Faculty
Current Faculty
Matthew Barnes
Associate Professor
matthew.a.barnes@ttu.edu
(806) 834-2122 | Agriculture Sciences 102A
Education: Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, 2013
Research Interests: Biological Invasions, Freshwater Ecology, Community Ecology, Predicting and explaining
species distributions, and dispersal in aquatic systems, Environmental DNA
Clint Boal
Professor, Assistant Unit Leader, USGS TX
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
Cade Coldren
Assistant Professor
cade.coldren@ttu.edu
(970) 691-1803 | PSS 256
Education: Ph.D., A & M University College Station, 1998
Research Interests: Ornithology, Ecological Modeling, Watershed Science
Scott Collins
Assistant Professor
scott.collins@ttu.edu
(806) 834-4721 | Goddard 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 Department 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 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
Professor, Interim Associate Dean for Academic and Student Programs
robert.cox@ttu.edu
(806) 834-3530 | Goddard 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
Caesar Kleberg Endowed 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 202B
Education: Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2005
Research Interests: Conservation planning, Arid and semi-arid ecosystems
Blake Grisham
Associate Professor of Wildlife Management
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 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
Jane Rogosch
Assistant Professor, Assistant Unit Leader, USGS Texas Coop Fish and Wildlife Research
Unit
jrogosch@ttu.edu
(806) 834-8414 | Ag Sciences 218
Research Interests: Freshwater Fish Ecology and Conservation
Richard Stevens
Professor, President's Excellence in Research
richard.stevens@ttu.edu
(806) 834-6843 | Goddard 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
Capt. Aryn Corley
Instructor
aryn.corley@ttu.edu
Education: MS, LCC, USAV (Veteran), TxARNG (Veteran), Game Warden, Region 6, District 2 (Retired)
Specialty: Wildlife Law
Dr. 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
Hayden Hays
Instructor
hayden.hays@ttu.edu
(806) 742-2841 | PSS154
Education:MS in Biological Science Sam Houston State University, BS in Biological Science Colorado
State University
Research Interests: Spatial Ecology of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in Wetlands and Springs
Charles Hoitt
Instructor
charles.hoitt@ttu.edu
(806) 834-2729 | Goddard 210A
Research Interests: Large Mammal Ecology
Dr. Levi Heffelfinger
Instructor
lheffelf@ttu.edu
(806) 742-2841 | PSS 260
Research Interests: Education and Outreach, Range Plant Ecology, Animal Nutrition, Animal Reproduction
Dr. Lionel Plummer
Instructor
lionel.plummer@ttu.edu
Education: Ph.D. Texas Tech University
Research Interests: Native grasslands of the LLano Estacado, Prairie Restoration
Lt. J. Aaron Sims
Instructor
aaron.sims@ttu.edu
(806) 834-5911 | N/A
Education: Outstanding Alumnus Award 2019 New Mexico State University; Advanced Public Information
Officer; Master Peace Officer; Graduated Texas Game Warden Academy 2012; BS Wildlife
Habitat Management, minor ecology, emphasis on small mammals, NMSU, 2007; MA Agricultural
and Extension Education, NMSU, 2009
Dr. Wondu Whibesilassie
Instructor
wondud.whibesilassie@ttu.edu
(806) 742-3451 | Goddard 210D
Wildlife Ecology and Management-Biomimicry
Adjunct Faculty
Thomas Arsuffi
Retired
tom.arsuffi@ttu.edu
Ret. Llano River Field Station Director
Education: Ph.D., New Mexico State University, 1984
Research Interests: Aquatic and watershed ecology and environmental education
John Baccus
Retired
Education: Ph.D., University of North Texas, 1971
Research Interests: Climate patterns on predator prey interactions, historical patterns of land use on
herbivores, mammilian ecology, color variation in deer and endangered species
Brent Bibles
Professor of Wildlife Biology, Unity College
Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1999
Research Interests: Modelling space use, habitat selection, population responses to habitat change
Terry Blankenship
Director, Welder Wildlife Foundation
Education: Ph.D., Texas A and M, 2000
Research Interests: Predator-prey relations and bobcat ecology in Texas
James W. Cain, III
Affiliate Professor and Assistant Unit Leader, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Unit
Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2006
Research Interests: Wildlife-habitat relationships and large mammal ecology
Dr. Daniel Collins
Migratory Bird Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
daniel.collins@ttu.edu
(806) 834-8144 | N/A
Education: Ph.D., Stephen F. Austin State University, 2008
Research Interests: Migratory bird management
Courtney Conway
Professor of Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho and Unit Leader, Idaho Cooperative
Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Education: Ph.D., University of Montana, 1998
Research Interests: Wildlife management, conservation biology, behavioral ecology, life history evolution
Sarah Fritts
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Texas State University
Education: Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 2014
Research Interests: Multi-lavel space/habitat use, movement, and spatial/temporal variations in wildlife
population demographics in response to changes in land use, environmental, and weather
variation; renewable energy ecology and wildlife responses to the intersection between
climate change and landuse change.
Timothy Fulbright
Research Scientist, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A and M University,
Kingsville.
Education: Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1981
Research Interests: Wildlife habitat management and habitat restoration.
Timothy Grabowski
Unit Leader, Hawai'i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit; Associate Faculty, University
of Hawai'i-Manoa.
Education: Ph.D., Clemson University, 2006
Research Interests: Anthropogenic impacts, aquatic ecology, behavioral ecology, biodiversity, climate
change, ecological flows, fisheries management, hydroacoustics/bioacoustics, marine/coastal
ecology, movement ecology, population and community ecology, species management, stream
ecology.
Louis Harveson
Associate Provost of Research and Development, Sul Ross State University
Education: Ph.D., Texas A and M University, 1997
Research Interests: Big game ecology, upland gamebird ecology, habitat management
David A. Haukos
Unit Leader, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Kansas State University
Education: Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1991
Research Interests: Wetland ecology, avian population dynamics, migration ecology, waterfowl, Natural
Resource Policy, environmental education.
David G. Hewitt
Professor, Department of Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences
Education: Ph.D., Virginia Tech University, 1994
Research Interests: Wildlife nutrition, ecology, and management.
Terry McLendon
Research Professor
terry.mclendon@ttu.edu
Education: Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1979
Research Interests: plant ecology, ecological modeling, vegetation change
Robert Parmenter
Chief, Science and Resource Stewardship Division at National Park Service
Education: Ph.D., Utah State University, 1982
Research Interests: Ecosystem disturbance, fire ecology, climatic influences on plant and animal populations,
successional processes, plant-animal interactions, predator-prey relationships of
both vertebrates and invertebrates, decomposition and nutrient cycling, and the ecology
of zoonotic diseases.
Allison Pease
Assistant Professor, University of Missouri
Education: Ph.D., Texas A and M University, 2010
Research Interests: Fish feeding ecology and habitat use, aquatic food webs, environmental change effects
on fish assemblages and populations, tropical fisheries conservation
Ben Skipper
Associate Professor, San Angelo State University
Education: Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 2013
Research Interests: Ornithology
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
Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1973
Research Interests: GIS, watershed, (retired)
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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