Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Weston Hugh Nowlin

  • Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Editorial Review Board Member, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Radiation and Laser Safety Committee. 2023 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Texas Research Institute for Aquatic and Groundwater Ecology (TRIAGE). 2021 - Present.
  • Speaker, Highland Lakes Master Naturalists. 2019 - Present.
  • Member, Space Committee. January 2018 - Present.
  • Speaker, Goodwater Master Naturalists - Class Leader. 2017 - Present.
  • Chair, Freeman Aquatic Station Director. 2016 - Present.
  • Member, Upper San Marcos Watershed Protection Plan Working Group. 2013 - Present.
  • Member, Graduate Committee. 2012 - Present.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Oklahoma - Texas Aquatic Research Group/Great Plains Limnology Group. October 2011 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Aquatic Sciences, Aquatic Invasions, Oikos, Southeastern Naturalist, The Coleopterist, Hydrobiologia, Ecology Letters, Oikos, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Hydrobiologia, Oecologia, Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Limnology and Oceanography, Freshwater Biology, Southwestern Naturalist, American Midland Naturalist, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Journal of Applied Biology, Ecology, Water Resources and Management, Journal of the North American Benthological Society, Lake and Reservoir Management. 1999 - Present.
  • Member, Society for Freshwater Science, Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Ecological Society of America, Advancing the Science of Limnology and Oceanography, North American Lake Management Society, Oklahoma-Texas Aquatic Research Group, Society of Canadian Limnologists. 1999 - Present.

2025

  • Member, National Science Foundation Review Panel. 2024 - 2025.
  • Secretary, South Regional SFS Chapter - Society for Freshwater Science. 2019 - 2025.

2024

  • Member, Mentoring Committee - Jason Martina. September 2019 - 2024.

2023

  • Member, Associate Vice President for Research Development Search Committee. November 2022 - 2023.
  • Member, JEDI Committee (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee). January 2019 - 2023.
  • Member, Meadows Endowed Professor Search Committee. August 2022 - May 2023.
  • Editor, Hydrobiology. August 2022 - February 2023.

2022

  • Reviewer / Referee, External Professor Promotion Reviewer - Oklahoma State University. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2022.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, USACE Next Generation Modeling Meeting. 2022.
  • Chair, Mentoring Committee - Mar Huertas. 2014 - 2022.

2020

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2020.
  • Organizer, Aquatic Resources MS Program. 2012 - 2020.

2019

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2019.
  • Vice President, South Regional SFS Chapter - Society for Freshwater Science. 2017 - 2019.
  • Member, Spring Lake Environmental Committee. 2012 - 2019.

2018

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2018.
  • Member, Mentoring Committee - Astrid Schwalb. 2011 - 2018.
  • College Recruiting Committee. 2006 - 2018.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2017.
  • Secretary, South Central Regional Chapter of the Society for Freshwater Science. 2013 - 2017.

2016

  • Board Member, South Central Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2009 - 2016.

2015

  • Reviewer / Referee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)- Graduate Fellowships, Panel member and proposal reviewer. 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Department of Biological Sciences. 2015.
  • Awards Day Committee. 2005 - 2015.

2014

  • Coordinator / Organizer, Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting. 2014.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Society for Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology. May 2014 - 2014.
  • Member, Toxicologist Faculty Search Committee. 2013 - 2014.
  • Chair, Ten-Year Strategic Hiring Plan Committee. 2013 - 2014.
  • Chair, Stream Ecologist Position Search Committee. 2013 - 2014.

2013

  • Reviewer / Referee, Oklahoma Water Resources Center – Ad hoc proposal reviewer. 2013.
  • Member, Lecturer Evaluation Committee. 2012 - 2013.
  • President, South Central Regional Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2012 - 2013.
  • Member, Departmental Seminar Committee. 2005 - 2013.

2012

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation (NSF) – Ad hoc proposal reviewer. 2012.
  • Vice President, South Central Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2011 - 2012.

2010

  • Presidential Award Selection Committee. 2009 - 2010.
  • Member, Target of Opportunity Committee. 2007 - 2010.
  • Member, Departmental Budget Committee. 2006 - 2010.
  • Undergraduate Program Committee. 2006 - 2010.

2009

  • Coordinator / Organizer, Society for Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology. May 2009 - 2009.
  • Member, San Marcos Coordinating Group Technical Representative. 2008 - 2009.
  • Member, Selection Committee for San Antonio Conservation Society’s Graduate Scholarship for Louise Reischling Natural Resources Scholarship. 2008 - 2009.
  • Member, Space Committee. 2006 - 2009.
  • Member, Student Retention Plan Committee. 2005 - 2009.

2007

  • Member, Space Committee. 2005 - 2007.

2006

  • Reviewer / Referee, Israel Science Foundation (ISF) – Ad hoc proposal reviewer. 2006.

2005

  • Coordinator / Organizer, Joint Ecological Society of America (ESA) and International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL). 2005.
  • Member, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. 2003 - 2005.

2002

  • Coordinator / Organizer, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. 2002.