| Krista holds a
Master’s degree in Wildlife Ecology from Texas State University in San
Marcos and a bachelor’s degree in Evolution, Ecology and Behavior from
The University of Texas at Austin , where she worked on
behavioral and genetic development of the zebra fish, Danio rerio.
Krista has worked as a biologist for
Texas Parks &
Wildlife Department monitoring white-winged dove migration and
population, and the City of Austin assisting with a mark-recapture study
on the
Jollyville Plateau Salamander, Eurycea tonkawae. Krista
is a GIS technician; she received her certification in ArcView 3.x in
2005 and is currently pursuing further GIS education through Penn State
University . She has worked with Zara since 2007 and in that time has
participated in cave surveys, karst surveys, biomonitoring, aquifer
fauna surveys and various other consulting activities. She holds a
Texas Parks and Wildlife Scientific Research Permit to collect
and study aquifer fauna and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Permit to
collect and study federally listed endangered Texas karst invertebrate
species. |
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