Scott McMurry

Scott McMurry is a Regents Professor in the Biology Department at Oklahoma State University (2007-present). His research examines how environmental stressors like contaminants, agricultural practices, and habitat changes affect wildlife, particularly amphibians and birds. He works across terrestrial/aquatic systems in North/Central America with dual field-laboratory approaches.

• Research Themes:
  • Contaminant impacts on amphibian immunity/development
  • Playa wetland conservation and carbon sequestration
  • Avian nest-site selection under multifarious selection pressures
  • Human-wildlife conflict in agricultural landscapes
• Key Collaborations:
  • US Army Corps of Engineers (juniper habitat management)
  • Syngenta Crop Protection (amphibian mesocosm studies)
  • USDA (CRP policy analysis, carbon algorithm development)

His article trends (2025-2020) span ecotoxicology (atrazine, fungicides), wetland ecology (playas, CRP habitats), and conservation biology (bird nesting behavior, crocodile dimorphisms). Notable subfields include developmental toxicity assays, sensory system metal toxicity, and pollinator community dynamics.

Grants & Collaborations include:

• 10+ US Army Corps of Engineers projects (2015-2023)
• Syngenta-funded atrazine studies (2018-2026)
• USDA ecosystem service research (2017-2023)

He teaches graduate research courses, Animal Behavior (undergraduate), and Population/Community Ecotoxicology (2017-2024), with a focus on field methodologies and contaminant risk assessment.