Lilly Zapalac

Field Research Technician

Lilly.Zapalac@tamucc.edu

As a Field Research Technician with CBI’s Field Research Operations Group (FROGs), Lilly helps maintain and deploy the expansive network of environmental monitoring stations along the Gulf Coast.

Lilly received her bachelor's degree in Ecosystem Science and Sustainability from Colorado State University in 2025. Prior to joining CBI, she worked as an intern at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, where she controlled invasive flora and fauna species to better the migratory waterfowl populations, monitored screw worm cases, and contributed to fishery population projects.