Austen Ehrie
Graduate Student
Fitzpatrick Lab
Email: ajehrie@tamu.edu
Education
- B.A. Environmental & Sustainability Studies, summa cum laude, Indiana University, 2022
- B.S. Animal Behavior – Honors, summa cum laude, Indiana University, 2022
- Ph.D. Biology, Texas A&M University, in progress
I primarily study animal behavior and organismal biology with an emphasis on sexual selection, mating behavior, and reproduction in non-human primates. I am currently examining how copulation rate and fetal/infant death influences the probability of conception in female Amboseli baboons.
Publications:
Ehrie, A. J., Iruri-Tucker, A. A., Lord, Y. B., Williamson, H. G.*, Hunt, K. D., Polly, P. D., Fitzpatrick, C. L., & Wasserman, M. D. (2024). Measuring mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) testes via parallel laser photogrammetry: Expanding the use of noninvasive methods. American Journal of Primatology, e23616. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23616
Presentations:
January 2025 | Biology Student-Postdoc Research Conference | Poster | College Station, TX
June 2024 | Animal Behavior Society | Poster | London, Ontario, Canada
March 2023 | Ecological Integration Symposium | Talk | College Station, TX
March 2023 | TAMU Wide Student Research Week | Talk | College Station, TX