Faculty Profiles

Dr. David Rodriguez

Rodriguez, David. Run to R1 Postdoctoral Researcher Catalyst Program, Texas State University, $100000. (Funded: 2023 - 2024). Grant.
Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Co-Principal), Rodriguez, David (Co-Principal). Population monitoring and assessment of risks to Brazos and Concho water snakes with an emphasis on reservoir populations, Texas Comptroller, State, $499910. (Submitted: September 2022, Funded: August 2023 - December 2025). Grant.
Rodriguez, David. CAREER: Unraveling post-invasion dynamics of the amphibian-killing fungus via rapid genetic diversity assessments of both hosts and pathogens, National Science Foundation, Federal, $797737. (Submitted: July 2020, Funded: September 2021 - August 2026). Grant.
Rodriguez, David (Principal), Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Co-Principal), Forstner, Michael R (Co-Principal). Population monitoring and assessing disease risk in Concho water snake, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, State, $196620. (Funded: February 2020 - Present). Grant.
Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal), Percent Contribution: %60, Rodriguez, David (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %40. Conservation in the canopy: informing future corridor placement via non-invasive monitoring of vertebrate movement, Texas State University, Texas State University, $15992. (Submitted: October 2019, Funded: January 2020 - June 2021). Grant.

Green, M. C., Sirsi, S., Halstead, B., Morrison, M. L., Rodriguez, D., & Forstner, M. R. (2025). Comparing the utility of capture-mark-recapture, telemetry, and genetic data in assessing population-level dispersal. Diversity, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/d17030163
Smart, U., Brunner, R., Rivera, C., & Rodriguez, D. (2024). Detection of the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis global panzootic lineage in Ecuadorian anurans of the Amazonian lowlands. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms.
Zughaiyir, F., Sirsi, S., Rodriguez, D., McHenry, D., & Forstner, M. (2024). Measuring interspecific admixture in endangered Houston toads (Bufo [=Anaxyrus] houstonensis) at a main recovery site in the Lost Pines ecosystem of Texas, USA. Conservation Genetics.
Yates, J., Durso, A., Harding, S., Rodriguez, D., Kwiatkowski, M., & Mullin, M. (2024). Site-level occupancy and microhabitat selection of sympatric Nerodia (Serpentes: Colubridae) within an imperiled river system. Herpetologica.
Sirsi, S., Rodriguez, D., & Forstner, M. (2024). Using genome-wide data to ascertain taxonomic status and assess population genetic structure for Houston toads (Bufo [= Anaxyrus] houstonensis). Scientific Reports.

Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities - Presidential Distinction, College of Science and Engineering. 2023
Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Science and Engineering. 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Science and Engineering. January 2018 - September 2018