Faculty Profile for Dr. Caitlin Gabor

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Dr. Caitlin Gabor
Professor — Biology
SUPP 438
phone: (512) 245-3387
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Research Interests

 Our research program spans conservation physiology to behavioral ecology. We focus on the consequences of anthropogenic stressors on live-bearing fish and amphibian declines using a holistic framework that evaluates mechanisms (e.g., genetic and physiology) through function (e.g., evolutionary and conservation implications). We have also studied the historical forces of natural and sexual selection on speciation in a unisexual-bisexual species complex of live bearing fish from a behavioral and physiological standpoint.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Burraco, P., Gabor, C., Bryant, A., Gardette, V., Lengagne, T., Bonzom, J.-M., & Orizaola, G. (2025). Ionizing radiation has negligible effects on the age, telomere length, and corticosterone levels of Chornobyl tree frogs. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.07.592866
  • Irwin, K. B., Aspbury, A., Bonner, T. H., & Gabor, C. (2024). Habitat structural complexity predicts cognitive performance and behaviour in western mosquitofish. Biology Letters, 20(7), 20230394.
  • Barough, S. P. H., Suárez-Rodriguez, Monserrat, Aspbury, A., Zúñiga-Vega, José Jaime, & Gabor, C. (2024). Hormonal dynamics of matrotrophy vs. lecithotrophy in live-bearing fish reproduction. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular \& Integrative Physiology, 296, 111699.
  • Monroe, D. J., Gabor, C., & Veronica, B. (2024). Physiological and behavioral variation by urbanization and climate in an urban-tolerant toad. Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/famrs.2024.1444580
  • Gabor, C. (2023). Does stress make males? An experiment on the role of glucocorticoids in anuran sex reversal. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological and Integrative Physiology. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2772

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Mariel M. Muir Excellence in Mentoring Award, Texas State University. 2020 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Animal Behavior Society Fellow, Animal Behavior Society. July 2020 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Fulbright Scholar, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. February 2019 - June 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities (Associate/Professor). 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State University Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities. 2005

Selected Grants

  • Fuess, Lauren Elizabeth, Gabor, Caitlin. Planning: CREST Center in Bioinformatics, National Science Foundation, Federal, $199960. (Submitted: June 2023, Funded: September 2023 - August 2025). Grant.
  • Gabor, Caitlin (Co-Principal). Advancement of the Xiphophorus Model for Studying Disease, NIH, Federal, $2784846. (Submitted: 2021, Funded: 2022 - 2025). Grant.
  • Gabor, Caitlin, Walls, Dr. Susan. Amphibian and Research and Monitoring Initiative, USGS ARMI, $317927. (Funded: 2014 - 2017). Grant.
  • Gabor, Caitlin, Blake, Chelsea. NSF – GRFP, $132000. (Funded: 2013 - 2016). Grant.
  • Gabor, Caitlin. The effects of urbanization on physiological stress of Jollyville Plateau salamanders, Eurycea tonkawae, USFWS State Wildlife Grant Program, $32716. (Funded: 2013 - 2014). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Board Member
South Austin Creek Association
2022-Present
Chair
Federal Demonstration Partnership
2021-Present
Member
Institutional Faculty Representative to the Federal Demonstration Partnership
2021-Present
Co-Chair
Institute for Molecular Life Sciences
2020-Present
Member
Animal Care and Use (IACUC)
2013-Present