{"id":3391,"date":"2024-12-03T17:47:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/?page_id=3391"},"modified":"2025-07-16T18:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:00:37","slug":"rcn-collaborators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/rcn-collaborators","title":{"rendered":"RCN Collaborators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>We are a collaborative network that is passionate about native bee diversity<\/strong> and are comprised of professors, graduate students, professional entomologists, collections curators, conservation professionals, and federal and state wildlife biologists from across Texas and the surrounding region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1621\" height=\"677\" data-id=\"3393\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Screenshot-112.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3393\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1916\" height=\"657\" data-id=\"3394\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Screenshot-115.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3394\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"809\" data-id=\"3392\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Screenshot-116.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3392\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Shalene Jha<\/strong>, Professor University of Texas at Austin &#8211; RCN Lead PI &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>website<\/strong><\/a><\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Foci: Conservation Biology, Landscape Genetics, Agroecology, Plant-Animal Interactions<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Hannah Gray<\/strong>, State Invertebrate Biologist Texas Parks &amp; Wildlife Department <\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Foci: Plant-Insect Interactions, Agroecology, Conservation Biology<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Elinor Lichtenberg<\/strong>, Assistant Professor University of North Texas &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biology.unt.edu\/lichtenberg-lab\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/biology.unt.edu\/lichtenberg-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Foci: Biodiversity, Plant-Pollinator Interactions, Bee Behavior<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Shelby Kilpatrick<\/strong>, Graduate Researcher Texas A&amp;M University &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykkilpatrick.weebly.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/shelbykkilpatrick.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Foci: Bee Taxonomy, Biodiversity Checklists, Entomology Education<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Gabriella Pardee<\/strong>, Research Director St. Ed&#8217;s Wild Basin Research Center &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gabriellapardee.weebly.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gabriellapardee.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Foci: Bee<\/em> <em>Conservation, Plant-Pollinator Interactions, Foraging Behavior, Pollination<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Sean Griffin<\/strong>, Director of Science and Conservation LBJ Wildflower Center &#8211; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/srgriffin.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/srgriffin.com\/\">website<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Foci: Native Plant and Pollinator Conservation, Land Management<\/em>, <em>Ecosystem Services<\/em><strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>John Pascarella<\/strong>, Professor of Biology Sam Houston State University &#8211; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shsu.edu\/academics\/biological-sciences\/people\/pascarella.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.shsu.edu\/academics\/biological-sciences\/people\/pascarella.html\">website<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Foci: Plant-Insect Interactions, Bee Biodiversity and Conservation, Plant Ecology<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Adam Mitchell<\/strong>, Asst. Professor of Entomology Tarleton State University &#8211; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shsu.edu\/academics\/biological-sciences\/people\/pascarella.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.shsu.edu\/academics\/biological-sciences\/people\/pascarella.html\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mitchell\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/mitchell\/\">website<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/summary>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><em>Foci: Anthropogenic impacts on insect diversity<\/em>,<em> Native plant &amp; arthropod restoration<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a collaborative network that is passionate about native bee diversity and are comprised of professors, graduate students, professional entomologists, collections curators, conservation professionals, and federal and state wildlife biologists from across Texas and the surrounding region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3391","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3391"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3391"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3446,"href":"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3391\/revisions\/3446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}