Faculty
Current Faculty
Matthew Barnes
Associate Professor
matthew.a.barnes@ttu.edu
(806) 834-2122 | Goddard Range Wildlife 007C
Education: Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, 2013
Research Interests: community ecology, predicting and explaining species distributions, and dispersal
in aquatic systems, environmental DNA
Clint Boal
Professor (Coop Unit)
clint.boal@ttu.edu
(806) 834-6536 | Agricultural Sciences 218
Education: Ph.D. University of Arizona, 1997
Research Interests: raptor ecology and conservation, predator-prey relationships, influence of anthropogenic
activities on wildlife, conservation of threatened and endangered species, decision
analysis in natural resources management
Scott Collins
Assistant Professor
scott.collins@ttu.edu
(806) 834-4721 | Goddard Building 007A
Education: Ph.D., Idaho State University, 2014
Research Interests: Stream and River Ecology, Fisheries Science, Food Webs, Ecosystem Ecology
Warren Conway
Bricker Endowed Chair in Wildlife Management and Chair
warren.conway@ttu.edu
(806) 834-6579 | PSS 265
Education: Ph.D. Texas Tech University, 2001
Research Interests: shorebird and waterfowl ecology and management; big game population ecology; wildlife-habitat
relationships; exotic invasive plant ecology and management; wildlife toxicology
Caitlyn Cooper-Norris
Assistant Professor
caitlyn.e.cooper@ttu.edu
(806) 834-6532 | Goddard Range Wildlife 009A
Education: Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2017
Research Interests: plant physiology, rangeland ecophysiology, management of invasive native and exotic
plants, range and pasture restoration, and integrated livestock and wildlife production
systems
Robert Cox
Associate Professor
robert.cox@ttu.edu
(806) 834-3530 | Goddard Range Wildlife 009C
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 2006
Research Interests: plant community ecology, restoration ecology, and management of rangelands, wildlands,
and wildlife habitats
Brad Dabbert
Burnett Foundation Endowed Professor of Quail Ecology
brad.dabbert@ttu.edu
(806) 834-1248 | PSS 150B
Education: Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1995
Research Interests: quail research
Nathan Gill
Assistant Professor
nathan.gill@ttu.edu
(806) 834-6441 | PSS 254
Education: Ph.D., Clark Universiy
Research Interests: Fire, Biogeography, Landscape Ecology, Geographic Information Science
Philip Gipson
Kleberg Professor
philip.gipson@ttu.edu
(806) 834-7747 | PSS 152
Education: Ph.D., University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, 1971
Research Interests: swift foxes, coyotes, ecology
Kerry Griffis-Kyle
Associate Professor
Director, Professional Science Master's Track in Natural Resources Management
kerry.griffis-kyle@ttu.edu
(806) 834-2619 | Goddard Range Wildlife 202B
Education: Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2005
Research Interests: conservation planning, arid and semi-arid ecosystems
Blake Grisham
Associate Professor
blake.grisham@ttu.edu
(806) 834-7492 | PSS 150A
Education: Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 2012
Research Interests: avian ecology, demographic modeling, climate response modeling, and applied ecological
statistics
Reynaldo Patino
Research Professor (Coop Unit) & U.S. Geological Service Senior Scientist
reynaldo.patino@ttu.edu
(806) 834-6483 | Agricultural Sciences 218
Education: Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1988
Research Interests: reproductive biology, water quality and aquatic ecotoxicology, endocrine disruption,
harmful algal blooms
Gad Perry
Professor
gad.perry@ttu.edu
(806) 834-2339 | Goddard Range Wildlife 202C
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1995
Research Interests: conservation biology, urban ecology, international development
Carlos Portillo-Quintero
Associate Professor
carlos.portilo@ttu.edu
(806) 834-7309 | PSS 253
Education: Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada, 2010
Research Interests: geospatial technologies, remote sensing, biogeography, ecosystem monitoring
Richard Stevens
President's Excellence in Research Professor and Professor of Natural Resources Management
richard.stevens@ttu.edu
(806) 834-6843 | Goddard Range Wildlife 007D
Education: Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 2002
Research Interests: Conservation, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Macroecology, Rodent and Bat Ecology
Carlos Villalobos
Associate Professor
c.villalobos@ttu.edu
(806) 834-5248 | Goddard 009B
Education: Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1995
Research Interests: range management, ranch management, fire ecology
Instructors
Bart Durham
Instructor
bart.durham@ttu.edu
(806) 720-7709 | N/A
Education: Ph.D. Texas Tech University, 2007
Research Interests: Aquatic Ecology, Water Reuse, Technical Writing & Professionalism
Lionel Plummer
Instructor
lionel.plummer@ttu.edu
Education: Ph.D. Texas Tech University
Research Interests: Native grasslands of the LLano Estacado, prairie restoration
Affiliated Faculty
Michael Farmer
Associate Professor
michael.farmer@ttu.edu
(806) 834-6996 | Agricultural Sciences 204C
Education: Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1993
Research Interests: research interests TBA
Emeritus Faculty
Carlton Britton
Professor Emeritus
carlton.britton@gmail.com
Education: Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1975
Research Interests: range management, (retired)
Ernest Fish
Professor Emeritus
ernest.fish@ttu.edu
(806) 742-2841 | Agricultural Sciences 102
Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1973
Research Interests: GIS, watershed, (retired)
Terry McLendon
Research Professor
terry.mclendon@ttu.edu
Education: Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1979
Research Interests: plant ecology, ecological modeling, vegetation change
Russ Pettit
Professor Emeritus
Education: Ph.D., Oregon State University
Research Interests: range management, arid grasslands, (retired)
Ron Sosebee
Professor Emeritus
ron.sosebee@ttu.edu
Education: Ph.D., Utah State University, 1970
Research Interests: (retired)
Mark Wallace
Professor Emeritus
mark.wallace@ttu.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1991
Research Interests: wildlife - habitat relationships, urban ecology
Department of Natural Resources Management
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Address
Goddard Building, Texas Tech University, Box 42125, Lubbock TX 79409 -
Phone
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Email
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