Texas Tech University

NRM Graduate Students

 


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Pierce Adams

MS
Major Professor: Dr. Warren Conway
Research Title: High marsh usage and fire history analysis of breeding mottled ducks (Anas fulvigula) in Coastal Louisiana and Texas

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Angela Alviz

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Richard Stevens
Research Title: Tapir Morphology and Ecology in Colombia

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Maria Anastacio

MS
Major Professor: Dr. Nathan Gill
Research Title: TBD

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Jacob Arey

M.S.
Major Professor:  Dr. Robert Cox
Research Title: Herbicide Effects on Huisache

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Travis Ausec

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Scott Collins
Research Title: Urban Lake Habitat Management to Improve Fishing Opportunities

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Diego Aviles

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Aaron Norris
Research Title: Precision grazing systems, forages

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Sahel Azizkhani Shadisheh

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Gad Perry
Research Title: TBD

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Kalin Bayes

MS
Major Professor: Dr. Kerry Griffis-Kyle
Research Title: Assessing habitat quality through amphibian development and habitat selection in the Sonoran Desert

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Emily Brodbeck

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Warren Conway
Research Title: Surveillance of Coronavirus in Urban Birds

Bio


Raini Bulaclac, ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Raini Bulaclac

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Cooper-Norris
Research Title:  Native Grassland Restoration and Bee Demographics on the Texas Sourthern and High Plains

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Christopher Carter

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Warren Conway
Research Title:TBD

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

David Creamer

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Jane Rogosch
Research Title:Invasive Species

Bio


ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Tucker Davidson

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Clint Boal
Research Title:  Nest-site Selection and Nest Survival for Avian Communities in Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands 

Bio


ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Danielle Deming

M.S. 
Major Professor: Dr. Warren Conway
Research Title: Coyote Population Genetics and Dietary Habits in the Mojave Desert

Bio


ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Haley Ditzenberger

M.S. 
Major Professor: Dr. Blake Grisham
Research Title:  Greater Sandhill Crane Population Connectivity as Indicated by Stable Isotopes and Microsatellites

Bio


ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Lily Evans

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Blake Grisham
Research Title: Assessment of Prescribed Grazing for Lesser Prairie Chickens on Beef Herd Health and Productivity

Bio


ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Sarah Fonville

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Clint Boal
Research Title: Winter Food Habits of American Kestrels

Bio


ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Kevin Fryar

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Brad Dabbert
Research Title: Northern Bobwhite nesting ecology and chick survival

Bio


Carlos Garcia,  ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Carlos Garcia

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Richard Stevens
Research Title: Roosting ecology of the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) in Louisiana

Bio


Juan Garcia-Cancel, phd student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Juan Garcia-Cancel

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Robert Cox
Research Title: Range expansion and effects of buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris) in native communities in semi-arid lands in Texas and Puerto Rico

Bio


ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Owen George

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Scott Collins
Research Title: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Effects of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) on the Annual Production of Native Fish Populations

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Badri Ghimire

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Nathan Gill
Research Title: Quantitative wood anatomy, plant-fire interactions

Bio


Aaron Gray, ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Aaron Gray

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Scott Collins
Research Title: Fish Community Responses in a Highly Flow-Regulated Mid-Sized River

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Angela Grogan

M.S. 
Major Professor: Dr. Warren Conway
Research Title: Assessing the genetic suseptibility of pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) to prion diseases through PRNP gene sequencing

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

George Gyan

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Nathan Gill
Research Title: TBD

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Cienna Hanson

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Jane Rogosch
Research Title: Evaluating resilience and vulnerability of fish assemblage structure to intermittent flow

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Connor Harrington

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Robert Cox
Research Title: Plant Ecology in the Southern High Plains

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Melody Harrington

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Philip Gipson
Research Title: Degradation of Carnivore Scat Under Differing Environmental Conditions

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Hayden Hays

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Matthew Barnes
Research Title: Spatial Ecology of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in Wetlands and Springs

Bio


scott hill, student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Scott Hill

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Carlos Portillo
Research Title: The Effects Spatial Resolution Has on Functional Connectivity in Central Texas Grasslands

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Jillian Hochstrasser

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Scott Collins
Research Title: Assessing the Effects of Invasive Planktivores on Zooplankton Communities

Bio


Charles Hoitt,  ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Charles Hoitt

Ph.D. 
Major Professor: Dr. Carlos Villalobos
Research Title: Nutritional and Reproductive Behavior in Axis Deer

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Karen Hondrick

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Warren Conway
Research Title: Mottled Duck and Black Rail Response to Fire and Grazing on the Texas Coast

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Trey Johnson

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Brad Dabbert
Research Title: Restoring Northern Bobwhite Populations in the Pineywoods Ecoregion of Texas

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Haley Keff

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Brad Dabbert
Research Title: Northern Bobwhite Chick Ecology

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Madelyn Knauss

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Matthew Barnes and Dr. Stephanie Lockwood
Research Title: Monitoring Mesoamerican Barrier Reef species using environmental DNA (eDNA)

Bio


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Delaney Krasner

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Gad Perry
Research Title: TBD

Bio


Garret D. Langlois,  ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Garret D. Langlois

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Richard Stevens
Research Title: The social network structure and roost selection of a large, abundant, neotropical bat species (Artibeus lituratus)

