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

Project: Linking groundwater use with fish assemblage distributions in the southern Great Plains

Rose Blanchard (webpage)
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

Jake Barrett (webpage)
Ph.D. Student

Ecology and Conservation Biology Program

Dissertation: Stream fish assemblage movement

Tom Dodson
Ph.D. Student

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program

Dissertation: Time series metacommunity structure for stream fishes

Noah Santee
M.S. Student

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

Rebecca Mangold
M.S. Student

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

Johnathan Ellard
M.S. Student

Thesis: Historical changes in the upper Sabine River fish assemblage

Jake Wolff
M.S. Student

Thesis: Abundance and distribution of Ash Meadows Speckled Dace

Lucas Stevens
Undergraduate Research Scholar

Project: Environmental correlates for movement of Arkansas River Shiner

Hannah Evans
Undergraduate Research Scholar

Project: Mesohabitat and macroecological correlates for occurrence of Blue Sucker in regulated rivers.

Meghan Booknis
Undergraduate Research Scholar

Project: Mesohabitat and macroecological correlates for occurrence of Blue Sucker in regulated rivers.

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