W. Charles Kerfoot is a professor of biological sciences at Michigan Technological University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. His work in zooplankton ecology and evolutionary biology has received funding from the National Science Foundation/National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Coastal Oceans Cooperative Program; NSF Biocomplexity Program; NOAA National Undersea Research Program; NOAA Sea Grant Program; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.