Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Chris Nice

  • Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Chair, Freeman Ranch Advisory Committee. 2013 - Present.
  • Member, Biology Department College Review group representative. 2013 - Present.
  • Instructor, Gonzales County Master Gardeners. 2011 - Present.
  • Member, Greenhouse Committee. 2004 - Present.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. 2004 - Present.
  • Instructor, Hays County Master Gardeners. 2003 - Present.
  • Instructor, Hays County Master Naturalists. 2002 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Seminar Committee. 2001 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Biological Conservation. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, BMC Genetics. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, BMC Evolutionary Biology. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Bulletin of Entomological Research. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Diversity and Distribution. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ecography. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ecological Entomology. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ecology. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ecology Letters. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Entomology Bulletin. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Entomological Science. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, European Journal of Entomology. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Evolution. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Insect Conservation and Diversity. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Insects. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Insect Behavior. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of the Lepidopterists Society. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Mammology. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Lakes and Reservoirs. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Molecular Ecology. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Naturwissenschaften. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, PLoS One. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Science. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Species Diversity. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Texas Journal of Science Zoological Science. 1925 - Present.
  • Professional Affiliations, Society for the Study of Evolution. 1925 - Present.
  • Professional Affiliations, Ecological Society of America. 1925 - Present.
  • Professional Affiliations, Entomological Society of America. 1925 - Present.
  • Professional Affiliations, The Lepidopterist’s Society. 1925 - Present.

2015

  • Host/ Visitor, Dr. Allan Strand, College of Charleston. 2015.
  • Host/ Visitor, Dr. Erik Sotka, College of Charleston. 2015.
  • Host/ Visitor, Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, College of Charleston. 2015.
  • Host/ Visitor, Dr. Torrance Hanley, Northeastern University. 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NSF. 2015.
  • Member, Population and Conservation Biology Masters Program Director. 2009 - 2015.
  • Member, Graduate Committee. 2009 - 2015.

2014

  • Member, Biology Department REP representative. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Philosophical Society, Lewis and Clark Grants. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NSF Panel: Evolutionary Processes. 2014.

2013

  • Environmental Committee Member, San Antonio River Foundation. 2011 - 2013.
  • Faculty Sponsor, Tri Beta Biological Honor Society, Kappa Zeta Chapter. 2007 - 2013.
  • Chair, Biology Department New Ph.D. Program Committee. 2006 - 2013.

2012

  • Member, Biology Department REP representative. 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NSF. 2012.

2011

  • Host/ Visitor, Dr. Darrin Hulsey, University of Tennessee. 2011.
  • Host/ Visitor, Chris Hamm, Michigan State University. 2011.
  • Host/ Visitor, Dr. Ben Fitzpatrick, University of Tennessee. 2011.
  • Host/ Visitor, Dr. Joe Wilson, University of Nevada, Reno. 2011.
  • Host/ Visitor, Dr. Brandi Coyner, University of Nevada, Reno. 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NSF Panel: Evolutionary Processes. 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NSF. 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Estonian Science Foundation. 2011.
  • Chair, New Greenhouse Committee. 2004 - 2011.
  • Chair, Greenhouse Committee. 2004 - 2011.

2010

  • Host/ Visitor, Tracy Fausterman, University of New Orleans. 2010.
  • Host/ Visitor, Laura Alexander, University of New Orleans. 2010.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Organization for Tropical Studies, Butterfly Ecology Course 2010 (Instructors: Dr. Phil DeVries (Univ. New Orleans) and Dr. Bruce Walsh (Univ. Arizona), La Selva, Costa Rica, Visiting Scholar. 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Louisiana Board of Regents. 2010.
  • Member, University Arboretum Committee. 2005 - 2010.

2009

  • Reviewer / Referee, FWF (Austria). 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NSF. 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Texas Parks and Wildlife. 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, US Fish and Wildlife Service. 2009.

2008

  • Host/ Visitor, Rachel Wallace, University of New Orleans. 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NSF Panel: Population and Evolutionary Processes: Phylogeography. 2008.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Associate Editor: Evolution (class of 2008) Journal. 2008.

2007

  • Host/ Visitor, Dr. Dan Bolnick, UT Austin. 2007.
  • Host/ Visitor, Dr. John Malone, UT Arlington. 2007.
  • Member, TX State Challenge Camp Class. 2007.

2006

  • Member, Greenhouse Site Selection Committee. 2006.
  • Host/ Visitor, Dr. Matt Forister, University of Nevada, Reno. 2006.
  • Host/ Visitor, Dr. James Fordyce, University of Tennessee. 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NSF. 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NWO (The Netherlands). 2006.
  • Member, Mitte Chair Proposal Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • Member, International Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Proposal Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • Member, Plant Biologist Search Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • Member, Population and Conservation Biology Masters Degree Program Committee. 2002 - 2006.

2005

  • Member, Biology Department Chair Search. 2005.
  • Member, Annual Review Document (impromptu) Committee. 2005.
  • Member, Department of Biology Chair Search. 2005.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NSF. 2005.
  • Reviewer / Referee, NWO (The Netherlands). 2005.

2004

  • Speaker, San Marcos Elementary School. 2004.

2003

  • Member, Quantitative Ecologist Search Committee. 2003.

2002

  • Member, Computer Grant Committee. 2002.