Alan Wilson

Alan Wilson

  • Professor
  • School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
(334) 246-1120
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Alan Wilson received a B.A. in Biology from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1997, M.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife from Michigan State in 2001, and Ph.D. in Applied Biology from Georgia Tech in 2006. After spending a year as a research investigator at the University of Michigan and NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Alan joined the faculty in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University in 2007 where he is currently a Professor, the Assistant Director of Instruction, Outreach, and Extension, and the Graduate Program Officer. From 2014 to 2016, Alan served as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation where he helped manage the Population and Community Ecology program in the Division of Environmental Biology. He recently completed a two-year detail as the Panel Manager with the USDA NIFA SBIR Aquaculture program.

Education

  • PhD Applied BiologyGeorgia Institute of Technology2006

  • MS Fisheries and WildlifeMichigan State University2001

  • BA BiologyUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1997

  • AS BiologyYoung Harris College1995

Professional Experience

  • Auburn University - School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences; 2020 - present; Assistant Director for Instruction/Extension/Outreach, Professor, & Graduate Program Officer 
  • United States Department of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture; 2022 - 2024; Panel Manager for Small Business Innovation Research Topic Area 8.7 Aquaculture
  • Auburn University - School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences; 2019 - 2020; Professor & Graduate Program Officer 
  • Auburn University - School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences; 2013 - 2019; Associate Professor 
  • National Science Foundation - Population and Community Ecology program, Division of Environmental Biology; 2014 - 2016; Program Director 
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Global Research Institute; 2013; Fellow 
  • Auburn University - Department of Biological Sciences; 2010 - 2013; Assistant Professor (courtesy joint appointment) 
  • Auburn University - Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures; 2007 - 2013; Assistant Professor 
  • University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER); 2006 - 2007; Postdoctoral research investigator