Jay Stauffer Jr. is a Distinguished Professor of Ichthyology at Pennsylvania State University.
[1] From April 1975 until June 1984 he was an assistance professor for Appalachian Environmental Laboratory, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, at the University of Maryland.
Since July 1984, he has been with the Penn State School of Forest Resources, first as an Associate Professor of Fishery Science from July 1984 to June 1988, then as a Professor of Ichthyology from July 1988 until December 2005, and as a Distinguished Professor of Ichthyology from January 2007 to the present.
He has published dozens of articles including:[2] Professor Stauffer is certified as a Professional Fisheries Biologist by the American Fisheries Society.
He is also a member of the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists.