Heart of the Hills Fisheries Science Center

The staff at HOHFSC is composed of a research director, a facilities manager, research biologists, technicians, and an office manager/librarian.

Research Program Director

Bob Betsill, ext. 215
Email: bob.betsill@tpwd.state.tx.us

Reference Librarian

Annette Sudyka, ext. 200
Email: hoh@tpwd.state.tx.us

Research Biologists

• Warren Schlechte, Ph.D., Biometrician, ext. 214
  Quantitative scientific advice for fisheries management; sampling, applied statistics, stock assessment, and population dynamics
• Dave Buckmeier, ext. 219
  Fish age estimation, stocking, gear selectivity, and population dynamics
• Aaron Barkoh, Ph.D., ext. 218
  Warmwater fish culture, hatchery water quality management, pond productivity enhancement, and control of the toxic golden alga, Prymnesium parvum
• Dan Daugherty, Ph.D., ext. 211
  Fish/habitat interactions, biotelemetry, GIS applications in fisheries, stock assessment
• Paul Fleming, ext. 227
  Stream fish ecology, zoogeography, population biology, community dynamics, and conservation
  
• Nate Smith, Ph.D., ext. 210
  Population dynamics, ecological modeling, trophic interactions, fish age and growth, natural tags, and hatchery/wild dynamics
• Kris Bodine, ext. 213
  Ecosystem and community ecology, fish sampling, population dynamics, predator-prey interactions, and applied behavioral ecology

Research Technicians

• David Wilson
• Shane Pavlicek
• Bobby Wienecke
• Joe Hernandez