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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

Zach Steffensmeier
Ph.D. Candidate

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program

Dissertation: Spatial ecology of imperiled Great Plains fishes

Hayden Roberts
Ph.D. Student

Ecology and Conservation Biology Program

Dissertation: Spatial ecology of periodic life history strategist fishes

Lindsey Elkins
M.S. Student

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

Noah Santee
M.S. Student

Thesis: Stream fish metacommunity structures across an aridity gradient

Rebecca Mangold
Research Associate

Johnathan Ellard
Undergraduate Research Scholar & TAMU LAUNCH Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Lucas Stevens
Undergraduate Research Scholar

Jake Wolff
Undergraduate Research Scholar & TAMU LAUNCH Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Wesley Arend
Undergraduate Research Scholar

Hannah Evans
Undergraduate Research Technician

Meghan Booknis
Undergraduate Research Technician

Graduate and Post-Graduate Alumni

Erin Nguyen
Ph.D. Student

Dissertation: Flow as a conservation tool for Great Plains Cyprinids

Current position: Biology Faculty, St. Catherine's Montessori

Hayden Roberts
M.S. Student

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

Current position: Doctoral Student in Riverscape Ecology Lab

Matt Acre, PhD
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
Visiting International Research Scholar

Project: Management perspectives on Alligator Gar

Current position: Fish Biologist, Bureau Waardenburg BV, Netherlands

Florian Kappen
Visiting International Research Scholar

Project: Movement ecology of Alligator Gar

Current position: Aquatic Ecologist, Watershap De Dommel, Nehterlands

Stephanie George
M.S. Student

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

Current position: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Juju Wellemeyer
M.S. Student (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
M.S. Student (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
M.S. Student (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