![]() ![]() Her most recent work addresses the effect of road deicing salt on midges living in roadside wetlands. Currently, she is using midges to help understand how changes in habitats can alter the life histories of aquatic organisms. Her study organisms of choice are the larvae of small flies (midges) that live in aquatic sediments because these flies are an important part of aquatic food webs and are important indicators of ecosystem health. She has studied the effects of variability of food resources on interactions between small insects and the algae they eat in lakes, streams, and wetlands. Her personal research interests lie in the ecology of communities of freshwater organisms that live on the bottoms or on surfaces in lakes, streams, and wetlands. Silver was the Editor-in-Chief of a highly-rated international scientific journal, Freshwater Science (formerly the Journal of the North American Benthological Society), and she edits and oversees the publication of ~100 scientific papers a year. Along the way, she works hard to convey her passion for ecology, especially aquatic ecology, and the joy to be found in creating new scientific knowledgeĭr. Her main goal is to teach students independent analytical and critical thinking skills that will help them to make informed personal, professional, and political decisions. Silver teaches BIOL 220W (Populations and Communities), BIOL 435 (Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands), BIOL 402W (Experimental Design), and BIOL 438 (Population Biology). She had served as interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs since July 2017.ĭr. Pam Silver was appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in April 2019. She came to Behrend in 1993 after teaching for two years at the University of South Florida.ĭr. in Biology with a specialization in aquatic ecology in 1992. In 1985, her family was complete, and she entered graduate school at the University of South Florida. After becoming certified as a blood bank specialist in 1980, she worked at Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida, until 1985. She worked as the chief medical technologist at a community blood bank in Ocala, Florida, for three years. Francis Medical Center in Trenton in 1976. She received her clinical training in medical technology from St. ![]() She chose to pursue a career in medical technology and to establish a family before becoming an aquatic ecologist. in Biology from Trenton State College in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1975. As a child, she developed a life-long passion for the outdoors and especially for lakes and streams. Pamela Silver grew up in a small rural town in New Jersey. ![]()
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