Dr. Murry L. Burgess

Dr. Murry L. Burgess

Title

  • Assistant Professor

Contact Information

mlb1016@msstate.edu
Thompson Hall, Rm 277

Overview

Education

  • North Carolina State University, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
  • Mississippi State University, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture

Research Interests

Ornithology, Urban Ecology, Endocrinology, Public Science

Websites

Publications

Year Publications
2025

Burgess, M., Pharr, L., Stukes, K. 2025. Addressing the social field safety gap in the natural sciences workplace. BioScience

2025

Burgess, M., Voss, M., Cooper, C. 2025. Does artificial light produce an urban phenotype?. Functional Ecology

2025

Burgess, M., Cooper, C., Voss, M. 2025. Photoperiodic trends in songbird clutch size resolve seasonal and geographic patterns of the Yule-Simpson paradox. Journal of Avian Biology

Extension Publications

Year Publications

Awards & Honors

  • CFR Inclusive Excellence
    College of Forest Resources
  • Champion of Conservation
    Garden and Gun Magazine

Society Memberships

  • American Ornithological Society
  • Integrating Society, Ecology, Evolution, and Plasticity to Advance Urban Evolutionary Ecology
  • The Wildlife Society
  • Wilson Ornithological Society