Texas Tech University

Kristen Heath

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Biography

I was born and raised in Odessa, Texas where I grew up with a love of animals, playing sports and being outdoors. In 2009 I received my Bachelor's from Texas Tech University in Biology with a minor in Art. Since then I have worked in wildlife rehabilitation and avian field research. My work has taken me to upstate New York, northern California, Hawai'i and Panama where I worked primarily on behavioral ecology and conservation projects with songbirds. I have a passion for birds and field research, which brought me back to Lubbock to work with Snowy Plovers. My research interests include avian ecology and conservation. My current research is determining the level of connectivity of Snowy Plovers in the Texas Panhandle, eastern New Mexico and north-central Oklahoma.