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Brian is a fisheries biologist specializing in the impacts of human energy development on fishes and has conducted extensive research in hydropower-dominated basins in the U.S. and abroad. He is inspired by innovation and spends much of his time at PNNL developing new research areas toward improving our Earth-energy systems.  Of special interest to Brian is understanding the interactions between renewable energy (in particular, waterpower) and how new technologies can be used to reduce the human impacts of energy generation on rivers and other aquatic systems.  Currently at PNNL, he leads the development of new research areas including development and application of technologies to reintroduce migratory fish to areas where they have been blocked due to hydropower dams, promoting the development of innovative fish passage technologies to reduce the cost and improve the safety and efficacy of fish migratory connectivity, and building teams to improve cybersecurity protection of hydropower facilities.

• Ecology of large-river fishes
• Renewable energy
• Disruptive technology
• Aquatic ecosystem health

MS, Fisheries Biology, Montana State University, 2006

BS, Fisheries Biology, Montana State University, 2003

• American Fisheries Society
• Fisheries Society of the British Isle

U.S. Patent No. 10,236,920, March 19, 2019, "Signal Transmitter and Methods for Transmitting Signals from Animals "

2020

• Bellgraph B.J., C. Baldwin, L. Garavelli, Z.F. Haque, W.A. Perkins, M.C. Richmond, and M. Howell, et al. 2020. "Estimates of Chinook Salmon Spawning Habitat in a Blocked Reach of the Columbia River Upstream of Grand Coulee Dam." Northwest Science 94, no. 2:99-110. PNNL-SA-141491. doi:10.3955/046.094.0201

2017

• McIntyre J.I., C.E. Aalseth, T.R. Alexander, H.O. Back, B.J. Bellgraph, T.W. Bowyer, and V.D. Chipman, et al. 2017. "Measurements of Argon-39 at theU20az Underground Nuclear Explosion Site." Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 178-179. PNNL-26326. doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.07.013

2016

• Bellgraph B.J., W.A. Perkins, M.C. Richmond, J.A. Serkowski, S.F. Harding, and R.A. Harnish. 2016. Lake Roosevelt White Sturgeon Modeling Support. PNNL-26056. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Lake Roosevelt White Sturgeon Modeling Support

2015

• Bellgraph B.J., D. Holecek, F.A. Goetz, J.S. Hughes, R.A. Harnish, J.A. Vazquez, and E.D. Green. 2015. Study Plan Alternatives to Evaluate Fish Entrainment at Albeni Falls Dam. PNNL-23950. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Study Plan Alternatives to Evaluate Fish Entrainment at Albeni Falls Dam

2014

• Amezcua-Martinez F., and B.J. Bellgraph. 2014. Fisheries Management of Mexican and Central American Estuaries. Dordrecht:Springer Science+Business Media. PNNL-SA-100725.
• Bellgraph B.J., K.M. Carter, M.A. Chamness, T.K. Abel, T.J. Linley, and V.I. Cullinan. 2014. "Predation Susceptibility of Juvenile Fall Chinook Salmon Exposed to Sudden Temperature Changes and Slightly Supersaturated Dissolved Gas." In Snake River Fall Chinook Salmon Life History Investigations, 1/1/2012 - 12/31/2012 Annual Report, edited by KF Tiffan, et al. 61-90. Pasco, Washington:Bonneville Power Administration. PNNL-SA-96230.
• Hayes D.B., B.J. Bellgraph, B.M. Roth, D.D. Dauble, and R.P. Mueller. 2014. "Timing of Redd Construction by Fall Chinook Salmon in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River." River Research and Applications 30, no. 9:1110-1119. PNWD-SA-10098. doi:10.1002/rra.2719
• Rodriguez-Preciado J.A., F. Amezcua-Martinez, B.J. Bellgraph, and J. Madrid-Vera. 2014. "Feeding habits and trophic level of the Panama grunt Pomadasys panamensis, an important bycatch species from the shrimp trawl fishery in the Gulf of California." Scientific World Journal 2014. PNNL-SA-88847. doi:10.1155/2014/864241

