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

Stephanie Parker
Laboratory Manager

Christopher Kopack, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Rose Blanchard
Ph.D. Candidate

Ecology and Conservation Biology Program

Dissertation: Impacts of differing predation regimes on mosquitofish morphology

Hayden Roberts
Ph.D. Student

Ecology and Conservation Biology Program

Dissertation: Spatial ecology of periodic life history strategist fishes

Rebecca Mangold
M.S. Student

Thesis: Landcover-land use correlates for fish assemblage composition in forested riverscapes

Noah Santee
M.S. Student

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

Johnathan Ellard
M.S. Student

Thesis: TBD

Jake Wolff
Undergraduate Research Scholar & TAMU LAUNCH Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Lucas Stevens
Undergraduate Research Scholar

Hannah Evans
Undergraduate Research Scholar

Meghan Booknis
Undergraduate Research Scholar

Blake Elzi
Undergraduate Research Technician

Sam Campassi
Undergraduate Research Technician

Graduate and Post-Graduate Alumni

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

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

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
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