Tag: Meet a scientist
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Meet a scientist: Andrew Dessler
From working at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, to serving in the White House, to teaching in a lecture hall at Texas A&M University, Dr. Andrew Dessler has served in many roles as a scientist. Now a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M, he has researched a range of topics, including atmospheric chemistry, stratospheric…
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Meet a scientist: Peter Knappett
Flowing through South Asia across India and into Bangladesh, the Ganges River is largely undrinkable. It flows into the largest delta in the world, the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, where the poor water quality is indicative of the regions’ low-quality surface water and groundwater, with the latter containing highly toxic concentrations of naturally occurring arsenic. Dr. Peter…
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Meet a scientist: Michael Schramm
Growing up in eastern North Carolina, Michael Schramm spent most of his youth surfing, fishing and exploring the rugged Atlantic coast. The barrier island beaches not only influenced his childhood activities but also helped develop his professional interests. Now a Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) research associate, Schramm joined TWRI in May 2016 to apply his longtime…
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Meet a scientist: Jessica Light
Most people are wary of parasitic insects such as lice and ticks. But for Dr. Jessica Light, understanding these complex parasites is a driving force of her research. As an associate professor in Texas A&M University’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Light studies evolutionary processes and associations between organisms, mainly mammals and their parasites. “One of…
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Meet a scientist: Perry Barboza
Alaska is home to some of the largest animals in North America, such as moose, caribou and muskoxen. While there, Dr. Perry Barboza spent a lot of time thinking and working on these iconic species that roam the tundra and forests. Barboza moved from Alaska to College Station in August 2015 to serve as a…
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Meet a scientist: Daniel Roelke
From the Sea of Galilee in Israel, to the northern Gulf of Mexico, to a neotropical river in Venezuela, Dr. Daniel Roelke’s research has led him all over the world — in pursuit of species smaller than a drop of water. An associate professor in Texas A&M University’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and Department of Oceanography,…
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Meet a scientist: Wendy Jepson
For some people, having access to clean water is not as easy as simply turning on a faucet. Some of the United States’ poorest regions rely on inadequate water delivery systems, unaffordable potable water or unclean tap water for their household water use. This is a reality for tens of thousands of households in colonias,…
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Meet a scientist: Ashley Long
Based on her extensive avian research record, one might assume Dr. Ashley Long, Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources (IRNR) research scientist, has been fascinated with birds her whole life. However, Long’s interest in ecology and wildlife didn’t begin until she was in college. “Science was not on my radar during the first two…
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Meet a scientist: Charles Randklev
Dr. Charles Randklev is not one to shy away from challenges. In fact, based on his current field of research, he seems to embrace them. As the principal investigator for Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources Texas A&M University Mussel Research Group, exploring freshwater mussel populations literally involves getting his feet wet — sometimes wading waist deep…
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Meet a scientist: Georgianne Moore
Whether it’s on an island off the coast of Georgia, under the canopy of a rainforest in Costa Rica or in the arid Trans-Pecos in West Texas, for Dr. Georgianne Moore, working in the field is where she feels most at home. Now an associate professor in Texas A&M University’s Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Moore…
