Dr. Lisa Izzo
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Dr. Lisa Izzo
@lisakizzofisheries.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, interested in fish movement and how understanding it can help us assess and manage fish populations
We are looking for a graduate student to join us on a project focused on communities (vegetation and vertebrate) associated with aquatic habitat restoration! The ideal candidate will be interested in wetlands ecology and habitat restoration. Please share!

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science – Communities Associated with Aquatic Habitat Restoration | Natural Resources Job Board
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May 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Last week my 1st grad student started tagging walleye for her project. She'll be tracking these fish with acoustic telemetry to learn about their movements & habitat use in Watts Bar Reservoir. It's been awesome to see her bringing this project together - research as a #newPI just hit different ☺️
March 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The UTK Aquatics Lab had a great time at the Southern Division AFS meeting this week!
February 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
As a Christmas present, another paper from my postdoc work was published last week! We investigated survival and behavioral differences between fish immobilized using Aqui-S vs electro-immobilization with a TENS unit for acoustic tag surgery, and found none..... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A comparison of survival and behavior of lake whitefish following transmitter implantation using electro- or chemical immobilization - Animal Biotelemetry
Background The number of telemetry studies focused on lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in the Laurentian Great Lakes has steadily increased over the last decade, but field tests of immobilizati...
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January 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Finally made the jump over here from that other app - excited to reconnect with the science/fish social media world! For those that don't know me, I'm an assistant professor at UT-Knoxville interested in all things fish movement & fisheries management. #fisheries #fishsci #telemetry
January 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM