Justin Sipiorski

BIO

Professor of Biology Justin Sipiorski is a UW-Stevens Point alum. His broad research interests span across the past 50 years of ichthyological issues using recently collected specimens and those housed in the fish collection. Biological collections hold a wealth of biological information that can be used in countless research endeavors on evolution, biodiversity, biogeography, environmental degradation and even climate change. Many of Dr. Sipiorski’s students also work on various fish husbandry projects in the lab. They sample fishes on a regular basis to monitor local fish biogeography and collect fish tissues for research using fish DNA. Student mentorship and involvement in his field and lab work is the cornerstone of Sipiorski’s professional interests. Professor Sipiorski publishes his biological illustrations, with recent work appearing in the Peterson Field Guide Series.  

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
• North American Native Fishes Association
• Southeastern Fishes Council

AWARDS

• Pucci Family Faculty Award, UWSP Department of Biology (2010)
• SRF Student Research, Wisconsin Bluespotted Salamander biogeography (2010)
• UEI Summer funding for student to study Central Mudminnow husbandry (2010)

PUBLICATIONS

Cover Article: Krajewski, C., J. T. Sipiorski, and F. E. Anderson. 2010. Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequences and the Phylogeny of Cranes (Gruiformes: Gruidae). The Auk, 127(2): 440-452.

200+ illustrations in: Page, L. M. and B. M. Burr. 2011. The Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Boston, Massachusetts. 388pp.