Peter Kiffney is a research ecologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Peter holds a B.S. in Geology (University of North Carolina), an M.S. in Aquatic Ecology (University of California-Davis), and a Ph.D. in Fishery Biology and Ecology (Colorado State University). His research interests are riparian and aquatic ecology, and community and ecosystem ecology. He holds affiliate positions with the University of Washington and Western Washington University.