Central Texas Ecologists (and some Hydrologists)

This draft list is based upon the mailing list of the meetings of central Texas ecologists in November 2005 and 2006; I have not yet added the new people from the 2007 meeting (any volunteers list keepers out there?).  At present it includes only scientists at universities, colleges, and research centers.

If you would like to be added to the list or removed from it, or would like to correct and/or add to your entry, or know of someone who should be added to or removed  from the list, please email Norma Fowler (University of Texas at Austin).

NAME	EMAIL	POSITION	AFFILIATION	RESEARCH INTERESTS	WEB SITE
Michelle Afkhami		graduate student	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston	plant-microbe-insect interactions
Jeff Ahern		graduate student	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston	plant-insect interactions
Mara Alexander		staff member	San Marcos National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center, San Marcos
Karen Alofs		graduate student	EEB Program, University of Texas at Austin	fragmentation, invasive species, community/landscape ecology	Alofs web site
Jay Banner		faculty	Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin		Banner web site
Tamara Basham		graduate student	Plant Biology Program, University of Texas at Austin	plant physiology, ecosystem ecology	Basham web site
Tom Boutton		faculty	Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station	vegetation change, biogeochemistry, soil biology, stable isotopes	Boutton web site
David Briske		faculty	Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station		Briske web site
Romi Burks		faculty	Department of Biology, Southwestern University, Georgetown	aquatic invasive species, shallow lake systems, stable isotopes	Burks web site
Dulce Carbajal		graduate student	Plant Biology Program, University of Texas at Austin	fungal ecology, climate change	Carbajal web site
Kerri Crawford		graduate student	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston	plant-insect interactions, biodiversity and ecosystem function
Kathy Eggemeyer		student	Texas State University, San Marcos	plant ecophysiology, plant-water relations, ecohydrology
Sarah Emery		postdoc	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston	role of dominant species in plant communities, restoration
Phil Fay		research scientist	Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Temple	plant ecology, physiological ecology, ecosystem ecology, climate change	Fay web site
Tim Fotinos		graduate student	Biology Department, Texas State University, San Marcos	community ecology, invasibility, ecohydrology	Fotinos web site
Norma Fowler		faculty	Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin	plant population and community ecology	Fowler web site
Ana Gonzalez		graduate student	Plant Biology Program, University of Texas at Austin	woody plant encroachment, plant community dynamics and spatial patterns
Dave Goodrich
Dittmar Hahn
Lacey Halstead
Sarah Hamman		postdoc	Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin	ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, fire ecology	Hamman web site
Christine Hawkes		faculty	Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin	plant and microbial community ecology, ecosystem ecology, invasion biology	Hawkes web site
Rebecca Hazen			Trinity University
Jim Heilman
Michael Huston		faculty	Biology Department, Texas State University, San Marcos	community ecology, biodiversity, plant invasions	Huston web site
Virginia Jin		postdoc	Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Temple	C, N cycles, stable isotope ecology, microbial activity/composition
Mari-Vaughn Johnson		graduate student	Texas A&M University, College Station and Kingsville	plant ecology, physiological ecology, C & N cycles, invasive species, functional redundancy
Paul Jurena
Stephanie Kivlin		undergraduate research assistant	Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin	ecosystem ecology, microbial ecology	Kivlin web site
Mathew Leibold		faculty	Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin		Leibold web site
David Lemke		faculty	Biology Department, Texas State University, San Marcos		Lemke web site
Nathan Levens
Marcy Litvak		faculty	Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM		Litvak web site
Vicente Lopes		faculty	Biology Department, Texas State University, San Marcos		Lopes web site
Kelly Lyons		faculty	Biology Department, Trinity University, San Antonio		Lyons web site
Georgianne Moore		faculty	Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station	ecohydrology; plant ecophysiology; land change effects on water resources	Moore web site
Clyde Munster		faculty	Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M, College Station	surface runoff / groundwater recharge	Munster web site
Keith Owen		faculty	Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University	plant ecology, physiological ecology, ecosystem ecology, landscape ecology	Owen web site
Rob Plowes		postdoc	Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin	landscape ecology, remote sensing, invasive plants and animals
Will Pockman		faculty	Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM		Pockman web site
Wayne Polley		research scientist	Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Temple
Mary Poteet		research scientist	Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin	disturbance, plant-insect and parasite-host interactions, and population/community/ecosystem-level feedbacks
Bill Quinn		faculty	Biology Department, St. Edward's University, Austin	forest succession and foraging theory	Quinn web site
Liz Ramsey		graduate student	EEB Program, University of Texas at Austin	plant ecology, endangered species
Betsy Reardon		graduate student	EEB Program, University of Texas at Austin
Jennifer Rudgers		faculty	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston	ecology and evolution of mutualisms	Rudgers web site
Sahotra Sarkar		faculty	Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin		Sarkar web site
Amy Savage		student	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston	role of mutualisms in plant and arthropod community structure
Bridget Scanlon		research scientist	Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin	land use change impacts on recharge, agriculture	Scanlon web site
Susan Schwinning		faculty	Biology Department, Texas State University, San Marcos	plant physiological, population and community ecology, ecohydrology	Schwinning web site
Evan Siemann		faculty	Department ofEcology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston		Siemann web site
Mark Simmons		research scientist	LadyBird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin	restoration, invasive species, bioengineering	Simmons web site
Fred Smeins		faculty	Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station
Kevin Stevens
Gil Strassberg		postdoc	Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin	hydrology, effect of land use change on water resources
Ann Thijs		graduate student	EEB Program, University of Texas at Austin	ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry	Thijs web site
Mark Tjoelker		faculty	Department of Forest Science, Texas A&M University, College Station		Tjoelker web site
Bill Van Auken		faculty	Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio		Van Auken web site
Adrian Vogl
Astrid Volder		faculty	Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station	plant ecology, physiological ecology, climate change, ecosystem ecology, urban plant ecology
Rob Wayne
Ken Whitney		faculty	Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston	plant population biology, plant-animal interactions	Whitney web site
Brad Wilcox		faculty	Department of Rangeland Ecology, and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station	ecohydrology, hydrology	Wilcox web site
Paula Williamson		faculty	Biology Department, Texas State University, San Marcos		Williamson web site
Steve Windhager		research scientist	LadyBird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin	restoration, urban ecology	Windhager web site