Affiliated Scholars

Rachel Busselman
DVM Candidate, Part-time Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dept: Veterinary Integrative Biosciences | Lab: S. Hamer
Research: Canine Chagas disease, vector-borne disease, disease ecology and epidemiology 

Sierra Cagle
Assistant Research Scientist
Dept: Marine Biology | Lab: Roelke
Research: Ecology of planktonic communities, ecology and bloom formation mechanisms of harmful algae, influences of freshwater inflows and nutrient loading on productivity of coastal estuaries, and mechanistic numerical modeling

Mason Clark
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dept: Entomology | Lab: Sword
Research: Molecular physiology, genetics, and biochemistry of plant-herbivore interactions; Crop genetic engineering and transformation technologies; Population genetics and hybridization 

Nicole Foley
Associate Research Scientist
Dept: Veterinary Integrative Biosciences | Lab: Murphy
Research: Recombination aware phylogenomic approaches to understand the evolution of mammals and their adaptations

Chetan Gaonkar
Assistant Research Scientist
Dept: Oceanography | Lab: Campbell
Research: Ecology of phytoplankton, taxonomic and function annotations of microbial community

Pedro A. M. Leite
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dept: Ecology & Conservation Biology | Lab: Wilcox
Research: Dryland ecohydrology, with a focus on how woody plant encroachment alters the soil water dynamics and soil health

Joshua Lerner
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dept: Ecology & Conservation Biology | Lab: Fujiwara and Feagin
Research: Population and Community analyses of fish and invertebrates in Matagorda Bay, TX

Shrutarshi Paul
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dept: Ecology and Conservation Biology | Lab: Gonder 
Research: Conservation of large mammals, spatial ecology

Jordan Salomon
Assistant Research Scientist
Dept: Entomology | Lab: Kaufman 
Research: Vector-borne diseases, veterinary medical entomology, livestock pest management

Tonya Shepherd
Research Specialist I and Assistant Lecturer
Dept: Entomology | Lab: Rangel
Research: Honey bee biology, microbiology