{"id":1211,"date":"2025-10-03T15:44:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/?page_id=1211"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:44:37","slug":"darrel-murray","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/darrel-murray\/","title":{"rendered":"Darrel Murray"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/10\/Murray3.jpg\" alt=\"Man stands next to truck.\" class=\"wp-image-1212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/10\/Murray3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/10\/Murray3-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/10\/Murray3-487x400.jpg 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Darrel Murray, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Associate Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:dmurray@tarleton.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dmurray@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone:<a href=\"http:\/\/tel+12549681911\"> 254-968-1911<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Office: Autry 205A<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research-interests-e58bd4ab-e2fe-4de7-b95e-547e1bb5e631\">Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Plant Ecology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.S. in Biology, Texas A&amp;M University, 1987<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graduate Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M.S. in Biology, Texas Christian University, 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution, Baylor University, 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Darrel Murray is a plant ecologist, and teaches classes in wildland plant ecology and identification, ecological restoration, and fire ecology. He is involved with an enthusiastic group of students that present research and participate in plant identification competitions at regional conferences. He also has an active research program, with most research centered on dryland grassland and savanna systems, with a broad interest in conservation of \u201cworking lands\u201d. He is currently working on woody encroachment and restoration of rangelands in Texas and comparative systems in Botswana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-button alignnone\"><a class=\"wp-block-advgb-button_link advgbbtn-39090d19-0007-4fd6-b735-70183e7be11f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/gasarl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><strong>Grassland &amp; Savanna Applied Research Lab<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<style class=\"advgb-styles-renderer\">.advgbbtn-39090d19-0007-4fd6-b735-70183e7be11f{font-size:18px;color:#4f2d7f !important;background-color:#ffffff !important;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px !important;padding:10px 30px 10px 30px;border-width:4px !important;border-color:#4f2d7f !important;border-style:solid !important;border-radius:22px !important;}.advgbbtn-39090d19-0007-4fd6-b735-70183e7be11f:hover{box-shadow:1px 1px 12px 0px #ccc;opacity:1;transition:all 0.2s ease;}.advgbbtn-39090d19-0007-4fd6-b735-70183e7be11f > i {font-size:30px;color:inherit;float:left;margin-right:7px;}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darrel Murray, Ph.D. Associate Professor Email: dmurray@tarleton.edu Phone: 254-968-1911 Office: Autry 205A Research Interests Education Undergraduate Education B.S. in Biology, Texas A&amp;M University, 1987 Graduate Education M.S. in Biology, Texas &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":845,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1211","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/author\/swdmcelyea\/","display_name":"swdmcelyea"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 7 months ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 3, 2025","modified":"Updated on October 3, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 3, 2025 3:44 pm","modified":"Updated on October 3, 2025 3:44 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/845"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1223,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1211\/revisions\/1223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}