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Current Students

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Aaron Porterfield

Master's of Science Student

Aaron Porterfield is a graduate student at UAPB and is currently working on developing new protocols and methods for Digital Droplet PCR, which can be used to detect a wide variety of fish pathogens, which are major contributors of fish and economic losses in the aquaculture industry. He hopes to be employed at the USDA-APHIS approved fish health inspection laboratory at Lonoke, Arkansas.

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Jacob Jones

Master's of Science Student

Jacob is an Arkansas native and a graduate of Mississippi State University in Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture. Jacob's research is evaluating the production of hybrid crappie using xenogenic parents. He is also conducting a study to evaluate different feed formulations on relative fecundity in goldfish and the use of UAVs and aerial imagery in aquaculture.

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