Director

Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Staff

Sara G.Chapa

Robert F. Duke (Bobby)

Mario De Leon

Samuel B. Sugarek (Sam)

Brianna M. Wechsler

Graduate Students

Brenna Edwards

CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Research Focus: The ecological impacts and diet preference of wild pigs (Sus scrofa) on wetland vegetation and plant community turnover responses post-disturbance.

Emily Letner

CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Research Focus: In development...

Marissa Spinelli

CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Research Focus: Vulnerability of Laguna Madre Spoil Islands to Invasion of  Schinus terebinthifolius

Annika Gorman

CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Research Focus: Microbial Community Composition of Marine Turtle Exterior Microbiomes: A Comparative Study Across Species and Geographic Regions

agorman1@islander.tamucc.edu

Lucas Pender

CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Research Focus: Taking Stock of Blue Carbon in Black Mangroves (Avicennia germinans)

lpender@islander.tamucc.edu

Ashley Peterson

CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Research Focus: Fiddler Crab Bioturbation on Natural Greenhouse Gas Emissions

apeterson11@islander.tamucc.edu

Vaun Natalroman

CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Research Focus: In development...

vnatalroman@islander.tamucc.edu