Paul Hotchkin

Position:

• Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Primary Research Project:

• Detection of vegetation change in the Franklin Mountains State Park, El Paso, Texas.

Contact details:

Started at UTEP:

Education:

• 2004-Present: Doctoral Candidate: Department of Biology, UTEP: Plant community structure and change detection in the Franklin Mountains State Park, El Paso, TX.
• 2000-2002 . MS. Department of Biology, UTEP: Comparative Escape Behavior of Parthenogenetic and Gonochoristic Whiptail Lizards.
• 1993-96 BA. The Colorado College Major: Comparative Religious Studies.

Research Interests:

• Plant Ecology, Chihuahuan Desert, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Herpetology, Human Ecology, Urban Forestry.

Teaching:

• NSF GK-12 Fellow:

  • 2006-07: Bassett Middle School, El Paso, 6th grade science.

  • 2007-08: Ross Middle School, El Paso, 7th grade science.

• UTEP labs:

  • General Biology.

  • Invertebrate Zoology

  • Vertebrate Zoology

  • Field Biology

  • Environmental Science

• Undergraduate Student Mentoring:

  • Jose Herrera: Franklin Mountains Vegetation project.

  • Christina Rivera: Urban Forest/Allergy-Asthma project.

Grants and Fellowships:

• NSF GK-12 fellow, 2006-2008
• Texas Parks and Wildlife, Long-term Vegetation Monitoring Project, 2007
• Treatened and Endangered Inc., Lizard Escape Behavior Project, 2001

Favorite Technologies:

• Books
• GIS
• GoogleEarth

Favorite Field Site:

• The Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas

Hobbies:

Ambitions:

• Teaching and Researching in the Chihuahuan Desert

• Develop new ideas in the realm of human ecology to make the world a more efficient, healthier, and more satisfying place in which to live.

Personal Statement:

• I grew up in the Midwestern United States and have developed many interests and passions in my life. I enjoy teaching and research, and I am always striving to improve myself and the world around me through the application of ecological principles.

Miscellaneous:

• Check out my study area – Franklin Mountains State Park.