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Dr. Dana M Garcia

  • Professor - Biology
Portrait of Dr. Dana M Garcia
  • Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Daniel, Kristy Lynn (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Garcia, Dana M (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10. NSF INCLUDES DDLP - ACCEYSS: Association of collaborative communities equipping youth for STEM success (supplemental funding), National Science Foundation, Federal, $14999. (Submitted: May 6, 2019, Funded: December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020). Grant.
  • Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Principal), Daniel, Kristy Lynn (Co-Principal), Garcia, Dana M (Co-Principal). ACCEYSS: Association of Collaborative Communities Equipping Youth for STEM Success, National Science Foundation, Federal, $299536. (Funded: December 1, 2017 - November 30, 2020). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. Pan-American Congress Travel Award, American Physiological Society, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $500. (Funded: 2019). Grant.
  • Huertas Pau, Maria del Mar (Principal), Percent Contribution: %75, Lu, Yuan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Fuess, Lauren (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Peterson, Ryan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Koh, Gar Yee (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Gracia, Dana (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5. MARK:Acquisition of tissue processing and embedding machines to produce fixed-paraffin-embedded blocks of biological tissues, Texas State University, $52500. (Submitted: September 2022, Funded: September 2022 - February 2023). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. The impact of one alcoholic substitution on the ability of a protein to transport cargo, Texas State University, $7895. (Funded: January 11, 2022 - May 31, 2023). Grant.
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  • Tovar, R. U., Dobbins, B. A., Hartman, N. A., Leelani, S. A., Devitt, T. J., Garcia, D. M., … Hillis, D. M. (2025). Parallel sensory compensation following independent subterranean colonization by groundwater salamanders (Eurycea). Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 122(23), e2504850122. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504850122
  • Dobbins, B. A., Tovar, R. U., Oddo, B. J., Teague, C. G., Sindhi, N. A., Devitt, T. J., … Garcia, D. M. (2024). PAX6 protein in neuromasts of the lateral line system of salamanders (Eurycea). PLOS One, 19(8), e0293163. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293163.
  • Ashford-Hanserd, S. N., Daniel, K. L., Garcia, D. M., & Idema, J. L. (2020). Factors that influence persistence of biology majors at a hispanic-serving institution. Journal of Research in Technical Careers, 4(1), 47–60. https://doi.org/10.9741/2578-2118.1048
  • Ibarra, D. E., Wiebe, D. E., Mireles, T., Pattillo, A., Roberts, T., Stone, T. S., … Garcia, D. M. (2019). A Method for Quantifying Pigment Position in Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Experimental Eye Research, 195, 108038. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2020.108038
  • Nuckels, R. J., Nice, C., & Garcia, D. M. (2018). Duplicated myosin V genes in teleosts show evolutionary rate variations among the motor and cargo binding domains. Genome Biology and Evolution, 11(2), 415–430.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2021 Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Science and Engineering. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Who’s Who, Who’s Who. 2015
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Excellence in Diversity Award. 2015
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Dean Nominee for Presidential Award in Scholarly and Creative Activity. 2008
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award in Scholarly and Creative Activity. 2007
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  1. Organizer

    Coordinate Bobcat Day for the Biology Department

  2. Undergraduate Advisor

    Degree Program Advisor for B.S. in Biology

  3. Chair

    Biology Curriculum Committee

  4. Member

    Graduate Committee

  5. Member

    Wildlife Ecologist Search Committee

  6. Member

    Microbial Genetics Search Committee

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