Research Associates of the NSRL are "professionals, who may or may not be employees of Texas Tech University, who are associated in a professional manner with the collections and/or the personnel of the NSRL." They are appointed on a triennial basis by the Director of the Museum. The appointment is honorary and there is no financial remuneration for the appointment. The responsibilities of a Research Associate include carrying out field and laboratory research and scholarly activities in association with the professional staff of the NSRL, and promoting the NSRL through the production of research and scholarly activities. The students of Research Associates often utilize the resources of the NSRL to complete the requirements for their graduate degrees. Since 1970 the collaborative relationships between the NSRL and the Research Associates have been profitable for Texas Tech University, the Museum of Texas Tech University, and the science of Mammalogy.

Research Associates at Texas Tech University

Research Associate	Department
Warren Ballard	Natural Resources Management
John Burns	College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Ron Chesser	Biological Sciences
Lou Densmore	Biological Sciences
Ron Kendall	The Institute of Environmental and Human Health
Tigga Kingston	Biological Sciences
Danny Pence	School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Carl Phillips	Biological Sciences
Brenda Rodgers	Biological Sciences
Jorge Salazar-Bravo	Biological Sciences
Richard Strauss	Biological Sciences

Research Associates at other institutions:

Research Associate	Affiliation
Loren Ammerman	Angelo State University
Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico
John Bickham	Purdue University
Joel Brant	McMurry University
Janet Braun	Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma
Jim Bull	University of Texas at Austin
Santiago Burneo	Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Darin Carroll	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gerardo Ceballos	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Jerry Choate	Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University
Lendell Cockrum	University of Arizona (emeritus)
Carl Dick	Field Museum of Natural History
Robert Dowler	Angelo State University
Jerry Dragoo	University of New Mexico
Cody Edwards	George Mason University
Mark Engstrom	Royal Ontario Museum
Ted Fleming	University of Miami
Ildefonso Fernandez-Salas	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Michael Forstner	Texas State University
Charles Fulhorst	University of Texas Medical Branch
Sergey Gaschak	International Radioecology Laboratory
Hugh Genoways	University of Nebraska State Museum
Burhan Gharaibeh	University of Pittsburgh
Jim Goetze	Laredo Community College
Julia Goryanaya	International Radioecology Laboratory
Meredith Hamilton	Oklahoma State University
Chris Hice	University of New Mexico
Federico Hoffmann	University of Nebraska
Rodney Honeycutt	Pepperdine University
Craig Hood	Loyola University
Steve Hoofer	University of Kansas
Frederick Jannett	University of Minnesota
Mariko Kageyama	University of Colorado Museum
Sara Kerr	University of the Incarnate Word
Tom Kunz	Boston University
Gary Kwiecinski	University of Scranton
Tom Lee	Abilene Christian University
David (Chip) Leslie	OK Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Ed Louis	Henry Doorly Zoo
Kateryna Makova	Penn State University
Richard Manning	Southwest Texas State
Michael Mares	Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma
Marjorie Matocq	Idaho State University
Rodrigo Medellin	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
MaryLou Milazzo	University of Texas Medical Branch
Anton Nekrutenko	Penn State University
Kim Nelson	Penn State University
Jorge Ortega	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
James Patton	University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Scott Pedersen	South Dakota State University
Russell Pfau	Tarleton State University
Ronald Pine	The Field Museum, Chicago
Calvin Porter	Xavier University of Louisiana
Serena Reeder	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Marcia Revelez	Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma
Luis Ruedas	Portland State University
Duane Schlitter	Texas Parks and Wildlife
David Schmidly	University of New Mexico
Cataline Sherman	Secretaria de Salud de Honduras
Fred Stangl	Midwestern University
Phil Sudman	Tarleton State University
J. Sebastian Tello	Louisiana State University
Robert Tesh	University of Texas Medical Branch
Ron Van Den Bussche	Oklahoma State University
Robert Voss	American Museum of Natural History
Holly Wichman	Univeristy of Idaho
Jeff Wickliffe	University of Texas Medical Branch
Stephen Williams	Baylor University
Don Wilson	Smithsonian Institution, Div. of Mammals
Frank Yancey	Madera College Center, Reedley College

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