Karen Gaines
Graduate student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Graduate Research Assistant
khgaines@ku.edu
Primary office:
785-864-1500
Takeru Higuchi Hall
Program: KU Aquatic Ecology Laboratory
Advisor: Jim Thorp, Senior Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey, and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Advisor: Jim Thorp, Senior Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey, and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Academic degrees
B.S., Ecology, Ethology, & Evolution, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Secondary Science Teacher Certification, Life Sciences and Broad Field Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Graduate work leading to Ph.D. candidacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Department of Biology
Research interests
Aquatic ecology, food web structure, odonate biodiversity and ecology, conservation​
