Summary
Dr. Andy Rost is a Teaching Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe campus where he teaches a range of Earth, Environmental Science, and Ecology classes. His teaching emphasizes placed-based instruction that highlights the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin Regions. As much as possible, he utilizes immersive field experiences as a powerful pedagogical tool to create highly impactful, student-centered, educational experiences. He is currently a Co-PI on an NSF-funded project in undergraduate biology education, RIVERS, that focuses on increasing the quantity and quality of river-based field courses at institutions throughout the United States.
Research Interests
- Experiential Education
- Natural History
- Stream Ecology
- Benthic Algae
- Stalked Diatoms
- Water Resource Management
Education
- BA Political Science University of Vermont
- MS Hydrologic Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno
- PhD Hydrologic Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno
Certifications
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Outdoor Leadership
- California Naturalist
- Swiftwater Rescue
- Wilderness First Aid
Selected Publications
- Vonesh, J., Rost, A., Perry, D., McLaughlin, J., Storck, S., Brown, M., Laninga, T., Rugenski,
A., Viers, J. 2019, RMS and Universities Collaborate to create a RIVER Field Studies Network, RMS Journal, vol. 32(3) - Rost, A.L., C.H. Fritsen, 2014. Influence of a tributary stream on benthic communities in a Didymosphenia geminata impacted stream in the Sierra Nevada, USA, Diatom Research 29(3) 249-257
- Rost, A.L., C.H. Fritsen, & C.J. Davis, 2011. Distribution of Didymosphenia geminata in Sierra Nevada streams in relation to water chemistry and bedrock geology, Hydrobiologia 665:157-167
- Rost, A. L., C. H. Fritsen, J. Memmott, C. Davis & E. Wirthlin, 2008. Environmental controls and potential food web impacts of Didymosphenia geminata, a comparative ecosystem study. In Bothwell, M. L. & S. A. Spaulding (eds), Proceedings of the 2007 International Workshop on Didymosphenia geminata. Canadian Technical Report on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2795: 25.
Courses taught
- Research Methods
- Senior Research
- Introduction to Environmental Science
- Fundamentals of Environmental Interpretation
- Hydrology and Water Resources
- Aquatic Ecology
- Stream Ecology
- Introduction to Geology
- Natural History of the Rogue River
- Snow Hydrology
- Climate Change
- Meteorology
- California Naturalist
- Lake Tahoe Basin Ecosystems
- Nevada Energy Systems Field Course
- Geology field courses (Lake Tahoe Basin, Pt. Reyes, Yosemite, Sierra Nevada)
- Fire Ecology
- Environmental Engineering
- Introduction to Outdoor Skills
- Introduction to Sustainability
- New Freshman Orientation