Researcher focusing on environmental impact of human activities and conservation ecology.

Mark A. Shepherd, Ph.D., QEP
Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Associate Professor Environmental Science & Technology
Austin Community College

Shepherd, MA. Shea, P. Labay, A. Rautiainen, R. Achutan, C. Operational, water quality and temporal factors affecting impingement of fish and shellfish at a Texas coastal power plant.
Global Ecology and Conservation: Volume 5, January 2016, Pages 48-57; DOI/10.1016/j.gecco.2015.11.006

Shepherd, MA. Haynatzki, G. Rautiainen, R. Achutan, C. Estimates of community exposure and health risk to sulfur dioxide from power plant emissions using short-term mobile and stationary ambient air monitoring. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association: 2015 DOI:10.1080/10962247.2015.1077174

I have been in the environmental movement for over 20 years helping to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, the land that sustains us and the natural and biological resources we depend on.