Kevin Hutcheson

Wildlife Biologist II
Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department

Office: 218 FEC Building
Phone: 859-619-9772

Email: kghutch@clemson.edu

Educational Background

M.S. Wildlife Science
Clemson University 2026

B.S. Forest Resources
University of Georgia 2021

Profile

I am a full time wildlife biologist and lab manager for the Barrett Lab. My work mainly focuses on the research and conservation of terrestrial salamanders, with an emphasis on eDNA surveys and the effects of Hurricane Helene of these species.

Publications

Hutcheson, K. G., T. W. Pierson, and J. C. Maerz. 2024. The Origin and Ecology of a Likely Introduced Population of Southern Black-Bellied Salamanders (Desmognathus amphileucus). Southeastern Naturalist 23.

Wade, B. S., M. S. Vininski, R. D. Denton, S. C. Richter, S. J. Price, B. H. Holt, K. G. Hutcheson, and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2021. Kleptogenesis in Kentucky, USA: Genetic Analyses of Unisexual Ambystoma at the Southernmost Extent of Their Range. Herpetological Review 52:730–734.