Mark Belk

Research Interests

Teaching Interests

Honors and Awards

• Skaggs Distinguished Mentoring Fellowship, College of Life Sciences (2020 - 2021)
• Past-President, Utah Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (2016 - 2017)
• President, Utah Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (2015 - 2016)
• President-elect, Utah chapter of the American Fisheries Society (2014 - 2015)
• Vice President, Utah chapter American Fisheries Society (2013 - 2014)
• Outstanding Research Award, College of Life Sciences, BYU (2012 - 2012)
• John Tanner Lectureship, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University (2011 - 2011)
• College Outstanding Mentor Award, BYU (2002 - 2002)
• Fellowship in General Education, Teaching Excellence Award, BYU (1998 - 1998)
• Fellowship Award, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (1991 - 1991)
• Fellowship Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (1989 - 1989)
• President, Zoology Graduate Student Association, University of Georgia (1988 - 1988)
• Research Internship Award, BYU (1987 - 1987)
• D. Elden Beck Scholarship Award, BYU (1986 - 1986)

Memberships

• American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
• American Society of Naturalists
• Bean Museum
• June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program
• Least chub Technical Committee
• Northern and Southern Leatherside chub Technical Committee
• Spotted Frog Technical Committee
• Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (2008 - Present)
• American Fisheries Society (1995 - Present)
• Society for the Study of Evolution (1992 - Present)
• Ecological Society of America (1987 - Present)

Professional Citizenship

• Editorial Review Board Member, MDPI publishing, Diversity (2020 - Present)
• Editorial Review Board Member, Ecology of Freshwater Fish (2016 - Present)
• Editor, Associate Editor, Western North American Naturalist (2006 - Present)
• Committee/Council Member, June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program (2005 - Present)
• Committee/Council Member, Least Chub Recovery Team (2005 - Present)
• Committee/Council Member, Spotted Frog Recovery Team (2005 - Present)
• Committee/Council Member, Leatherside Chub Recovery Team for the State of Utah (1997 - Present)
• Editorial Review Board Member, The Open Fish Science Journal (2015 - 2018)
• Other, Utah chapter American Fisheries Society (2016 - 2017)
• Other, Utah chapter American Fisheries Society (2015 - 2016)
• Officer (specify in Other), Utah chapter American Fisheries Society (2013 - 2015)
• Officer (specify in Other), Utah chapter American Fisheries Society (2014 - 2015)
• Editorial Review Board Member, Western North American Naturalist (2006 - 2006)
• Editorial Review Board Member, Ecology and Ethology section of the journal Copeia (2003 - 2004)
• Committee/Council Member, the Spotted Frog Technical team for the State of Utah (2002 - 2004)
• Committee/Council Member, Least Chub Technical Team for the State of Utah (2001 - 2004)
• Committee/Council Member, June Sucker Recovery Team and Technical Team (2000 - 2004)
• Committee/Council Member, Leatherside Chub Recovery Team for the State of Utah (1997 - 2004)
• Committee/Council Member, editorial board for the Ecology and Ethology section of the journal Copeia (2003 - 2003)
• Committee/Council Member, Least Chub Technical Team for the State of Utah (2001 - 2003)
• Committee/Council Member, June Sucker Recovery Team and Technical Team (2000 - 2003)

Courses Taught

Publications

Presentations