Author Description
John Stark is the Director of the Washington State University, Puyallup Research and Extension Center. John is also the Co-Director of the Washington Stormwater Center and a member of the Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel. Additionally, John is a Professor and runs the Ecotoxicology Program at WSU. John’s research deals with protection of endangered species and ecological risk assessment of pollutants with particular emphasis on the effects of pesticides and pesticide mixtures on salmon and their food. Recent projects involve determination of the effects of polluted stormwater runoff on salmon and invertebrate health. John has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals, numerous book chapters, and a book on ecological risk assessment entitled “Demographic Toxicity: Methods in Ecological Risk Assessment.”
