Eric EliasFaculty

I have been interested in the outdoors since I was a kid and have been fortunate enough to have found a career that lets me help others get excited about our natural world.  At Gustavus I primarily teach laboratory components of two of the four "core" courses in the Biology Department.  I also teach non-majors about Minnsesota fish and aquatic insect biology, freshwater ecosystems, and ways that they can become informed and involved environmental stewards through, among other things, fly tying and fly fishing.  I also serve as a Faculty Advisor for the Gustavus Fly Fishing Club and am Co-Advisor for the Gustavus chapter of the Tri-Alpha Honor Society that recognizes the accomplishments of first-gen college students.  

My professional interests include the disruption of the reproductive endocrine systems of fishes by environmental estrogens, the natural history study of nongames freshwater fishes, and aquatic entomology.

I live in St. Peter and enjoying watching my kids' sporting events.

Publications:

Elias, Eric E., Eddie Kalombo, and Steven Don Mercurio.  2007.  Tamoxifen protects against 17a-ethynylestradiol-induced liver damage and the development of urogenital papillae in the rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum).  Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 26(9):1879-1889.

Hatch, Jay T. and Eric E. Elias.  2002.  Ovarian cycling, clutch characteristics, and oocyte size of the river shiner Notropis blennius (Girard) in the Upper Mississippi River.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology  17(1):85-92.

Hatch, J. T. and E. E. Elias.  1997.  Anesthesia and stomach content removal experiments on small nongame fishes.  Minnesota Natural Heritage and Nongame Wildlife Research Technical Report:1-11.

Courses Taught