JAY V. HUNER

P.O Box 44509
Lafayette, LA 70504
piku@classicnet.net

BIOGRAPHY

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Jay V. Huner holds a Ph.D. in Marine Sciences from Louisiana State University - 1975 - and a B.S. in Zoology and Physiology from Louisiana State University - 1968. A 3 year+ stint in the U.S. Air Force as a Food Service Officer interrupted his graduate studies in the early 70's.  Since graduating from Louisiana State University, Dr. Huner has worked in the Biology Department and Small Farm Research Center at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1975-88.

Dr. Huner has been associated with the International Association of Astacology, the international freshwater crawfish association, since 1974 shortly after it was founded in Austria in 1972. He has held all elected positions in the IAA and has served as the General Manager of the IAA's Permanent Home Secretariat (office) since the latter half of the 1980s.

EDUCATION & ACADEMIC HONORS:

BS Zoology, Louisiana State University 1968 (cum laude), Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

PhD Marine Sciences, Louisiana State University 1975, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Docent (Adjunct Prof), University of Kuopio, Kuopio Finland 1987.

Mid-Winter Fair Association Professorship, 1991, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana. Renewed 1994,1997,& 2000.

Honorary Doctorate of Natural Sciences,University of Kuopio,2000, Kuopio, Finland.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

1968-69/1972-75 - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Zoology & Physiology and School of Forestry & Wildlife Management, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1969-72 - Food Service Officer, U.S. Air Force, Texas and Alaska, Highest Rank 1st Lt.

1975-88 - Assistant, Associate & Full Professor of Biology and Full Professor of Fisheries, Department of Biological Sciences and Small Farm Research Center, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1988-Present - Director, Crawfish Research Center & Adjunct Professor of Aquaculture, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

International Association of Astacology, World Aquaculture Society, American Fisheries Society (Parent Society & Fish Culture), Society of the Sigma Xi, National Aquaculture Association, Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Louisiana Catfish Farmers Association, Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Association, Louisiana Ornithological Society, Louisiana Soft-Shell Crawfish Association, Louisiana Wildlife Federation, Gulf and Estuarine Research Society, and Waterbird Society.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

American Fisheries Society-Fish Culture Section - Newsletter Ed.

International Association of Astacology - Manager, Perm Home Off, Sec/Treas, Pres-Elect, Pres, & Past Pres, Newsletter Ed/Co Ed.

Louisiana Soft-Shell Crawfish Association - Sec, Sec/Treas, & Newsletter Ed. World Aquaculture Society - Assoc Ed.

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:

Distinguished Service Award, American Fisheries Society 1981.

Research Achievement Award, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education 1984.

Chancellor's Research Achievement Award, Southern University,

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1985.

Distinguished Service Award, Louisiana Soft-Shell Crawfish

Association 1991.

Outstanding Research Award, College of Applied Life Sciences,

University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana

1995.

Honorary Life Member, International Association of Astacology

1996.

President’s Cup, Louisiana Wildlife Federation, 2001.

TRAVEL:

Mexico, Costa Rica, Canada, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, Singapore, Australia, England, Jersey, France, Switzerland, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Belgium, Italy, Germany, and Russia.

RESEARCH FUNDING:

National Science Foundation, Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, La. Sea Grant College Program, La. Dept. of Agriculture, La. Board of Regents, La.Crawfish Promotion & Research Board, La. Water Resources Research Institute, Coypu Foundation, American Protein Corporation, FinnSugar OY, La. Dept. of Natural Resources, La. Dept.of Environmental Quality, La. Seafood Marketing & Promotion Board, La. Soybean and Grain Promotion & Research Board, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, and Gulf & South Atlantic Fisheries Development Foundation.

SPECIES OF INTEREST AND RESEARCH AREAS:

Freshwater crawfishes, channel catfish, ornamental fishes (goldfish and koi carp), sunfishes, alligators, and migratory birds including colonial wading birds, neotropical songbirds, and waterfowl.

Aquaculture, extensive, semi-intensive, and intensive; fish and crustacean polyculture; general crustacean physiology and population dynamics including impact of predator birds; avian biodiversity, ecotourism, and shrimp/crawfish harvesting gear development.