Currently residing in the Department of Biology at Austin Peay State University

We study how mammalian behavior is driven by thermal biology, ecophysiology, and disease ecology. Our research stems from the overarching questions about how land-use change and climate change shape animal energetics, movement ecology, and foraging behavior.  We operate at the junction of theory and empiricism, combining field data with ecological modeling techniques.
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The Haase lab (left to right): Dakota Van Parys, Brandon Gulley, Dr. Haase, Leah Crowley, Kennedy Beck, Sarah Krueger, and Jessica Verrillo. (photo credit: Sean McCulley/APSU)

Lab News:

  • September 2023: ​The lab just signed a 10-year contract with Fort Campbell to continue our bat survey work. WAHOO!
  • February 2023: Congrats to Dr. Haase for receiving the Christine Stevens Wildlife Research Award! And welcome Ryan Stuart (MS student) to the lab!
  • November 2022: Congrats to Sarah Krueger (MS '22) on getting a staff biologist position with Environmental Resource Management, Inc! Wahoo!
  • October 2022: Congrats to MS student Brandon Gulley and Dr. Haase for receiving a Research Support Grant to fund Brandon's field research!
  • September 2022: Congrats to Trevor Walker (MS '22) for his new job at Stantec as their first bat biologist! Congrats to Sarah Zirkle (MS '22) on her staff biologist position with Lord and Winter! We are so proud.
  • August 2022: Congrats to Dr. Haase for receiving the Socrates Award for Excellence in Teaching from Austin Peay!
  • July 2022: Congrats Trevor on defending his thesis! 
  • June 2022​: Welcome Dakota Van Parys and Jessica Verrillo to the lab!
  • April 2022: Congrats Sarah Krueger and Sarah Zirkle for defending their theses! And welcome Leah Crowley and Brandon Gulley to the lab!
  • November 2021: The graduate students attended the Tennessee Academy of Sciences meeting and swept the poster awards! Sarah Krueger received first, Sarah Zirkle second, and Trevor Walker third place in the best posters of Ecology and Evolution poster session! ​​

Contact Us:

Dr. Catherine Haase
Department of Biology
Austin Peay State University
Sundquist Science Complex, C103
Clarksville, TN 37044
Ph: (931) 221-6531
​Email: haasec@apsu.edu





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