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Janelle Hager has nine years of experience working in aquaponics and six years of experience in AP research. She developed the first fully online aquaponics curriculum for both undergraduate and graduate students at KSU (AQU 452/552). Her research focuses on finding practical solutions to improve aquaponic practices for small or limited resources farmers. She is currently working towards her PhD in Plant and Soil Science at the University of Kentucky focusing on food safety in aquaponics.
Leigh Anne Bright received her BS in Biology from KSU in 1997 and her MS in Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences from KSU in 2002. Her primary focus area has been Production and Practical Diets in warmwater species. She has 27 peer reviewed publications. She has worked extensively with aquaculture diet manufacturing, making trial diets and test ingredients on-site at KSU. She has travelled both in the US and internationally, working with researchers to manufacture fish diets in on-site projects.
Joshua Dusci is a recent graduate of KSU holding a master's degree in Aquaculture/Aquatic Sciences. His research focused on evaluating freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, as a biological solids control within the hydroponic troughs of raft aquaponic systems. Josh is currently developing his passion for aquaponics at his consulting company, Reel Aquaponics LLC, located in Tulsa, OK. He continues to pursue opportunities in the private sector, with his primarily client being Symbiotic Aquaponic LLC.
Dr. Jim Tidwell is Professor and Chair of the School of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences at KSU. He received his BS in Biology from the Univ. of Alabama in Birmingham, his MS in biology from Samford Univ., and his PhD in Aquaculture from Mississippi State Univ. He was named a KSU Distinguished Professor in 2014. He has authored or co-authored over 130 articles in refereed scientific journals as well as eleven book chapters and served as editor on three books. He has served as President of both the US Aquaculture Society and the World Aquaculture Society. In 2019 he received the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the United States Aquaculture Society.