Current Team

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Principal Investigator


Sarah A. Hamer, MS, PhD, DVM, DACVPM (epi)

shamer@cvm.tamu.edu | 979.847.5693

  • Diplomate of the American College Veterinary Preventive Medicine [DACVPM (epi)], 2016
  • DVM, Michigan State Univ., 2011
  • PhD, Michigan State Univ., 2010, Fisheries & Wildlife; Ecology, Evol. Biology & Behavior
  • MS, Univ. of Illinois, 2003, Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences
  • BS, Univ. of Illinois, 2001, Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

I am a veterinary ecologist specializing in wildlife and zoonotic disease ecology and epidemiology. My research originates at the intersection of ecology, epidemiology, and conservation, and encompasses diverse taxa (bacteria, ticks, mosquitoes, birds, mice, dogs, humans, and more). Given the emergence of pathogens shared by humans and animals, this is an important time to utilize multidisciplinary tools to improve human, animal, and ecosystem health.

Dr. Hamer’s Directory Profile >>


Research Staff


Lisa Auckland

Lisa Auckland

Senior Research Associate
lauckland@cvm.tamu.edu | 979.458.4924


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Keswick Killets, MS

Research Associate
kkillets@cvm.tamu.edu | 979.458.4924


Juan Pablo Fimbres Macias, BSc Vet Med, MSc, PhD

Research Associate
jfimbres@cvm.tamu.edu | 979.458.4924


Sujata Balasubramanian, MS, PhD

Associate Research Scientist
sbalasubramanian@cvm.tamu.edu


Rachel Curtis-Robles, PhD

Assistant Research Scientist (part-time)
rcurtis@cvm.tamu.edu


Julia Gonzalez

Julia González González, MS, PhD

Assistant Research Scientist
gonzalezj@exchange.tamu.edu


Rachel Busselman, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate (part-time)
r_busselman@tamu.edu


Graduate Students (PhD + MS thesis)


Meredith Anderson, DVM

PhD Student (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
ande1616@tamu.edu
TAMU Merit Fellow 2020–2024


Jordan Salomon, MS

PhD Student (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
jsalomon@cvm.tamu.edu
TAMU Diversity Fellow 2019–2023

Visit Jordan’s website here.


Mycha Van Allen, MS

PhD Student (Biomedical Sciences: Infection, Immunity, & Epidemiology)

TAMU Merit Fellow 2023–2027
Associate Wildlife Biologist® 
mycha.vanallen@tamu.edu

Visit Mycha’s website here.


Ilana Mosley

PhD Student (Biomedical Sciences: Infection, Immunity, & Epidemiology)
dixm57@tamu.edu
IMSD T32 and Avilés-Johnson Fellowship 2021-2025


Amanda Waugh, MS

PhD Student (Biomedical Sciences: Infection, Immunity, & Epidemiology)
awaugh@tamu.edu

TAMU Merit Fellow 2024-2028


Non-Thesis Graduate Students


Katalina Duran

Katalina Duran

MS Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology

2023–present


Yesenia Fuentes

Yesenia Fuentes

MS Veterinary Public Health &Epidemiology

2023–present


Andres Alamia

MS Veterinary Public Health &Epidemiology

2024–present


Veterinary Student & Resident Researchers


Molly Guyette

DVM/MS Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology

2021–present

Emily Richards

DVM/MS Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology

2024–present

Olivia Miller

DVM/MS Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology

2024–present

Harry Brightman

VMSRTP, 2024


Undergraduate Students


Haydee Montemayor

Undergraduate researcher

2023–present


Isabel McAllister

Isabel McAllister

Undergraduate researcher
Oceanography major

2022–present


Kinsey - Moore

Kinsey Moore

Undergraduate Worker

2023–present


Jasmine Wong

Undergraduate Worker

2024–present