2012

• Gingerich A.J., B.J. Bellgraph, R.S. Brown, N.T. Tavan, Z. Deng, and J. Brown. 2012. "Quantifying reception strength and omnidirectionality of underwater radio telemetry antennas: advances and applications for fisheries research." Fisheries Research 121-122. PNWD-SA-9571. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2012.01.003

2010

• Bellgraph B.J., G.A. McMichael, R.P. Mueller, and J.L. Monroe. 2010. "Behavioural response of juvenile Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha during a sudden temperature increase and implications for survival." Journal of Thermal Biology 35, no. 1:6-10. PNNL-SA-65005.
• McMichael G.A., R.A. Harnish, B.J. Bellgraph, J.A. Carter, K.D. Ham, P.S. Titzler, and M.S. Hughes. 2010. Migratory Behavior and Survival of Juvenile Salmonids in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary in 2009. PNNL-19545. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Migratory Behavior and Survival of Juvenile Salmonids in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary in 2009
• Perkins W.A., P.S. Titzler, M.C. Richmond, J.A. Serkowski, S.E. Kallio, and B.J. Bellgraph. 2010. Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Surveys of Velocity Downstream of Albeni Falls Dam. PNNL-19816. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Surveys of Velocity Downstream of Albeni Falls Dam

2009

• Carter J.A., G.A. McMichael, I.D. Welch, R.A. Harnish, and B.J. Bellgraph. 2009. Seasonal Juvenile Salmonid Presence and Migratory Behavior in the Lower Columbia River. PNNL-18246. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Seasonal Juvenile Salmonid Presence and Migratory Behavior in the Lower Columbia River

2008

• Bellgraph B.J., C.S. Guy, W.M. Gardner, and S.A. Leathe. 2008. "Competition potential between saugers and walleyes in nonnative sympatry." Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137, no. 3:790-800. PNNL-SA-60895. doi:10.1577/T07-102.1
• Bellgraph B.J., R.S. Brown, J.R. Stephenson, A.E. Welch, K.A. Deters, and T.J. Carlson. 2008. "Healing Rate of Swim Bladders in Rainbow Trout." Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137, no. 6:1791-1794. PNNL-SA-62735. doi:10.1577/T07-167.1
• Oldenburg E.W., T.P. Hanrahan, R.A. Harnish, B.J. Bellgraph, J.P. Duncan, and C.H. Allwardt. 2008. 2005 Annual Synthesis Report, Pallid Sturgeon Population Assessment Program and Associated Fish Community Monitoring for the Missouri River. PNNL-17539. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 2005 Annual Synthesis Report, Pallid Sturgeon Population Assessment Program and Associated Fish Community Monitoring for the Missouri River
• Oldenburg E.W., T.P. Hanrahan, R.A. Harnish, B.J. Bellgraph, J.P. Duncan, and C.H. Allwardt. 2008. 2006 Annual Synthesis Report, Pallid Sturgeon Population Assessment Program and Associated Fish Community Monitoring for the Missouri River. PNNL-17583. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 2006 Annual Synthesis Report, Pallid Sturgeon Population Assessment Program and Associated Fish Community Monitoring for the Missouri River
• Oldenburg E.W., T.P. Hanrahan, R.A. Harnish, B.J. Bellgraph, J.P. Duncan, and C.H. Allwardt. 2008. Summary of the 2006 Annual Synthesis Report, Pallid Sturgeon Population Assessment Program and Associated Fish Community Monitoring for the Missouri River. PNNL-17582. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Summary of the 2006 Annual Synthesis Report, Pallid Sturgeon Population Assessment Program and Associated Fish Community Monitoring for the Missouri River

2006

• Bellgraph B.J., B.E. Thompson, D.B. Hayes, and T.S. Riley. 2006. "Growth of age-0 steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in the Pine River watershed, Alcona County, Michigan." Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21, no. 4:687-692. PNNL-SA-53627.