Matt is a doctoral student in the Department of Ecosystem Science and is a participant in the USDA National Needs Fellowship program. By studying the effects of landscape change on water resources, he aims to tease apart the complex relationships between land use, management, climate, weather, and vegetation. This improved understanding will help safeguard water resources in a changing world. Matt conducted undergraduate work in marine biology at Texas A&M at Galveston before earning a M.S. in landscape ecology at Texas A&M. Before returning to pursue his Ph.D., he worked on a variety of watershed planning projects for the Texas AgriLife Extension Service.
e-mail: mattberg[at]tamu.edu
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Adam is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences working in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Lab. His research examines the psychological aspects of decisions made by private landowners and users of natural resources, and their impacts on biodiversity and natural resources. Adam received a B.S. in Wildlife Science from the SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 2007 and a Master’s of Science in Education from Nazareth College of Rochester. Adam has worked as an environmental educator with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
e-mail: aclandon[at]tamu.edu
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Mike is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, and he is a trainee in the Applied Biodiversity Science NSF-IGERT program at A&M. Mike earned a B.S. in Natural Resources from Cornell University, and an M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M. His dissertation research is focused on the endangered arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus), endemic to southern California (US) and northern Baja California (MX). Mike is trying to understand how large scale landscape changes are influencing habitat for the species. In general, Mike is interested in applying landscape ecology approaches to broad conservation issues that may help inform management and planning of large areas.
e-mail: mlt35[at]tamu.edu
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e-mail: lashley[at]tamu.edu
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Jialei is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, and she is in the graduate program of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) at Texas A&M University. Jialei received her B.S. in Huazhong Agriculture University, China. Her current research focuses on the defensive effects of endosymbionts on fruit flies. She is interested in the evolution of the complex association between insect hosts and their endosymbiont bacteria.
e-mail: yogtxixi@gmail.com
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