Heather Evans
Adjunct Faculty
Conservation Genetics Manager, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Heather.Evans@ncwildlife.govBio
Dr. Evans is the Conservation Genetics Manager for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. She uses applied genetics to conserve and manage populations within the state. Her work involves population genetics to describe genetic biodiversity within and between populations, eDNA for occupancy surveys, and parentage-based tagging to monitor the impact of hatchery contribution to aquatic systems.
Education
BS University of Georgia 1998
PhD Duke University 2005
Publications
- A new endemic freshwater mussel (Bivalvia, Unionidae) genus and species, Ligodonta obscura, from the Yadkin-Pee Dee River drainage in North Carolina, USA , ZooKeys (2025)
- A Long-Recognized but Undescribed New Species of Cyprinella (Cypriniformes: Leuciscidae) from North Carolina and South Carolina, United States , Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings (2024)
- Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815) early life stage consumption evidenced by high-throughput DNA sequencing , JOURNAL OF APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY (2021)
- High-throughput sequencing outperforms traditional morphological methods in Blue Catfish diet analysis and reveals novel insights into diet ecology , ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (2021)
- Development of a Standardized Molecular Tool and Estimation of Genetic Measures for Responsible Aquaculture‐Based Fisheries Enhancement of American Shad in North and South Carolina , Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (2018)
- Genetics and Hatchery Management: A Parentage-based Tagging Approach to Blueback Herring Conservation , Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (2017)