Eric EliasFaculty

Senior Continuing Lab Instructor in Biology

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 two of the four "core" lab courses in the Biology Department.  I also teach an experiential January-term course Minnesota Aquatic Stewardship (Bio 131).  In this course, students learn about fish and aquatic insect biology, freshwater ecosystems, and ways they can become informed and involved environmental stewards through, among other things, fly tying and fly fishing.  I also serve as a faculty sponsor for January Career Exploration Internships.

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 with my wife, Betsy, and our three children: Will, Iris, and June. 

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.

Education

B.S. Fisheries & Wildlife, University of Minnesota; M.S. Environmental Science, Minnesota State University-Mankato



Courses Taught

BIO-202 (Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Lab)

Past
Synonym Title Times Taught Terms Taught
BIO-101 Principles Lab 140 2023/FA, 2022/FA, 2021/FA, 2020/FA, 2019/FA, 2018/FA, 2017/FA, 2016/FA, 2015/FA, 2014/FA, 2013/FA, 2012/FA, 2011/FA, 2010/FA, 2009/FA, 2008/FA, and 2007/FA
BIO-102 Organismal Biology Lab 37 2022/SP, 2014/SP, 2013/SP, 2012/SP, 2011/SP, 2010/SP, 2009/SP, and 2008/SP
BIO-202 Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Lab 29 2023/SP, 2022/SP, 2021/SP, 2020/SP, 2019/SP, 2018/SP, 2017/SP, 2016/SP, 2015/SP, and 2014/SP
BIO-101 Principles of Biology 22 2012/FA, 2011/FA, 2010/FA, 2009/FA, 2008/FA, and 2007/FA
BIO-102 Organismal Biology 12 2013/SP, 2012/SP, 2011/SP, 2010/SP, and 2009/SP
BIO-131 MN Aquatic Stewardship 9 2024/JN, 2022/JN, 2020/JN, 2018/JN, 2017/JN, 2015/JN, 2012/JN, 2010/JN, and 2009/JN
BIO-268 Career Exploration 8 2016/JN, 2013/JN, 2011/JN, and 2008/JN
NDL-268 Career Exploration 6 2023/JN, 2019/JN, 2016/JN, 2013/JN, and 2011/JN
BIO-202 Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior 2 2019/SP and 2017/SP