News Archive

2023​

• Happy Labor Day Weekend! Looking forward to more small mammal trapping later this week. (September 2023)
• First week of classes in the books! We're off to a great start with training in the lab, CT segmentation training, and small mammal trapping! (August 2023)
• Ongoing projects for Fall 2023 include Peromyscus morphology and genomics, bat fly phylogenetics, sucking louse morphology and phylogenetic analysis at the genus level, pocket gopher NUMTs, pocket gopher chewing lice, and filarial worms of ticks. A lot going on! (August 2023)
• Fall semester starts soon! Jessica is teaching mammalogy again. (August 2023)
• Summer is coming to end. Natalie is nearly off to her Postdoctoral Researcher position at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. (August 2023)
• Natalie, Katelyn, and Jessica all attended and presented at the International Mammal Congress joint meeting with the American Society of Mammalogists in Anchorage, Alaska. What a meeting! (July 2023)
• Ali attend and presented at the Diptera and Parasitology meetings. Great job, Ali! (July 2023)
• Congratulations to Jessica, recipient of the President's Special Award from the American Society of Mammalogists (award granted from Dr. Enrique Lessa; Thanks, Enrique!) (July 2023)
• SUPER BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Natalie! She successfully defended her PhD. Congratulations Dr. Hamilton!! (May 2023)
• Spring semester 2023 in the books! (May 2023)
• Nearing the end of the semester..... (April 2023)
• Jessica received an Honorary Professor Award in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Students nominate faculty for this award. Read all about it here (April 2023)
• Totally missed the month of March. I'm sure a lot happened. (March 2023)
• Tis the season for graduate school acceptances! Congrats to Keerthana Rameshbabu! She'll start a Master's Program in Biotechnology in the fall. Yay! (February 2023)
• Congratulations to past lab member Grace Vielleux! She was just accepted into a PhD program at the University of Melbourne (Australia). Whoo-hoo, congratulations, Grace! (February 2023)
• Successful trip to the annual meeting of the Texas Society of Mammalogists. Natalie and Ali both gave great talks. No deer were injured during this trip. (February 2023)
• Natalie was awarded a scholarship from the Southwestern Section of The Wildlife Society. Congrats, Natalie! (January 2023)
• Congratulations to past student PhD Whitney Preisser! She and her colleagues published a new paper about parasite decline and conservation. Check it out here (January 2023)
• Happy New Year! (January 2023)