Sarah Lucht
Research Assistant Professor
sarah.lucht@ag.tamu.eduSarah joined Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute in March 2015 as a student technician and is currently a Research Assistant Professor supporting the military lands sustainability and species conservation programs. Her work focuses on implementing sustainable and innovative management strategies for an array of plant and animal species and instructing several collegiate botany/plant identification courses. Her research primarily focuses on military lands management in the southwestern United States and floral/faunal ecological interactions. Her work has included projects on a variety of taxa from the White Sands Pupfish and the Lesser Prairie Chicken to invasive vegetation species control and community-level plant species interactions.
She received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University. She received her Ph.D. in Ecosystem Science and Management from Texas A&M in 2024.
Sarah was raised in Lufkin, Texas, where her love for the outdoors developed at a young age. During her free time, Sarah enjoys hunting, fishing, running, and spending time with her husband and 3 dogs.
Publications
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Rapid vertebrate speciation via isolation, bottlenecks, and drift
May 2024
Black, A.N., E.J. Heenkenda, S. Mathur, J.R. Willoughby, B.L. Pierce, S.J. Turner, D. Rizzuto, J.A. DeWoody. 2024. Rapid vertebrate speciation via isolation, bottlenecks, and drift. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121:e2320040121.
Field Notes
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Scientist Q&A with Dr. Sarah Turner
Jan 29, 2025
Like many scientists, Research Assistant Professor Dr. Sarah Turner, took a circuitous route to find her passion. We had the opportunity to sit down with her to learn more about her academic background—brimming with brilliant mentors, interesting internships and lots of challenging work—her education, fieldwork, and her future endeavors as she moves into an instructional role at Texas A&M.