Texas Carnivore Ecology Lab
Texas Carnivore Ecology Lab

Lab Members

Graduate Students

  • Haley Sloan – B.S. – Graduate Researcher
    • Project: Disease Management Along the U.S./Mexico Border

Haley is currently pursuing a masters in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University where she is researching disease management along the US-Mexico Border. Haley’s research interests include wildlife diseases, disease ecology, and wildlife ecology. Originally from Wimberley, TX, Haley received her BS in 2021 at Texas A&M University studying Wildlife and Fisheries Science. During her time as an undergraduate, she worked as a bird caretaker and an undergraduate researcher working on the genome editing of rice.

 

 

 

 

 

  • Alyssa Freeman – B.S. – Graduate Researcher
    • Project: Assessing Alligator Spatial Ecology and the Extent of Nest Predation by Scavengers in coastal Texas

Alyssa is currently pursuing a Masters in Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management. She is originally from Rowlett, TX and received her BS in 2019 at Texas Tech University studying Natural Resources Management with a concentration in Wildlife Biology. During school, she studied abroad in Ethiopia and worked as a telemetry technician on a mule deer project. After completing her BS, Alyssa moved to Puerto Rico and held several field jobs where she worked with a wide variety of wildlife, including the leatherback sea turtle, green sea turtle, Ridley sea turtle, drill, golden-bellied crowned guenon, white-tailed deer, feral swine, desert tortoise, and coyote.

 

 

 

 

  • Hallie Halstead, B.S. – Graduate Researcher
    • Project: Factors Influencing Diets of Wild Pigs in the Neches River Basin of the Piney Woods Region of Texas

Hallie is pursuing an MS in Rangeland, Wildlife & Fisheries Management at Texas A&M University, whereby she is researching factors influencing variation in feral hog diets in the Piney Woods region of Texas. Her research interests include wildlife ecology, population dynamics, and wildlife forensics. She is originally from Leander, TX and attended Tarleton State University in Stephenville, TX where she graduated with a BS in Wildlife, Sustainability & Ecosystem Science in 2017 with an emphasis in Wildlife Management. During her BS, Hallie was able to study abroad in southern Africa and also had the opportunity to volunteer at a Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. After graduating, she took on several seasonal field technician positions and worked with many species, including ring-necked pheasant, white-tailed deer, and several species of salmon. In addition, she interned at a zoo with the carnivore department.

 

 

 

  • Sarah Goodman – B.S. – Graduate Researcher
    • Project- Economic Assessment of Losses to Bird Predation on Coastal Redfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Catfish and Shrimp Aquaculture Farms in Texas

Sarah is pursuing and MS in Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management at Texas A&M University, where she is studying piscivorous bird predation on private aquaculture farms along the Texas coast, and determining the economical losses due do this predation. Sarah grew up south of Houston, and has always had a passion for wildlife. She graduated from Sam Houston State University with a B.S. in Animal Science with a focus in Wildlife Management. After graduating, Sarah plans on pursuing a career as a wildlife biologist.

 

 

  • Anna Racey – B.S. – Graduate Researcher
    • Project: Towards a Unified Framework for Managing Wild Pigs in US National Parks

Anna is from Boerne, TX and is a freshman Wildlife and Fisheries major. In high school, Anna wrote a research paper on wild pigs and realized many of her sources were from Texas A&M and Agrilife Extension, leading her to the decision to attend Texas A&M. Anna is President of the Texas A&M University College Station Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society and has participated in several research expeditions, including deer capture and GPS collaring of coyotes. Anna is an undergraduate researcher for the Texas Carnivore Ecology Lab and is studying the diets of south Texas coyotes.

 

 

 

 

 

Lab Alumni

Graduate

  • Nicholas Bromen- M.S. 2017
    • Project: Influence of Livestock Guardian Dogs on Mesocarnivores in the Edwards Plateau of Texas
  • Justin T. French– Ph.D. 2019
    • Project: Behavior and Spatial Ecology of Unharvested Coyote Population in South Texas
  • Rachael Connally- M.S. 2020
    • Project: Human Dimensions of Wild Pig Hunting in Texas

Undergraduate

  • Stoney Newberry – B.S. 2018
  • Jessica Sannwaldt – B.S. 2017
  • Jacob Locke – B.S. 2018
  • AnMarie Ulery – B.S. 2017
  • Torrye Glaser – B.S. 2017
  • Sarah Ardry – B.S. 2020
  • Kirby Elevo – B.S. 2021
  • Cody Stricker – B.S. 2022