Bio

I have been teaching at the university level and conducting field and laboratory research since 1997, primarily on fishes. I have experience in aquatic sampling across much of eastern North America. My work history includes employment as a Conservation Forestry Aide, Fisheries Technician, and Fisheries Staff Biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation. I have served as a Teaching Assistant, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor at four universities, and presented and published research with undergraduate students.

Research Interests

  • Ichthyology

Education

  •   Biology (PhD)
    Saint Louis University
  •   Biology (MS)
    Eastern Kentucky University
  •   Biology (BA)
    Saint Louis University

Selected Intellectual Contributions

  • Jeffery M. Ray, Mitchell S. Lovell, Benjamin S. Wilson, and Stuart W. McGregor. 2021. Fishes of the Cypress Creek System, Tennessee River Drainage: Historical Records, Recent Fish Fauna and Index of Biotic Integrity Assessment.
  • Jeffery M. Ray, Collin G. Hooper, Addison G. Bailey, and Benjamin S. Wilson. 2019. The Fishes of Factory Creek (Shoal Creek System, Pickwick Lake Subbasin) in the Tennessee River Drainage.
  • Jeffery M. Ray. 2014. Etheostoma blennius sequatchiense (Sequatchie Darter) species account.
  • Jeffery M. Ray. 2011. First record of the crystal darter from Big River since 1963.
  • Jeffery M. Ray, M.B. Engelthaler, and A.N. Jordan. 2011. Fish survey and bioassessment of Cox Creek in Lauderdale County, Alabama.
  • Jeffery M. Ray, N.J. Lang, R.M. Wood, and R.L Mayden. 2008. History repeated: recent and historical mitochondrial introgression between the current darter Etheostoma uniporum and rainbow darter Etheostoma caeruleum (Teleostei: Percidae).
  • Jeffery M. Ray, R.M. Wood, C.B. Dillman, B.R. Kuhajda, and R.L. Mayden. 2007. Microsatellite variation among River Sturgeons of the genus Scaphirhynchus (Actinopterygii: Acipenseridae): a preliminary assessment of hybridization.
  • Jeffery M. Ray, R.M. Wood, and A.M. Simons. 2006. Phylogeography and post-colonization patterns of the rainbow darter Etheostoma caeruleum (Teleostei: Percidae).
  • Jeffery M. Ray. 2001. Missouri Fishes: Threats and Declines. The Glade
  • Steven Fischer and Jeffery M. Ray. 2001. Resource Assessment and Monitoring Program: Standard Operating Procedures–fish sampling. Missouri Department of Conservation Report