistosomes, snails, humans, and fish predators, as well as invasive species effects on native fishes in Pennsylvania watersheds. As principal or co-principal investigator on over 140 funded projects from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and others, his contributions address conservation, invasives, and public health. Honors include American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (2021), Fulbright Research Scholarships to Malawi (1990-1991, 1995-1996), Phi Sigma Award and Sigma Xi Research Award (1974), and certification as Professional Fisheries Biologist. He chairs the department's Promotion and Tenure Committee, the University Committee of Systematic Collections, and serves on advisory commissions for rare fishes in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Stauffer teaches ichthyology, systematics, and ecology of fishes.