People

Joshuah Perkin, PhD
Principal Investigator

Ecology and Conservation Biology Department
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program
Texas A&M University
Room 222, WFES Building
2258 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77845
Email: jperkin at tamu.edu; Office: 979-458-1814
GoogleScholar: HERE

Tomasz Koralewski, PhD
Associate Research Scientist

Hayden Roberts
Ph.D. Candidate

Ecology and Conservation Biology Program

Dissertation: The Conundrum of Carpiodes: Genetic, Morphological, Spatial, and Isotopic relationships of Putative Llano River Carpsucker (Carpiodes cf. sp. carpio) inhabiting Texas Hill Country Streams

Jake Barrett (webpage)
Ph.D. Candidate

Ecology and Conservation Biology Program

Dissertation: Fish movement ecology as a metric for measuring ecological responses to riverscape restoration

Tom Dodson
Ph.D. Candidate

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program

Dissertation: Assessing seasonal dynamics of stream fish assemblages to advance ecology and conservation biology

Meghan Booknis
M.S. Student

Thesis: Tributary habitat use by Blue Sucker

Calvin Young
M.S. Student

Thesis: Small scale fish movement to enhance ecological models

Maddie Nguyen
Undergraduate Research Scholar

Blake Alexander
Undergraduate Research Scholar

Graduate and Post-Graduate Alumni

Rose Blanchard (webpage)
Earned Ph.D. in REL

Dissertation: Functional ecology and diversification of mosquitofish morphology

Current Position: Assistant Professor Northwest Missouri State University

Rebecca Mangold
Earned M.S. in REL

Thesis: Environmental correlates and ecological consequences for long-term fish assemblage change in a regulated river basin

Current Position: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries

Noah Santee
Earned M.S. in REL

Thesis: Predicting the effects of global change on fish functional traits and trait-environment relationships

Current Position: University of Houston - Clear Lake

Johnathan Ellard
Earned M.S. in REL

Thesis: Reservoir proximity explains long-term transformation of riverine fish assemblage structure and function

Current Position: Bryan Texas Utilities

Zach Steffensmeier
Earned Ph.D. in REL

Dissertation: Spatial ecology of imperiled Great Plains fishes

Current Position: Lecturer in School of Environment and Natural Resources The Ohio State University

Jake Wolff
Earned M.S. in REL

Thesis: Hierarchical modeling of Ash Meadows Speckled Dace population dynamics in an isolated desert riverscape

Current Position: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries

Lindsey Elkins
Earned M.S. in REL

Thesis: Environmental and spatial regulators of fish community structure and population size in semi-arid riverscapes

Current position: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Coastal Fisheries

Erin Nguyen
Earned Ph.D. in REL

Dissertation: Flow as a conservation tool for Great Plains Cyprinids

Hayden Roberts
Earned M.S. in REL

Thesis: Movement ecology of Alligator Gar across multiple scales and ecotones

Current position: Doctoral Student in Riverscape Ecology Lab

Matt Acre, PhD
Former Postdoctoral Research Associate

Project: Conservation and ecology of fishes in the Chihuhuan Desert region of Texas

Current position: Research Scientist United States Geological Survey

Maximiliaan Claus
Former Visiting International Research Scholar

Project: Management perspectives on Alligator Gar

Current position: Fish Biologist, Bureau Waardenburg BV, Netherlands

Florian Kappen
Former Visiting International Research Scholar

Project: Movement ecology of Alligator Gar

Current position: Aquatic Ecologist, Watershap De Dommel, Nehterlands

Stephanie [George] Parker
Earned M.S. in REL

Thesis: Conservation Biogeography of Headwater Catfish (Ictalurus lupus) in the United States.

Juju Wellemeyer
Earned M.S. in REL (TN Tech University)

Thesis: Assembling Fish Community Indicators of Riverscape Threats: How Do Metric Screening Methods Measure Up?

Current position: Extension Agent, Kansas State University Research and Extension

Eric Malone
Earned M.S. in REL (TN Tech University)

Thesis: Restoring Ecosystem Services by Prioritizing Reintroduction of Native Fishes to Lower Abrams Creek, Great Smoky Mountains
National Park.

Current position: Ecosystem Services Project Manager, New York Department of Environmental Protection

Amy Gebhard
Earned M.S. in REL (TN Tech University)

Thesis: Environmental Regulators of Banded Sculpin (Cottus carolinae) Demography along a Stream Size Gradient.

Current position: Fisheries Resource Biologist, South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks