About Me

Currently I am studying the spatiotemporal patterns of fish and macroinvertebrates on the Pedernales River, Texas, U.S.A. I am interested in further understanding the assemblage make-up, community dynamics, and habitat relationships that these fauna have developed in this unique Edwards Plateau stream.

I am also collaborating with several undergraduate and graduate students in gathering life-history information for several Texas native species: Texas logperch Percina carbonaria, ironcolor shiner Notropis chalybaeus, Guadalupe dusky darter Percina apristis, river darter Percina shumardi, and Burrhead chub Macrhybopsis marconis. We will be looking at habitat association, diet, gonadal development, and population structure.

In addition, I am working closely with a colleague, Josh Perkin, on his radio telemetry study with Guadalupe bass Micropterus treculii. We will be looking at microhabitat associations in relation to seasonal and diel movements.

Quite simply, conservation of our native freshwater fishes fascinates me, but I recognize the importance of exploration into the many other facets of aquatic ecology and I look forward to studying them in the future. Curriculum vitae (CV) and additional picture (Minnow U) links below.

If you are interested in, and would like exposure to some of the topics above, feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.