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Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Physiology
Univ of California, Berkeley, 1993
Bachelor's Degree
BS in Zoology
Texas A&M University, 1986
Featured grants
- 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. MARC: 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.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- 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/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/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/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.
Featured awards
- 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
Featured service activities
- Reviewer / Referee
Cell Communication and Signaling
- Other
Bats to Cats
- Organizer
Coordinate Bobcat Day for the Biology Department
- Undergraduate Advisor
Degree Program Advisor for B.S. in Biology
- Chair
Biology Curriculum Committee
- Member
Graduate Committee