Eric Elias

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 three of the four "core" lab courses in the Biology Department, but I also have taught an occasional lecture section of Organismal Biology (Bio 102),  as well as my January IEX course Minnesota Aquatic Stewardship (Bio 131).  This course gets students learning about aquatic biology and ecosystems and their role as environmental stewards through, among other things, fly tying and fly fishing.  Yes, you can find places to fly fish in January in Minnesota!  I also serve as a faculty sponsor for January Career Exploration Internships.

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.

Courses Taught