Associate Professor
Phone: (609) 771-2819
Email: elderkin@tcnj.edu
Office: Biology Building 241
Lab: Biology Building 249, x2874
Current Courses
- Themes in Biology
- Ecology and Field Biology
- Evolution
- Conservation Genetics
Research Interest
- Population and conservation genetics of freshwater mussels
- Evolutionary ecology of freshwater invertebrates
- Quantitative genetics of environmental stresses
- Population biology, ecology, and physiology of invasive species
Degrees Earned
- B.S. – Indiana University, Biology; 1993
- M.S. – Western Illinois University, Biology; 1997
- Ph.D. – University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Environmental and Evolutionary Biology; 2001