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Dr. Christopher Kodani

Professor of Biology


Office: Lakeview Discovery and Science Center LDSC 135J
Biology
College of Arts & Sciences
ChristopherKodani@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4782

Biography

Dr. Kodani started at Clayton State University in Fall 2001.

Education

Ph D, Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 2003

MA, Biological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, 1995

BS, Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992

Awards and Honors

2024 Trainer of the Year, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream, Award, 2024

2018 Innovation in Adopt-A-Stream Award, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream, Award, 2019

Legacy Trainer Award, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream, Award, 2015

Intellectual Contributions

Christopher H. Kodani, Robert Bourne, Michael Kahle, Cecilia Nachtmann,  Working in Pairs Increases Consistency of Georgia Adopt-A-Stream's Habitat Assessment, Georgia Journal of Science – October 11 2024

Christopher H. Kodani, Macroinvertebrates, Watershed Imperviousness, and a Water Quality Index: A Confluence of Georgia Adopt-A-Stream’s Volunteer Data, Georgia Journal of Science – July 3 2021

Christopher H. Kodani, Impervious Surface and Macroinvertebrates in the South Atlanta Metro Are, Georgia Journal of Science – May 2018

Anne Stahley, Christopher H. Kodani, Assessing Small Streams in the Upper Ocmulgee Watershed using the Georgia Adopt-a-Stream Monitoring Protocols, Georgia Journal of Science – January 27 2012

Presentations

Christopher H. Kodani, Delineating Your Watershed Online, Confluence 2018, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream –  March 24 2018

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

University, Mandatory Student Fees, Committee Member –  December 1 2017

University, 2020 Mandatory Student Fees Board (SFAB), Committee Member –  November 6 2019

Department, 2023 Biology Promotion and Tenure Committee--Associate, Committee Chair –  Spring 2023 to Spring 2023

College, Arts and Sciences Minigrants Committee 2021-22, Committee Chair –  Fall 2021 to Spring 2022

Service to the Profession

Committee Member, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream 2025 Confluence Committee, State –  January 17 2025 to May 31 2025

Member, 2018 Adopt-A-Stream Confluence Committee, Regional –  2017 to 2018

Service to the Community

Other, Board of Trustees, Reynolds Nature Preserve 2003 to 2003

Other, Board of Trustees, Reynolds Nature Preserve 2003 to 2003

Guest Speaker, Dekalb Beloved Naturalists, Local –  July 16 2022

Guest Speaker, Dekalb Parks and Recreation's Mason Mill Park, Regional –  September 2 2023

Guest Speaker, Georgia Beloved Naturalists, Local –  July 15 2023

Guest Speaker, Georgia Beloved Naturalists, Local –  June 15 2024

Teaching Interest

Introductory Biology, Ecology, Natural History, Environmental Science

Research Interest

Ecology, Stream Ecology, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream, Watersheds