J. Brian Alford, Ph.D.

I am a proud native of Vicksburg, Mississippi and currently serve as the Water Program Leader for the Tennessee Wildlife Federation in Nashville.  I provide the science to the TWF policy arm that guides  decisions on water resource conservation in Tennessee. My career research and teaching interests include ecology, conservation, and management of freshwater fishes, mussels, and other benthic invertebrates. I have been fortunate to spend my career working and collaborating on fish and invertebrate ecology and conservation in some truly amazing places in the Southeastern U.S. and in Lake Erie.