Kristopher J. Hunter Email & Phone Number

Nova Scotia, Canada

Antigonish, NS, Canada

Subcontracted to conduct habitat and population assessments of eight streams in Antigonish County for the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture as part of their ten year study to examine the effect of river restoration on river health and Speckled trout populations. Responsible for all aspects of the project including budgets, hiring and.

Antigonish, NS, Canada

Responsible for setup, instruction, and evaluation of human anatomy and physiology, biodiversity, botany, cell biology labs, comparative vertebrate physiology, and ecology. Also responsible for mentoring students, course management, and assisting in curriculum development. Gave guest lectures, tutorials, and ran seminars on variety of topics for students.

Antigonish, NS, Canada

Designed, organized and ran the annual 1 week long field camp for senior and junior aquatic resources students. The camp instructed the students on benthic invertebrate sampling and processing, sediment sampling and processing, water sampling techniques, fish sampling/handling techniques and social survey methods.

Antigonish, NS, Canada

Responsible for assisting in the maintenance of national animal care standards at St. FX and the oversight of all documentation for the St. FX Animal Care Committee.

Sherbrooke, NS

Responsible for developing a recovery plan for the St. Mary's River salmon populations using an integrated resource management approach. Project responsibilities include budgetary planning, research, public relations, and report preparation. Also responsible for developing culvert mitigations for two culverts that were barriers to fish passage.

Antigonish, NS, Canada

Oversaw a crew of four that was responsible for the installation and maintenance of in-stream structures that aid in the recovery of salmon and trout populations in the watersheds around Antigonish.Other duties included assisting with stocking efforts, keeping records of all in-stream improvements and completing end of season reports

Waterloo, ON / Vancouver, BC Canada

Responsible for overseeing all wet lab functions, including fish collection, husbandry, and facility maintenance. Species maintained included salmon, trout, eels, sturgeon, bass, burbot, garr. Assisted with an international multi-stake holder (government, industry, researchers, non-profit organizations) forum on sea lice in AquacultureCollaborated on.

West Vancouver, BC

Contracted to research and establish radioisotope and biohazard protocols and procedures

Responsible for setup, instruction, and evaluation of human anatomy and physiology, ecology and cell biology labs. Also responsible for mentoring students.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Environmental Biology

Investigating the effect of habitat restoration on the local fish and invertebrate communities. Took graduate courses in Integrated.

B.Sc, Joint Honours Biology And Mathematics

Graduated with first-class honours with a joint degree in Biology and Mathematics (Statistics). Also took courses in computer science.