Erin O'Connell
Sul Ross State University
Graduate Researcher at Borderlands Research Institute/Master’s Candidate in NRM ‘22
Born and raised in North Carolina, I developed a passion for science and hunting from spending summers outside at my grandparents’ farm in West Virginia. In May 2020, I graduated from Wofford College in South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. During undergrad I spent two summers capturing and tracking bats throughout West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky, researching population estimates and modeling the spread of white-nose Syndrome. I am interested in disease ecology, quantitative ecology, and animal social behavior. I now have the privilege to study iconic pronghorn at the Rocker b Ranch in West Texas. My research involves pronghorn behavior and space-use. Specifically, I am modeling the acclimation period of translocated pronghorn after translocation has taken place. Additionally, I am modeling how resident and translocated pronghorn select for habitat in an energy dominated landscape though time.
