Skip to main content Dr. Nihal Dharmasiri
- Associate Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Chair, Financial Oversight Committee / SS-ASPB.
September 2024 - Present.
- Co-Chair, Financial Oversite Committee / SS-ASPB.
August 2023 - Present.
- Adjunct faculty, Texas A & M University.
May 2023 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Biomolecules.
January 2021 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Plant Journal.
February 2019 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
2017 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Plants.
2017 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Journal Plant Growth and Regulation.
2016 - Present.
- Board of Directors, Thapovanaye International Buddhist Center.
May 2015 - Present.
- Chair, Departmental Seminar committee.
2014 - Present.
- Review Editor, Frontiers in Plant Physiology.
2014 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, PLoS One.
2013 - Present.
- Chair, Eben-Elledge Award Committee.
2012 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Plant Physiology.
2012 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation.
2012 - Present.
2025
- Member, University Research Enhancement Committee.
September 2022 - August 2025.
- Chair, College Research Enhancement Committee.
August 2022 - August 2025.
- Member, Search Committee - Crop Science.
December 2024 - March 2025.
2024
- Member, Search Committee - Microbial Ecology.
October 2023 - April 2024.
2023
- Judge, SS-ASPB.
2021 - 2023.
- Member, American Society of Plant Biologists Council.
2020 - 2023.
- Southern Section Representative to American Society of Plant Biologists, ASPB.
September 2020 - 2023.
- Member, Membership Committee - American Society of Plant Biologists.
September 2020 - 2023.
2022
- Treasurer, Thapovanaye International Buddhist Center.
May 2015 - September 2022.
2021
- Guest Editor, Agriculture.
August 2020 - 2021.
- Executive Committee member, Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists.
October 2018 - 2021.
- Member, Executive Committee - Southern Section of American Society of Plant Biologists.
September 1, 2018 - 2021.
- Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).
January 1, 2007 - September 2021.
2020
- Judge, SS-ASPB.
2020.
- Member, Colene Drace Cell Biology Award Committee.
2005 - 2020.
2019
- Research Mentor for San Marcos High School Students, Texas State University.
September 2018 - 2019.
- Judge, Southern Section of American Society of Plant Biologists.
March 17, 2019.
2018
- Chair, Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists.
October 2017 - October 2018.
2017
- Vice - Chair, Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists.
June 1, 2016 - September 2017.
- Judge, Southern Section of American Society of Plant Biologists.
April 9, 2017.
2016
- Chair, Faculty mentoring committee - Dr.HongGu-Kang.
2012 - 2016.
- Adjunct/Affiliated faculty for the MS program in Family and Consumer Science.
January 1, 2009 - 2016.
- Member, Greenhouse committee.
2007 - 2016.
- Treasurer, Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists.
July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016.
2015
- Judge, Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists.
March 28, 2015 - March 30, 2015.
2010
- Member, Cell Biology Search Committee.
2010.
2008
- Member, Presidential upper level Scholarship selection committee.
2008.
2006
- Reviewer / Referee, i. Nature reviews.
2005 - 2006.
