PETER W. SORENSEN, PROJECT MANAGER - QUALIFICATIONS 
Professor Peter Sorensen (Dept. Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, U of MN) assumes responsibility for this project.  He is uniquely qualified to direct this project.  Peter is currently directing two LCCMR projects on invasive carp, one of which ends June 2019 and another which performs proof-of-concept tests of a sound deterrent for carp in the Mississippi River. He also co-leads a similar project in KY for the USFWS. Peter will have time available for the proposed work as his first LCCMR project is ending in 2019.  
 
Interests and expertise:  
Peter is broadly interested in fisheries conservation and aquatic invasive species as well as the physiological basis of fish behavior and its ramifications for improving fisheries.  Sensory cues including sound are of special interest as are pheromones.  He has been studying invasive fish since 1989.  His goal is stop the invasion of bigheaded carps and prevent similar species from ever entering key waters while restoring our fisheries and waterways to what they were at the turn of last century.  Peter seeks holistic commonsense solutions to natural resource problems such as AIS and declining fisheries. 
 
Professional preparation: 
Bates College (Maine), Biology, B.A. 1976 
University of Rhode Island, Biological Oceanography, Ph.D., 1984 
University of Alberta, Zoology/Medical Science, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1984-1988. 
 
Recent experience: 
Assistant professor, 1988- 1993 
Associate professor, 1993-1997 
Professor, 1997- 
 
Grant management:  Dr. Sorensen has received over 83 competitive grants while at the University of Minnesota worth over 25 million dollars. 
 
Publications: 153 peer-reviewed publications, 26 book chapters, 1 patent (sea lamprey pheromone identification and its use in control), 1 book, 30+ non-peer reviewed publications 
 
Graduate students: 25 total, 22 postdocs 
 
Teaching: Fish Physiology & Behavior, Marine Biology 
 
Other Scholarship and Activities:  Peter is on the editorial boards of three international journals on fish biology and invasive species as well as two national AIS committees that guide invasive carp work. Dr. Sorensen founded the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center (MAISRC) and was its director until 2014. 
 
PROJECT ORGANIZATION 
Dr. Sorensen will serve as the manager for this project and will oversee the activities of the research fellow who will run the field project.  Peter will coordinate activities. He and the research fellow (who will direct the technician and summer undergraduate) will meet weekly and the entire group will meet every month.  
  
April 9 2019