Ph.D. Rice University (1994)

M.S. Rice University (1989)

B.E. Vanderbilt University (1981)

Dr. McCrary recently engaged in research on birds in human-impacted neotropical environments during his assignment to the University of Guyana as a Fulbright Scholar. He is also conducting research on evolution in the Midas cichlid species complex in Nicaragua. 

McCrary, J. K. (2024). Biodiversity and conservation of conservation priority fish species in the Nicaraguan volcanic crater lakes. Natural Resources Conservation and Research, 7(2), 5582. https://doi.org/10.24294/nrcr.v7i2.5582

McCrary, J. K., & Jiménez-García, M. I. (2024). Primeros registros de un pez dorosomátido y de un parásito metazoario de peces en la laguna de Masaya, Nicaragua. Revista Científica Estelí, (49), 161-175. https://doi.org/10.5377/esteli.v13i49.17891

Geiger, M. F., McCrary, J. K., & Stauffer Jr, J. R. (2010). Description of two new species of the Midas cichlid complex (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 123(2), 159-173. https://doi.org/10.2988/09-20.1

McCrary, J. K., & Lopez, L. J. (2008). El monitoreo de las mojarras (Amphilophus spp.) en Nicaragua con aportes sobre su ecología y estado de conservación en la Laguna de Apoyo. Revista Nicaragüense de la Biodiversidad y las Areas Protegidas 1, 43-50.

McCrary, J. K., Murphy, B. R., Stauffer, J. R., & Hendrix, S. S. (2007). Tilapia (Teleostei: Cichlidae) status in Nicaraguan natural waters. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 78, 107-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-006-9080-x

Canonico, G. C., Arthington, A., McCrary, J. K., & Thieme, M. L. (2005). The effects of introduced tilapias on native biodiversity. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 15(5), 463-483. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.699