Faculty Profile for Dr. Dittmar Hahn
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- 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
- Normand, P., Nouioui, I., Neumann-Schaal, M., Herrera-Belaroussi, A., Abrouk, D., Vemulapally, S., … Hahn, D. (2023). Frankia umida sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Alnus glutinosa L. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 73(3). https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005939
- Villamizar Gomez, A., Guerra, T., Tocidlowski, M. E., Forstner, M. R., & Hahn, D. (2023). Quantification of chlamydiae in the endangered Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis). FEMS Microbiology Letters. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnad067
- Nouioui, I., Neumann-Schaal, M., Pujic, P., Fournier, P., Normand, P., Herrera-Belaroussi, A., … Hahn, D. (2023). Frankia nepalensis sp. nov., a non-infective non-nitrogen-fixing isolate from root nodules of Coriaria nepalensis Wall. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
- Normand, P., Pujic, P., Abrouk, D., Vemulapally, S., Guerra, T., Carlos-Shanley, C., & Hahn, D. (2023). Draft genomes of Frankia strains AiPa1 and AiPs1 retrieved from soil with monocultures of Picea abies or Pinus sylvestris using Alnus incana as capture plant. Journal of Genomics, 11, 1–8.
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Distinguished Professor. 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: Regents' Professor. 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Science/Scholarship (Associate professor), Texas State University-San Marcos. 2012
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Science/Scholarship (Associate professor), Texas State University-San Marcos. 2008
Selected Grants
- Hahn, Dittmar, Hamerlynck, E., Slater, L., Yee, N.. Biogeoscience Research Initiative, Deans Excellence Funds at Rutgers, $60000. (Funded: 2004). Grant.
- Nowlin, W. (Principal), Hahn, Dittmar (Co-Principal). Evaluation of the trophic status and functional feeding group status of the comal springs riffle beetle, Edwards Aquifer Authority, $69354. (Funded: January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016). Grant.
- Tomasso, J. (Principal), Hahn, Dittmar (Co-Principal), Forstner, M.R.J. (Co-Principal). Houston toad management during recovery and rebuilding activities for home-sites in the Bastrop Complex Fire zone, Texas General Land Office, $275000. (Funded: June 1, 2013 - May 30, 2014). Grant.
- Tomasso, J. (Principal), Hahn, Dittmar (Co-Principal), Forstner, M.R.J. (Co-Principal). Houston toad management options during drainage restoration actions in Bastrop County, NRCS, $97632. (Funded: March 1, 2013 - February 28, 2014). Grant.
- Venumbaka, R. (Principal), Hahn, Dittmar (Co-Principal), Forstner, M.R.J. (Co-Principal). Detecting occurrence of Houston toads in Colorado County with development of avoidance and minimization measures for pipeline operations, Inergy, Inc., $246890. (Funded: March 1, 2013 - June 30, 2013). Grant.
Selected Service Activities
Chair
Department of Biology
September 1, 2013-Present
Ph.D. Program Director
Aquatic Resources
2008-2013
Member
Institutional Biosafety Committee
December 2007-2013
Member
JAMP Committee
2005-2013
Member
Texas State Biology Department Greenhouse Committee
August 2005-2013