This document provides biographical information about Rob Tewes, a Senior Aquatic Biologist at the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO). It details his educational background in aquatic biology and limnology. It describes his career path from working as an undergraduate at a biological field station on the Ohio River to becoming a contractor performing biological assessments on large rivers throughout the Midwest to his current role at ORSANCO coordinating their Fish Tissue Contaminant Program and internship program. The document outlines his current research focusing on fish contaminant trend analyses and involvement developing consistent monitoring protocols across states in the Ohio River watershed.

1. OHIO RIVER VALLEY WATER SANITATION COMMISSION
an interstate agency representing: Illinois  Indiana  Kentucky  New York  Ohio  Pennsylvania  Virginia  West Virginia
5735 Kellogg Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45230
Rob A. Tewes MS
Senior Aquatic Biologist
Senior Crew Chief
Fish Tissue Contaminants Program Coordinator
Internship Coordinator
ORSANCO Biological Programs
rtewes@orsanco.org
513-231-7719
BS -Thomas More College; Crestview Hills, KY
MS-Morehead State University; Morehead, KY
Rob beganworkingtowardhiscareerinaquatic biologywhile as anundergraduate atThomasMore
College,where he worked eachsummerasa tech at TMC’s Biological FieldStationonthe OhioRiver.
Duringthat time he became familiarwithmanyof the techniquesandprojectsusedtoproduce datafor
biological monitoringandassessment. Aftergraduationhe earnedhisMaster’sDegree atMorehead
State University where he focusedonaquaticbiology,limnology andinvasive species. He beganhis
professionalcareerasa contractor to ORSANCOin2004. From2004-2006 he ledfieldcrewsthroughout
the central U.S., performingbiological assessmentson large riversinWI,MN, IL, IN and OH. In 2007 Rob
became an AquaticBiologistatORSANCO,andsince thattime he hasledcrewsthroughoutthe Ohio
Rivermainstemcollectingfish,aquaticmacroinvertebrates,sedimentsamplesandwaterqualitydata
usedinassessmentstosafeguardthe resource.Now aSeniorAquaticBiologist,Robcoordinates
ORSANCO’sFishTissue ContaminantProgram, operatesasa seniorcrew chief,coordinatesORSANCO’s
internshipprogram,andiscertifiedinelectrofishingsystemarchitecture andemployment.
Rob’scurrent researchprojectsfocus onfishcontaminanttrendsanalyses,andhe haspresentedhis
findingsatmeetingsandforumsacrossthe country. Additionally,Robworkscloselywithagencies
withinthe statesof PA,OH,WV, KY IN and IL to developconsistencywithmonitoringprotocols.