Profile for Tisha King Heiden

Tisha King Heiden, Biology, presented "The Behavioral Toll: PFAS Compromises Anti-Predator Behaviors of Larval Fish " at Society of Toxicology annual meeting on Monday, March 23 in San Diego, CA.

Submitted on: Mar. 23

Tisha King Heiden, and Samantha Lyons, student, both Biology, co-authored the article "Embryonic exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of PFAS cause larval fish to be more susceptible to predation" in Aquatic Toxicology published on March 19 by Elsevier. The lead author on this paper is Eldith Adongo, '25, MS biology. Additional authors include: Grace Versnik, an undergraduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UW-Stevens Point (supported through the Freshwater Collaborative of WI summer research program), and Dr. Gavin Dehnert of UW-Madison.

Submitted on: Mar. 22

Tisha King Heiden, Biology, presented "Troubled waters: Impacts of emerging contaminants on early life stages of fish" at the UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences Research Colloquium on Oct. 20 in Milwaukee, WI.

Submitted on: Oct. 24, 2025

Tisha King Heiden, Biology, received a teaching grant from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin. The five-year project, "Programmatic Funding Building Capacity for Water Careers, Education, and Freshwater Policy Connections," is coordinated in collaboration with Dr. Rebecca Klaper from UW-Milwaukee and Dr. Elisabeth Harrahy from UW-Whitewater. In collaboration with various faculty from these institutions, the goal is to develop a series of field and laboratory courses geared toward water quality and aquatic toxicology.

Submitted on: July 24, 2025

Tisha King Heiden, Biology, received a research grant from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin. The project, "Empowering the next generation of water stewards through transformative research experiences: Tackling the toxicity of PFAS to larval fishes" will support undergraduate and graduate student research. This grant is in collaboration with Dr. Gavin Dehnert at UW-Madison.

Submitted on: July 24, 2025