Heather S. Galbraith

Oklahoma Biological Survey
111 E. Chesapeake St.
Norman, OK 73019
Email: hgalbraith@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-2753
Fax: (405) 325-7702

My name is Heather Galbraith and I am a Ph.D. student studying the reproductive timing and success of freshwater mussels under the direction of Dr. Caryn Vaughn.  I originally began my science research as an undergraduate, studying the life history characteristics of freshwater, marine, and terrestrial isopods with Dr. Douglas Glazier (Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA).  I completed my master’s degree at the University of Oklahoma under the supervision of Dr. Vaughn where I examined the role of local and regional environmental factors in structuring caddisfly communities.  Since then, I have become fascinated with freshwater mussel communities and their unique reproductive and life history strategies.  I am working in the Little River in southeastern Oklahoma, a unique part of the country that is home to a diverse and dense mussel fauna.