Office Directory

  • Dr. Loretta Battaglia
Director and Professor
Ph.D. Ecology, University of Georgia (1998); coastal ecosystems, invasive species, wetland plant communities, multivariate statistics
Office: (361) 825-2768

Staff

  • Teresa Barrera-Carrillo
Research Associate III
M.S. Biology, TAMU-CC
Office: (361) 825-5888

 

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  • Sara Chapa
Business Coordinator I
Office: (361) 825-2736
  • Robert (Bobby) F. Duke
Research Assistant
B.S. Biology, TAMU-CC (2004); coastal ecology, avian communities, water quality, ecology of Texas Diamondback Terrapins
  • Erin M. Hill
Research Specialist IV
M.S. Environmental Science, TAMU-CC (2001); marine benthic communities, invertebrate and algae systematics, water quality of estuarine systems
Office: (361) 825-5791
 
 
  • Capt. Jay Tarkington
Program Director
M.S. Biology, TAMU-CC (2002); Marine /Wetland Education, Coastal History, Field Studies, Oyster Ecology, Coastal Birds, Diamondback Terrapin Research
Office: (361) 825-3221
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

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Graduate Students

  • Juliana Stratford
Graduate Research Assistant
CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia
B.S. Biology, Lindenwood University (2020)
 
  • Garrett Guzoski
       Graduate Teaching Assistant
       CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia
       B.S. Environmental Science,
       University of Texas at San Antonio (2022)

 

  • Laurynn Thompson-Torres
Graduate Research Assistant
CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia
B.S. Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, (Washington State University-School of the Environment 2019)
M.P.S. Marine Ecology, Conservation & Society, (University of Miami-Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric & Earth Sciences 2020) 
PhD Student Marine Biology & Coastal Wetlands Ecology, (Current-Texas A&M University Corpus Christi)
 

 

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Faculty Affiliates


  • Dr. Frauke Seeman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  • Dr. Jeffrey Turner
Associate Professor of Marine Biology
Ph.D. Marine Ecology, University of Georgia (2010)
Office: (361) 825-6206
 
  • Dr. Kim Withers
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University (1994); tidal flat ecology, ornithology, marine benthic ecology, aquatic entomology, mangrove ecology
Office: (361) 825-5907
 
 
  • Dr. Lin Zhang