Trent Sutton

Trent Sutton is a Professor and Vice Provost & Accreditation Officer at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), part of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. He has held faculty positions at Purdue University and Lake Superior State University, with a focus on fisheries biology and management. His research emphasizes fish population ecology, habitat assessment, and the impacts of climate change in freshwater and marine ecosystems. He has advised 35 graduate students (29 M.S., 6 Ph.D.) and supervised numerous undergraduate and high school projects.

Key research interests include recruitment dynamics, trophic ecology, and the biology of lampreys and salmonids. Sutton has secured $13.37 million in grants, with $4.03 million as PI/co-PI. His recent publications explore topics like capelin spawning patterns, Pacific lamprey biology, and Arctic lamprey diet analysis using DNA metabarcoding.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. (Implied via career context)
• Current Research Projects:
  • Spawning coho salmon habitat in Susitna River
  • Arctic cisco growth in Beaufort Sea
  • Lingcod stock assessment in Prince William Sound
• Affiliations: Director of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity (URSA)

His teaching includes courses like FISH 315 (Freshwater Fisheries Techniques) and FISH 487 (Fisheries Management). Sutton’s work bridges field and laboratory studies to address ecological challenges in Alaska’s diverse aquatic systems.