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Dr. Michael R Forstner

  • Regents' Professor - Biology
  • Serenari, Christopher (Principal), Daniel, Kristy Lynn (Co-Principal), Forstner, Michael R (Co-Principal). Investigating Factors Influencing Recruitment into the Houston Toad Safe Harbor Agreements, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Wildlife Diversity Program Conservation License Plate Grant, State, $29127. (Funded: October 2018 - August 2019). Grant.
  • Forstner, Michael R, McCracken, S., Rodriguez, D. Testing habitat recovery options for the Houston toad in Bastrop State Park, Bastrop, TX. (Funded: August 16, 2014). Grant.
  • Forstner, Michael R, Brown, D.J. Houston toad occupancy testing post-catastrophic wildfire, USFWS/TPWD. (Funded: March 14, 2014). Grant.
  • Forstner, Michael R. Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) response to habitat recovery efforts, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop, Texas, TPWD. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
  • Forstner, Michael R, Nava, P., Wolfe, D., Gaston, M. Houston toad habitat improvement: Nava Property. Landowner Incentive Program, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (Funded: 2009). Grant.
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  • Green, M. C., Sirsi, S., Halstead, B., Morrison, M. L., Rodriguez, D., & Forstner, M. R. (2025). Comparing the utility of capture-mark-recapture, telemetry, and genetic data in assessing population-level dispersal. Diversity, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/d17030163
  • Sirsi, S., MacLaren, A. R., Foley, D., & Forstner, M. R. (2025). Big and Fast: Satellite telemetry reveals long-range movements in a large, riverine turtle. Conservation, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation5010006.
  • Villamizar Gomez, A., Guerra, T. M., Sirsi, S., Farr, william L., Forstner, M. R., & Hahn, D. (2025). Multi-year occurrence of Ranavirus and Bd infections in anurans from central, southeast, and coastal regions of Texas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 61(3), 749–755.
  • Villamizar Gomez, A., Vemulapally, S., Guerra, T. M., Tocidlowski, M. E., Forstner, M. R., & Hahn, D. (2025). Effect of head-starting of eggstrands of the endangered Houston toad (Bufo =[Anaxyrus] houstonensis) from a captive assurance colony on native breeding pond microbiomes. Conservation, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation5020025.
  • Adcock, Z. C., MacLaren, A. R., Adcock, M. E., & Forstner, M. R. (2025). Spatial variation in population parameters of a federally threatened groundwater salamander within and among central Texas headwater creeks. Ecology and Evolution, 15(6), e71572. doi: 10.1002/ece3.71572.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Regent’s Professor, Texas State University, by the Board of Regents of the Texas State University System. 2013 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: University Distinguished Professor, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX & the Texas State University System. 2013 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Endowed Chair of Genetics (Alexander-Stone Chair). 2008 - 2014
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Developmental Leave supplemental award. 2010 - 2011
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Professor of International Studies. 2008 - 2011
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  1. Chair

    Space Committee

  2. Member

    Bastrop County Environmental Recovery and Rehabilitation Team

  3. Member

    Houston toad habitat delivery team

  4. Member

    Lost Pines Habitat Conservation Plan, Biological Advisory team

  5. Member

    University Ambassadors Council: Department of Biology Representative

  6. Member

    Graduate Committee

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