Lee Fitzgerald (born 1955) is Professor of Zoology and Faculty Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University.
He attended Pasadena High School and received an undergraduate degree at Stephen F. Austin University of Texas.
From 1979 until 1980, he was in the Peace Corps in El Salvador and worked with iguanas, but returned early because of the civil war there.
[3] After receiving his PhD in 1993, he did post-doctoral work on Tegu lizard ecology and sustainable use as a conservation strategy in Paraguay.
Fitzgerald and his research group work in Latin America and the southwestern United States.