Kenneth L. Dickson        
  Regents Professor    
  Director Elm Fork Education Center    
  940-565-2228    
  dickson@unt.edu    
       
  BS in Education, 1966, University of North Texas    
  M.S in Biology, 1968, Universityh of North Texas      
  Ph.D. in Zoology/Aquatic Ecology, 1991, Virginia Polytechnic  
  Institute and State University    
     
Research  
Water Quality, Fate and Effect of Contaminants in Water, Biological Assessment, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Reservoir Limnology, Restoration Ecology    
   
   
Professional Experience  
Assistant Professor, Depart.of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. 1970-1976    
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institue and State Univ. 1976-1978    
Professor, University of North Texas 1979-present    
Director Institute of Applied Sciences, University of North Texas, 1979-2001    
     
Awards and Honors  
Member EPA Science Advisory Board, 1986-1991    
President, 1987-1988, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry    
President, Texas Academy of Sciences, 1995    
     
Representative Publicatons  
Dickson, K.L., D. Barry,S.Windhager, 1999, A Proposed Framework for Developing and Selecting Compensatory Restoration Projects Under Federal Natural Resource Damage Assessment Statutes, 51-57. In Restoration of Lost Human Uses of the Environment, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Press, Pensacola, Florida, 350 p.    
   
   
     
Brady, P., D.P. F. Hudak and K.L.Dickson, 2000, Surveying the Commercial Municipal Solid Wastestream in Denton.MSW Management, September/October pp. 44-48.    
   
   
Morton, M.G., K.L. Dickson, W.T. Waller, M.G. Acevedo, 2000, Methodology for the Evaluation of Cumulative Episodic Exposure to Chemical Stressors in Aquatic Risk Assessment, Environmental Toxicololgy and Chemistry: 19(4): 1213-1221    
   
   
     
Franks, J.L., G.A. Clyde and K.L. Dickson, 2001 Zooplankton Community Structure and Seasonal Dynamics in Lake Texoma (Oklahoma-Texas, Texas Journal of Science 53(3): 1-18.    
   
   
Allen H.J., W. T. Waller, J.H. Kennedy, K.L. Dickson, M.F. Acevedo and L.P. Ammann, 2001, Real-Time Whole Organism Biomonitoring-Deployment, Status and Future. Proceedings American Water Resources Association Spring Specialty Conference, pp. 187-192.