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

Erin Nguyen
​​Ph.D. Candidate

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program

​Dissertation: Flow as a conservation tool for Great Plains Cyprinids

Zach Steffensmeier
​​Ph.D. Candidate

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program

Dissertation: Spatial ecology of imperiled Great Plains fishes

Hayden Roberts
​M.S. Student

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

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

Project: Short-term movement of Alligator Gar

Cade Cottar
Undergraduate Research Scholar

Lucas Stevens
Undergraduate Research Technician

Jake Wolff
Undergraduate Research Technician

Wesley Arend
Undergraduate Research Technician

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Graduate and Post-Graduate Alumni

Maximiliaan Claus
​Visiting International Research Scholar

​Project: Management perspectives on Alligator Gar

​Current position: Fish Biologist with Bureau Waardenburg BV, Netherlands

Florian Kappen
​Visiting International Research Scholar

Project: Movement ecology of Alligator Gar

Current position: Aquatic Ecologists with Watershap De Dommel, Nehterlands

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

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?​
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​Current position: Extension Agent with 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: 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.​
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Current position:  Fisheries Resource Biologist with South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks

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Undergraduate Alumni

Lauren Yancy (2019-2021)

Noah Santee (2020-2021)

Hailey Binkley (2021)

Brynn Johnson (2021)

Allison Hay (2020-2021)

Emily Parker (2020)

Jake Madewell (2017-2020)

Fernando Chavez (2017-2020)

Austin Stafford (2018-2019)
​Publication by Austin: PDF

Chase Corrington (2017-2019)

Kylee Ecker (2018-2019)
Publication by Kylee: PDF

Caleb Blanton (2018-2019)
​Publication by Caleb: PDF

Mark Nash (2017-2018)

Stephen Blair (2017-2018)

Brandon Bransford (2018)

Josh Hietikko (2017-2018)

Nick Loveland (2017-2018)

Shannon Murphy (2016-2017)
Publication by Shannon: PDF

Tyler Slagle (2016-2017)

Will Curtis (2015-2017)
​Publication by Will: PDF