Director

Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Staff

Sara G.Chapa

Robert F. Duke (Bobby)

Mario De Leon

Samuel B. Sugarek (Sam)

Brianna M. Wechsler

Graduate Students

Garrett Guzoski

CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Research Focus: Assessing the effects of salinity, water temperature, and sea level rise on the habitat range and occurrence of the Texas Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin littoralis) in South Texas.

gguzoski@islander.tamucc.edu

Peyton Calderon

CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Research Focus: The distribution of soil microarthropods (mites and springtails) in salt marshes along a salinity and nutrient gradient

pvogler@islander.tamucc.edu

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.

bedwards1@islander.tamucc.edu

Olivia Hughes

CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Research Focus: Quantifying sessile invertebrate community composition and related predation behavior within different habitat types. 

ohughes@islander.tamucc.edu

Marissa Spinelli

CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia

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

mspinelli1@islander.tamucc.edu

Emily Letner

CCS Advisor: Dr. Loretta Battaglia

Research Focus: In development...

eletner@islander.tamucc.edu