Donna Kashian is the principal investigator of the Fish Consumption Advisories Project. In this project, Dr. Kashian will be coordinating and facilitating stakeholder meetings with the goal to advance the connection between science, policy-makers, and citizens. She earned her PhD (1998-2002) in Zoology at the University of Wisconsin examining the effects of organic compounds on reproductive and developmental endpoints in Daphnia. Her research has covered a diverse array of topics within ecotoxicology including examining the effects of wastewater effluent in the Great Lakes, investigating the response of Daphnia to toxaphene, developing a water quality biological monitoring program for Yellowstone and Grand Teton NP, examining the impacts of metals and ultra violet radiation on benthic stream communities, and developing a novel screen for chemicals classified as endocrine disrupters. Her research is driven by her belief in the need to promote the importance of the interrelationships between earth system processes, biota, human systems, and contaminants. Within the project her research will focus on food-web systems and the relationship between feeding patterns and PCB body-burdens on fish.