Undergraduate Research

Principal Investigator
Carmen G. Montaña, PhD.
PhD- 2012, Texas A&M University
Assistant Professor Department Of Biology
Stephen F. Austin State University
Miller Science Building, Room # 123
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
Email: montanascg (at) sfasu (dot) edu
Phone: 936.468.2322

Curriculum vitae
ResearchGate Profile
Google Scholar Profile

Visiting Researchers

Dr. Reuber Antoniazzi
Ph.D. in Science at Instituto de Ecología (INECOL), Mexico
Website: www.reuberantoniazzi.weebly.com
CV: reuberantoniazzi.weebly.com/cv.html

Dr. Antoniazzi research's focus is on community ecology of tropical and subtropical forest ecosystems. Dr. Dr. Antoniazzi is interested in organismal biotic interactions and processes that cause biodiversity changes over space and time.
During his time at the Montana Lab, Dr. Antoniazzi will collaborate on research on the community ecology of fishes and describing historical patterns of fish assemblages in East Texas streams.

David Peterson
Fish Biologist
USDA- Forest Service Lufkin TX

Dave and the member of the Montana Lab are working on describing the "Conservation status of fishes in East Texas". We are looking at historical and contemporary data to evaluate changes in species composition over time, but also we are looking at life history traits and functional traits to evaluate what traits have allowed the persistence of some native species over time.

Graduate Students

 Jake Swanson
M.S. Student, Environmental Science, SFASU.
B.S., Natural Resource Ecology and Management @ Oklahoma State University
Jake is examining how fish functional traits correlate to environmental variables in Texas streams.

Jake is co-advised with Dr. Christopher Schalk

Erin Shepta
M.S. Student, Biology, SFASU.
B.S. Biology: Animal Behavior @ Millersville University, Pennsylvania

Erin is investigating current ecological status of two Cyprindontiformes fish species and the pathways of their introductions in Texas streams.

Current Undergraduate Students

Andy Lara
Biology
Project: Taxonomy and functional diversity of fishes in the Little Cypress Bayou in East Texas.

Zachary Hutchens
Biology
Project: Movements, life history and conservation status of Sabine shiner (Notropis sabinae) in streams in East Texas.

Courtney Plummer
Biology
Project: Use of aquatic macroinvertebrates as biological indicators of stream health.

Siena Stassi
Environmental Science
Project: Microplastic accumulation in sediments, water samples and fish stomach contents in streams along a gradient of land uses in East Texas.

Conner Young
Biology
Project: Niche overlap and microhabitat selection in three shiner species (Cyprinella venusta, Notropis atrocaudalis and Notropis sabinae) in streams of east Texas.