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

Matt Acre, PhD
​​Postdoctoral Research Associate

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

Erin Nguyen
​​Ph.D. Student

Dissertation: Ecological trajectories for imperiled Great Plains fishes

Zach Steffensmeier
​​Ph.D. Student

Dissertation: Movement ecology of imperiled Great Plains fishes

Hayden Roberts
​M.S. Student

Thesis: Movement ecology of Alligator Gar

Maximiliaan Claus
​Visiting International Research Scholar

​Project: Movement ecology of Alligator Gar

Florian Kappen
​Visiting International Research Scholar

Project: Movement ecology of Alligator Gar

Emily Parker
​Undergraduate Research Scholar

Allison Hay
Undergraduate Research Scholar

Lauren Yancy
Undergraduate Research Technician

Project: Diel fluctuations in Comanche Springs Pupfish habitat associations
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Fernando Chavez
Undergraduate Research Technician

Project: Fish community ecology in White Creek, College Station, TX​
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Jake Madewell
Undergraduate Research Technician

Project: Fish community ecology in White Creek, College Station, TX​
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Graduate Alumni

Stephanie George
​​M.S. Student

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



Current position: Living in the House of Manuscripts

Juju Wellemeyer
M.S. Student (Tennessee Tech University)

Thesis: Assembling Fish Community Indicators of Riverscape Threats: How Do Metric Screening Methods Measure Up?​
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Current position: Missouri Department of Conservation

Eric Malone
​​M.S. Student (Tennessee Tech University)

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

Current position: New York Department of Environmental Protection

Amy Gebhard
M.S. Student (Tennessee Tech University)

Thesis: Environmental Regulators of Banded Sculpin (Cottus carolinae) Demography along a Stream Size Gradient.​
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Current position:  South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks

Undergraduate Alumni

Austin Stafford (2018-2019)

Chase Corrington (2017-2019)

Kylee Ecker (2018-2019)

Caleb Blanton (2018-2019)

Mark Nash (2017-2018)

Stephen Blair (2017-2018)

Brandon Bransford (2018)

Josh Hietikko (2017-2018)

Nick Loveland (2017-2018)

Shannon Murphy (2016-2017)

Tyler Slagle (2016-2017)

Will Curtis (2015-2017)