Field of Focus
  • Ecology
  • Systematics
  • Environmental Science
Education
  • M.S. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A., 1972
  • B.S. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A., 1969

Rick Kalke, a 1969 and 1972 Texas A&M graduate, has been working with the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) endowed chair Dr. Paul Montagna and other benthic ecologist from the University of Texas Marine Science Institute for the past 35 years. He has been involved in Texas coastal freshwater inflow and Gulf of Mexico benthic studies since 1972. Rick is Dr. Montagna’s laboratory manager and field sampling coordinator with an expertise in benthic and zooplankton ecology and taxonomy. He received a University of Texas College of Natural Science Staff Recognition & Excellence Award in 1998-99.