Jake joined the lab in May 2025 after completing his B.S. in Bachelor of Science in Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology from Colorado State University. Jake's us examining the spatial and temporal response of fish community structure to low-head dam removal in War Eagle Creek.
Becca joined the lab in January 2026 after completing her B.S. in Environmental Science at UCA. Becca will be studying the temporal variation in fish assemblages of the Buffalo River in relation to land use, barriers, and recreational use.
Austin joined the lab in May 2026. He graduated from Hood College with a B.A. in Biology. Austin will be studying impacts of a restoration conducted 10 years ago by The Nature Conservancy on the fish assemblages of the Kings River.
Lorelei Harris is an Environmental Science Biology Track major at UCA. She is studying habitat use and diet of Noturus albater in the Kings River.
Kathryn Bland is an Environmental Science Biology Track major at UCA. She is studying habitat use and temporal changes in occurence in the Luxilus chrysocephalus populations between the Ozarks and Ouachitas.
Kyle Payne is a pre-dental major in Biology at UCA. He is studying the diet of Peppered Shiner YOY in the Saline River of Arkansas.
Lauren Rose is an Environmental Science Biology Track major at UCA. She is studying (TBD).
Abby Rodriguez is an Environmental Science Biology Track major at UCA. She is studying how fish communities vary in constructed vs natural riffles in War Eagle Creek following a recent stream restoration.