Michael Kinnison

Expertise

? Coastal and marine topics, ?Ecology, ∆ Evolution, ? Fish, ? Fisheries, ? Wildlife

Kinnison studies the evolution of wildlife populations over contemporary time scales and its implications for population colonization, adaptation and broader scales of diversity. His work incorporates population ecology and genetics, morphometrics, physiology and behavior for theoretical and experimental studies of rapid evolution to conservation genetics of fish populations. Visit Kinnison’s biography to learn more.

A bubble graph showing a 60% research and 40% extension appointment split.
Kinnison balances time between research (60%) on the evolution of wildlife populations over contemporary time scales and its implications for population colonization, adaptation and broader scales of diversity, and teaching (40%) courses on ecology and environmental sciences.

Appointment details

Kinnison’s work is supported by:

  • School of Biology and Ecology at the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
  • Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station

Experiment Station contributions

  • Current project: Understanding and managing scale and connectivity in inland and marine fisheries as coupled human and natural systems. Hatch Multistate project number ME022306.