Research Interests

• Wildlife Population Interactions with Anthropogenic Environmental Changes

Education

Undergraduate Education

B.S. in Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 1998

• Undeclared Minor in Psychology

Graduate Education

M.S. in Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2002

Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, & Conservation Biology, University of Nevada, 2010

Professional Biography

Dr. Heather Mathewson has a research program that primarily focuses on wildlife population and their interactions with anthropogenic changes in the environment. Current research includes riparian and grassland restoration, phenotypic plasticity in house sparrows in response to extreme temperatures, microplastics in songbirds, risks to wildlife from erosion control products, and effectiveness of environmental DNA for monitoring populations.

Scholarly Works