Gad Perry
Department Chair, Environmental Science & Policy
Affiliations
- Departments
- Dean’s Administration (Staff)
- Environmental Science & Policy Department
- Potomac Environmental Research & Education Center (PEREC)
Education
- PhD, Zoology, University of Texas at Austin (1995)
- MSc, Biology, Tel Aviv University (1990)
- BSc, Biology, Tel Aviv University (1987)
About
My general research interests center on ecology in the broadest sense, with a large emphasis on conservation issues and the increasingly profound impacts of humans on the environment, especially in urban ecosystems, in the U.S. and abroad. The ethics of such research is also an interest. Much of my work is carried out on reptiles and amphibians, and invasive species are a common focus. My research is primarily conducted in the field and typically focuses on the whole organism and its interactions with its biotic (including human) and a-biotic environment. Whenever possible, I use multiple methods, and this integrative approach has led to continuously evolving research spanning varied sub-disciplines.
Selected Publications
- Perry, G., and Göttert, T. 2024. The city as an evolutionary hothouse—the search for rapid evolution in urban settings. Diversity 16: 308. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16060308.
- Perry, G., and R.D. Cox. 2024. Opportunities for Biodiversity Conservation via Urban Ecosystem Regeneration. Diversity 16: 131. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16030131.
- Griffis-Kyle, K., A. V., Levering, K., Perez, C., Barun, A., and Perry, G. 2023. Reproductive niche differentiation in syntopic tree frogs (Agalychnis). Biotropica 55:19-23.
- Zhang, Y., Tariq, A., Hughes, A.C., Hong, D., Wei, F., Sun, H., Sardans, J., Peñuelas, J., Perry, G., Qiao, J. and Kurban, A., 2022. Challenges and solutions to biodiversity conservation in arid lands. Science of The Total Environment, p.159695.
- Perry, G., Gebresenbet, F., DaPra, M., Branco, P., Whibesilassie, W., Jelacic, M., and Eyob, A.E. 2022. Why Urban Ecology Matters in Ethiopia. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:843698.
- Coman, I.A., Cooper‐Norris, C.E., Longing, S., and Perry, G. 2022. It Is a Wild World in the City: Urban Wildlife Conservation and Communication in the Age of COVID‐19. Diversity 2022, 14, 539.
- McLaughlin, J., Perry, G., Manuel, K. Soluri, K., and Hebbeler, A. 2021. The U.S. Embassy Science Fellows Program: Implementation and Impacts. Science & Diplomacy Vol. 10, No. 3 (Fall 2021).
- Gao, D., Perry, G. 2016. Species–area relationships and additive partitioning of diversity of native and nonnative herpetofauna of the West Indies. Ecology and Evolution 2016, 1-21.
- Curzer, H.J., P. Muhlberger, G. Perry, D. Perry, and M. Wallace. 2013. The Ethics of Wildlife Research: A Nine R Theory. ILAR Journal 54:52-57.
- Powell, R., R.W. Henderson, M.C. Farmer, M. Breuil, A.C. Echternacht, G. van Buurt, C.M. Romagosa, and G. Perry. 2011. Introduced amphibians and reptiles in the greater Caribbean: Patterns and conservation implications. Pp. 63-143 In: Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas Volume 1. Edited by Adrian Hailey, Byron S. Wilson, and Julia A. Horrocks.
Awards
- Davis College International Impact Award, Texas Tech University (2022)
- Jefferson Science Fellow, National Academics of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (2019-2020)
- TTU Faculty International Scholarship Global Vision Award (2019)
- College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Service and Outreach Award (2012)
- TTU Outstanding Service as a Study Abroad Program Leader Award (2012)