Bio


Colton Laws,  ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Colton Laws

Ph.D. 
Major Professor: Dr. Philip Gipson
Research Title: Re-evaluation of artificial escape dens and effects on swift fox populations in Northwestern Texas and Northeastern New Mexico

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Catherine Lechnar

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Nathan Gill
Research Title: Combinations of Herbicide and Prescribed Fire to Manage Macartney Rose in Texas Coastal Prairie

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Samantha Lehker

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Reynaldo Patiño
Research Title: TBD

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Jennifer Long

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Clint Boal
Research Title:  TBD

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Joshua Luft

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Brad Dabbert
Research Title:  TBD

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Ian Mack II

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Blake Grisham
Research Title: Rio Grande wild turkey habitat and genetic connectivity, disease prevalence, and survival in the Texas Edwards Plateau Ecoregion

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Meghan Mahurin

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Clint Boal
Research Title: Burrowing Owl Habitat Use in Relation to Wind Energy Development

Bio


Derek Malone,  ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Derek Malone

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Clint Boal
Research Title:  Assessing Texas Kangaroo Rat Habitat Management and Population Connectivity

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Brice Martin

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Kerry Griffis-Kyle
Research Title:  Sonoran Desert Tortoise Habitat Associations

Bio


Gary Mizer,  ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Gary Mizer

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Warren Conway
Research Title: Influence of Agriculture Production and Anthropomorphic Structures on Pronghorn Movements and Diet Composition

Bio


Cindy Moberly,  ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Cindy Moberly

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Cade Coldren
Research Title: Effects of spatial and temporal dynamics of vegetation on water balances of watersheds in the Edwards Plateau of Texas: a simulation modeling evaluation

Bio


James Morel,  ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

James Morel

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Warren Conway
Research Title: Waterfowl Use and Carrying Capacity of Stock Ponds in Eastern and Central Texas

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Andrea Norton

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Scott Collins
Research Title:  Patterns of Plastic Pollution in Lubbock Urban Lakes

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Corin Olivas

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Warren Conway
Research Title: TBD

Bio


James Clint Perkins, ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Clint Perkins

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Richard Stevens
Research Title:  Ecology of Plains Spotted Skunk

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Kaitlin Plate

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Matthew Barnes
Research Title:  Particle Size Determination of Invasive Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Chassety Raines

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Gad Perry
Research Title:  TBD

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Shaelyn Rainey

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Caitlyn Cooper-Norris
Research Title:  TBD

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Joseph Richards

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Blake Grisham and Dr. Scott Longing
Research Title:  Wild turkeys and invertebrates

Bio


Cristina Rios-Blanco,  ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Cristina Rios-Blanco

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Richard Stevens
Research Title: Bat ecology, Macroecology, Community ecology

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Ariana Rivera

M.S. 
Major Professor: Dr. Clint Boal
Research Title:  Changes in Avian Community Composition Following Prescribed Thinning in Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands

Bio


Sadie Roth, ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Sadie Roth

M.S.
Major Professor: Drs. Kerry Griffis-Kyle and Matthew Barnes
Research Title:  Desert Amphibian Reproduction and Disease Exposure in Isolated Desert Waters

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Ayla Ryan

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Robert Cox
Research Title: Ecology and Restoration of Dunes in Permian Basin of Texas

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Emma Sanchez

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Richard Stevens
Research Title:  Diurnal Roosts of Bats on Highway Overpasses

Bio


Lucas Schilder, ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Lucas Schilder

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Clint Boal
Research Title:  Changes in Avian and Plant Community Composition and Structure Following Prescribed Thinning in Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands

Bio


Sharon Smythe,  ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Sharon Smythe Valverde

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Warren Conway and James Cain (NMSU)
Research Title: Resource Selection and Habitat Use by Elk in Response to Interspecific Competition, Predation Risk, and Forest Restoration in North-Central New Mexico

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Lauren Soliz

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Scott Collins
Research Title:  Effects of Multiple Invaders and Invasive Treatments on Fish Communities and a Threatened Species in San Felipe Creek

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Lauren Spjut

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Blake Grisham
Research Title:  An assessment of fine scale microclimate conditions in Purple Martin artificial housing and its influence on nest survival

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

William Stewart

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Blake Grisham and Dr. Scott Longing
Research Title:  TBD

Bio


John Stuhler,  phd student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

John Stuhler

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Richard Stevens
Research Title: Ecology of the Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator)

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Veronica Urbanczyk

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Brad Dabbert
Research Title:  TBD

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Julien Washington

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Clint Boal
Research Title: TBD

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Ashley Whitehead

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Matthew Barnes
Research Title: Downstream Transport of Zebra Mussel Environmental DNA and Implications for Analysis

Bio


Michael Whitson,  ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Michael Whitson

Ph.D. 
Major Professor: Dr. Warren Conway/Dr. Blake Grisham
Research Title: Use of Moist-Soil Management Techniques for Waterfowl in Fallow Rice Fields on the Upper Texas Coast

Bio


holly wilson,  ms student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Holly Wilson

Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Richard Stevens
Research Title: Use of Highway Structures by Bats in the Trans-Pecos Ecoregion of Texas: Inventory and Assessment of Relative Contributions of Characteristics of Landscape, Habitat and Highway Structures in Determining Day-Roost Utilization

Bio


student, ttu, nrm, natural resources management, texas tech university

Wade Wilson

M.S.
Major Professor: Dr. Jane Rogosch
Research Title:  TBD

Bio