Hamer and Voelker among Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award winners
Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences celebrates two faculty members who earn award
Two Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty members received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in their field of study for the 2025-2026 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Gabriel Hamer, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Entomology, and Gary Voelker, Ph.D., professor and faculty curator of birds in the Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, were among five Texas A&M University faculty members receiving the recognition.
Fulbright U.S. Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad. The Fulbright Program operates in over 160 countries worldwide.
Other Texas A&M recipients were Timothy Erickson, Ph.D., School of Public Health; Ana Goulart, Ph.D., College of Engineering; and Karen Rambo-Hernandez, Ph.D., College of Education and Human Development.
Hamer to study in Argentina
Hamer’s research and teaching broadly investigate the ecology and control of infectious diseases in humans, wild animals and domestic animals. He has studied vector-host interactions that lead to parasite amplification and increased disease risk. He also develops and evaluates vector control approaches aimed at reducing human and animal disease.
Hamer’s host Fulbright collaboration will be in Argentina.
Voelker heads to Iceland
Voelker’s research and interests lie primarily in the fields of systematics and biogeography, with a heavy focus on birds but also all other vertebrate lineages, as well as avian malaria and, most recently, microbiome studies related to pesticide impacts on bird populations.
His host Fulbright collaboration country is Iceland.
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