Heart of the Hills Fisheries Science Center (HOH)

The staff at HOHFSC is composed of a research director, a facilities manager, research biologists, technicians, and an office manager/librarian.

HOH Director

HOH Director - Vacant
Nate Smith, Acting Director
5103 Junction Hwy.
Mountain Home, TX 78058
830-866-3356, ext. 219
Email: nate.smith@tpwd.texas.gov

Reference Librarian

Annette Sudyka, ext. 200
Email: annette.sudyka@tpwd.texas.gov

Research Biologists

• Dan Daugherty, Ph.D., ext. 211
  Fish/habitat interactions, biotelemetry, GIS applications in fisheries, stock assessment
• Nate Smith, Ph.D., ext. 210
  Population dynamics, ecological modeling, trophic interactions, fish age and growth, natural tags, and hatchery/wild dynamics
• Preston Bean, Ph.D., ext. 218
  Fish habitat assessment, community ecology, population genetics, and multivariate statistics
• Bob Mollenhauer, Ph.D., ext. 213
  Applied population ecology, hierarchical ecological modeling, stream ecology, aquatic sampling methods
• Jen Granneman, Ph.D., ext. 214
  Ecological modeling, community ecology, multivariate statistics, natural tags, fish habitat assessment

Research Technicians

• Bobby Wienecke
• Shane Barnes
• Dominick Chilleri
• Shane Pavlicek