Dr. Chris Nice

  • Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering

Grants

2020

  • Nice, Chris. Population genetic assessment of central Texas salamanders, TPWD, State, $25207. (Funded: October 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021). Grant.
  • Nice, Chris. Speciation with Gene Flow During Adaptation to a Novel Host., TSU, Texas State University, $7900. (Submitted: October 8, 2019, Funded: January 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021). Grant.

2018

  • Nowlin, Weston Hugh, Schwartz, Benjamin F, Nice, Chris. Trophic Ecology, Environmental Tolerances, and Population Genetics of the Endangered Comal Springs Dryopid Beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis)., TPWD, State, $79942. (Funded: 2018 - Present). Grant.

2016

  • Gompert, Z (Principal), Buerkle, C A (Co-Principal), Forister, M L (Co-Principal), Dodson, C (Co-Principal), Nice, Chris (Co-Principal), Fordyce, J A (Co-Principal), Werner, S (Co-Principal). Collaborative Research: Dimen- sions: The evolution of novel interactions within a network of plant, insect and microbial biodiversity., National Science Foundation, Federal, $1998706. (Submitted: 2016, Funded: 2016 - 2020). Grant.

2015

  • Schwartz, B. (Principal), Nowlin, W. (Co-Principal), Nice, Chris (Co-Principal). Texas Parks and Wildlife, SWiG Grant.Status assessment and ecological characterization for the Texas Troglobitic Water Slater, Lirceolus smithii., $190958. (Funded: 2015). Grant.

2014

  • Schwartz, B. (Principal), Nice, Chris (Co-Principal). Texas Parks and Wildlife. Molecular and morphological analysis of Stygobromus sp. near San Marcos, TX, $28829. (Funded: 2014). Grant.

2013

  • Nice, Chris (Principal). USFWS Coop. Grant. Genetic diversity of wild and refugia Barton Springs Salamanders., $12500. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
  • Nice, Chris (Principal). USFWS Coop. Grant. Genetic diversity of Comal Springs riffle beetles., $12500. (Funded: 2013). Grant.

2012

  • Nice, Chris (Principal). USFWS/ Texas Parks and Wildlife, Section 6 Grant. Genetic demography of endemic and endangered taxa in springs of the Edwards plateau., $213319. (Funded: 2012). Grant.

2011

  • Nice, Chris (Principal), buerkle, A. (Principal), Forister, M. L. (Principal), Fordyce, A. (Principal). DEB-1050355. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Genomic outcomes of repeated hybrid speciation., $1059434. (Funded: 2011). Grant.

2010

  • Gabor, C. R. (Principal), Aspbury, A. (Co-Principal), Nice, Chris (Co-Principal). The maintenance of unisexuality: behavior, hormones, and genetic diversity in a unisexual-bisexual mating complex., $350000. (Funded: 2010). Grant.

2009

  • Nice, Chris. Hybrid Speciation on Mountain Tops: Duplicated Cases of Hybridization in Butterflies of the Genus Lycaeides., $7980.00. (Funded: 2009). Grant.

2007

  • Nice, Chris (Principal). Genetic isolation of Peck’s Cave Amphipod, Stygobromus peckii., $103022. (Funded: 2007). Grant.

2005

  • Nice, Chris (Principal). Genetic Isolation of Comal Springs Riffle Beetle Populations., Beckman-Coulter, Inc., $95076. (Funded: 2005). Grant.
  • Ott, J. (Co-Principal), Nice, Chris (Co-Principal). Allochronic Isolation in Gall Wasps., $15902.00. (Funded: 2005). Grant.
  • Forstner (Principal), J., M. R., Nice, Chris (Co-Principal), Hahn, D. (Co-Principal). Integrating genomics CE laboratory hardware and fluidics automation within undergraduate and graduate coursework in the Department of Biology, Texas State University-San Marcos. (G) Beckman-Coulter, Inc., $244795. (Funded: March 2005 - November 2006). Grant.
  • Forstner, M.R. J. (Principal), Nice, Chris (Co-Principal), Hahn, D. (Co-Principal). Integrating genomics CE laboratory hardware and fluidics automation within undergraduate and graduate coursework in the Department of Biology, Texas State University-San Marcos., Beckman-Coulter, Inc., $244795. (Funded: March 2005 - November 2006). Grant.

2003

  • Nice, Chris. Ecological genetics of an adaptive radiation., $8000.00. (Funded: 2003). Grant.

2002

  • Nice, Chris (Principal). Freeman Ranch Grant. Butterfly Camp for Primary and Secondary Students, $800.00. (Funded: 2002). Grant.
  • Nice, Chris. Ecological specialization and the origin of species., $7980.00. (Funded: 2002). Grant.