Personal and Professional Background

I am a native of Detroit, Michigan, but moved with my family to the San Diego area in the early 1950's. Initially we lived near Mission Bay, then replete with great mud flats and good fishing holes. We subsequently moved to La Jolla, where I surfed, fished and skin- and SCUBA-dived my way through high school.

My subsequent history is outlined in the Curriculum Vitae below. It contains a summary of my educational background, academic employment, military service and research interests.

Please contact me or refer to other sections of this web page for additional information.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

W. Linn Montgomery

EDUCATION

Ph.D.,   Arizona State University,  1978
M.A.,   University of California, Los Angeles,  1973
B.A.,   University of California, Berkeley,  1968

POSITIONS HELD

Northern Arizona University

• Professor of Biology, 1990-Present
  
• Associate Professor of Biology, 1985-1990
  
• Assistant Professor of Biology, 1981-1985
  

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• Postdoctoral Scholar and Postdoctoral Investigator, 1979-1981
  

Arizona State University

• Acting Assistant Professor of Zoology, 1979
  
• Instructor in Zoology, 1978
  
• Teaching Assistant, 1974-1978
  

Mesa Community College

• Instructor in Biology, 1978
  

University of California, Los Angeles
Extension Service

• Instructor, 1977, 1979
  

University of California, Los Angeles

• Teaching Assistant, 1971-1973, 1968-1969
  

University of Southern California
Catalina Marine Biological Laboratory

• Teaching Assistant, 1972
  

University of California, Berkeley

• Research Assistant and Curator of Fish Collection, 1967-1968
  

MILITARY SERVICE

• U.S. Army, Medical Corpsman/Training Clerk, 1969-1971
  

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Physiology, behavior and ecology of feeding in herbivorous fishes.
Biochemistry, physiology and ecology of algae subject to grazing.
Mating tactics and early life history of salmonid fishes.
Biology of gut symbionts of herbivorous reef fishes.
Migratory and reproductive behavior in reef fishes.
Biology of ephemeral ponds crustaceans.