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Dr. Michael R Forstner

  • Regents' Professor - Biology
  • 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.
  • Forstner, Michael R, Rust, D., Wolfe, D., Gaston, M. Houston toad habitat improvement: Rust 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
  • Kilgore, R. J., Guerra, T. M., Heather, B., Villamizar-Gomez, A., Forstner, M. R. J., & Hahn, D. (2024). Prevalence and diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi in triatomine vectors and their blood meal sources from South Central Texas, USA. Biology, 13(7). https://doi.org/doi.org/10.3390/biology13070489
  • MacLaren, A. R., Hibbits, T. J., Forstner, M. R., & McCracken, S. F. (2024). Morphology and vocalization comparison of the Houston toad and the Dwarf American toad: implications for their historic range. PeerJ, 12(e17635), http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17635.
  • Sirsi, S., Rodriguez, D., & Forstner, M. R. (2024). Phylogenetics of Houston toads (Bufo [=Anaxyrus] houstonensis): Genome-wide data define management units and reveal post-speciation contact in an endangered relict. Scientific Reports, 14(3306).
  • Vandewege, M. W., Gutierrez, J., Davis, D. R., Forstner, M. R., & Mali, I. (2024). Patterns of genetic divergence in the Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi), a riverine turtle inhabiting a fragmented arid landscape. J. Heredity, 115(3), 253–261.
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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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