• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar


Carnegie Museum of Natural History

One of the Four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

  • Explore
    • Museum To Go
    • Exhibitions
    • Educators
    • Programs at the Museum
    • Tell Us About You
  • Visit
    • Buy Tickets
    • Health & Safety
    • Events
    • Shop 
    • Powdermill Nature Reserve
  • Research
    • Scientific Sections
    • Science Blogs
    • Science Videos
    • Senior Science & Research Staff
    • Museum Library
    • Scientific Publications
    • Specimen and Artifact Identification
  • Join & Give
  • Buy Tickets

James W. Fetzner, Jr., Ph.D.

Assistant Curator, Invertebrate Zoology

Fetzner, Jim

  • Carnegie Museum of Natural History
    4400 Forbes Avenue
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  • Contact James Fetzner
  • About

Biography

James Fetzner is the assistant curator for the Section of Invertebrate Zoology at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Fetzner received his PhD in zoology from Brigham Young University in 2001. He also received his MS in zoology in 1993, his BA in microbiology in 1993, and his BS in zoology in 1989, all from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

He arrived at Carnegie Museum of Natural History initially as a post-doctoral researcher in the Section of Amphibians and Reptiles. In 2003, he joined the staff of the Section of Invertebrate Zoology, with his support funding coming entirely from grants and contracts. Fetzner has been involved with the International Association of Astacology (the international crayfish society) for over two decades, where he has served as the president of the society (2010-2012) and is currently the managing editor for the society’s journal (Freshwater Crayfish) and newsletter (Crayfish News). He is also a member of the Aquatic Arthropod Technical Committee with the Pennsylvania Biological Survey and the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Freshwater Crab and Crayfish Specialists Group.

Fetzner’s research interests are focused on the population genetics, systematics, and conservation of freshwater crayfish at a global scale. Recently funded projects include surveys of genetic variation within and among populations of rare and endangered crayfish from Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri. These data will help inform crayfish conservation planning efforts. Fetzner is also interested in creating taxonomic databases and websites to disseminate information on arthropods (especially crayfish) to the broader public and the scientific community. His recent efforts have been to focus on digitizing portions of the vast Invertebrate Zoology arthropod collection as part of a National Science Foundation-funded grant (InvertNet) and contributing the resulting images and data to the Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) data portal. These images and data are also accessible from the IZ Database Entry & Annotation website.

sidebar

About

  • About
  • Museum History
  • Senior Staff
  • Strategic Plan 2020-2022
  • Image Permission Requests

Get Involved

  • Volunteer
  • Membership
  • Carnegie Discoverers
  • Donate
  • Employment
  • Events

Bring a Group

  • Groups of 10 or More
  • Virtual Museum Birthday Parties
  • Virtual Field Trips
  • Scouts

Powdermill

  • Powdermill Nature Reserve
  • Powdermill Field Trips
  • Powdermill Staff
  • Research at Powdermill

More Information

  • Press
  • Image Permission Requests
  • Blog
  • Shopping Cart
  • Contact
Rad works here logo
One of the Four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh | ©2020 Carnegie Institute | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Accessibility