Alex Maguffee

Alex Maguffee is a research assistant at the Quantitative Fisheries Center at Michigan State University. His research interests include decision analysis, simulation modeling, and the management of aquatic invasive species. Alex's current research focuses on the development of a management-support tool for determining when actions to control double-crested cormorants may be justified due to excessive predation on fish populations occurring within a colony’s feeding halo. He also studies the management of invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes through the use of a management strategy evaluation simulation model and assists in the development of a model to determine the movement of wild Chinook salmon from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan, and its potential impact on Lake Michigan's forage base. Alex enjoys a quiet life in Grand Ledge, Michigan. He spends his off time reading, traveling, and enjoying the great outdoors. Alex is an avid birder and spends his springtime months traveling to various locations in search of new species; his life list currently sits at 204 and climbing.