Kevin J. Roe

515-294-8332, Fax 515-294-2995
kjroe@iastate.edu
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~kjroe/

B.S. Zoology, University of Georgia, Athens, 1988
M.S. Zoology, University of Georgia, Athens, 1994
Ph.D. Biology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1999

Research

My research interests include the conservation genetics, systematics, and evolution of freshwater organisms. To date this research has included fishes (Cichlids, Centrarchids, and Lampreys), molluscs (Unionids), and crustaceans (freshwater shrimps). In particular I am interested in the relationships between unionid mussels and their host fishes and future projects include investigating patterns of coevolution using molecular tools. I am also interested in the role historical processes play in the distribution of species and have several projects investigating the biogeography of freshwater organisms in North America.

Teaching

AEcl 455, International Issues in Wildlife Management
NREM 475X/575X , Conservation Genetics
NREM 580, Research Orientation

Publications

Roe, K. J.  Molecular phylogenetics and zoogeography of the freshwater mussel genus Ptychobranchus (Bivalvia: Unionidae). - In Prep.

Roe, K. J., R. L. Mayden, and P. M. Harris. (2008) Systematics and zoogeography of the Rockbasses (Centrarchidae: Ambloplites). Copeia 2008: 858-867.

Bogan, A. E. and K. J. Roe. (2008). Freshwater bivalve (Unioniformes) diversity, systematics, and evolution: status and future directions. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27:349-369.

Harris, P. M., K. J. Roe, and R. L. Mayden.  (2005) Phylogenetic relationships of the sunfish genus Lepomis (Actinopterygii: Centrarchidae): alternative hypotheses derived from complete mitochondrial Cytochrome b gene sequences.  Copeia 2005(2): 340-346.

Campbell, D. C., J. M. Serb, J. E. Buhay, K. J. Roe, R. L. Minton, and C. Lydeard.  (2005) Phylogeny of North American amblemines: prodigious polyphyly proves pervasive.  Invertebrate Zoology 124 (2): 131-164.

Roe, K. J. and P. Hartfield.  (2005) Hamiota, a new genus of freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from the southeastern United States.  The Nautilus 119 (1): 1-10. 

Roe, K. J. and W. R. Hoeh. (2003). Systematics of Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida). In: C. Lyderard and D. Lindberg (Eds.) Molecular Systematics and Phylogeography of Mollusks. p. 93-122. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Roe, K. J., P. M. Harris, and R. L. Mayden. (2002). Phylogenetic relationships of the genera of North American sunfishes and basses (Percoidei: Centrarchidae) as evidenced by the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene.   Copeia 2002(4): 897-905.

Roe, K. J., P. Hartfield and C. Lydeard. (2001) Molecular systematics of the threatened and endangered superconglutinate producing mussels of the genus Lampsilis (Bivalvia: Unionidae) Molecular Ecology, 10: 2225-2234.