Faculty Profile for Dr. David Rodriguez

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Dr. David Rodriguez
Associate Professor — Biology
IGRM 5001A
phone: (512) 245-1012
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Harding, S., Moretta-Urdiales, M., Nordmeyer, S., Wostl, E., & Rodriguez, D. (2023). Leveraging preserved specimens of Nerodia to infer the spatiotemporal dynamics of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola via quantitative polymerase chain reactionEcology and Evolution. Ecology and Evolution, 13(e9998).
  • Yates, J., McBride, D., Harding, S., Rodriguez, D., & Mullin, S. (2023). Changes in the community composition of riverine snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) over five decades. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 18(2), 326–336.
  • Carvalho, T., Medina, D., Ribeiro, L., Rodriguez, D., Jenkinson, T., Becker, C., … Hite, J. (2023). Coinfection with chytrid genotypes drives divergent infection dynamics reflecting regional distribution patterns. Communications Biology, 6(1), 941.
  • Rodriguez, D., Harding, S., Sirsi, S., McNichols-O’Rourke, K., Morris, T., Forstner, M. R., & Schwalb, A. N. (2023). Mitochondrial sequence data reveal population structure within Cyclonaias pustulosa. PeerJ, 11(e15974).
  • Worsham, M., Nair, P., Gibson, J., Rodriguez, D., Schwartz, B., & Nowlin, W. (2023). Phylogenetically independent behavior mediating geographic distributions suggests habitat is a strong driver of phenotype in crangonyctid amphipods. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11.

Selected Awards

  • 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

Selected Grants

  • 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 2025). 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), Rodriguez, David (Co-Principal). 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.

Selected Service Activities

Chair
IACUC
2024-Present
Member
Instructional Faculty Appointment and Promotion Committee
2023-Present
Chair
Microbial Functional Genomics-Faculty Search
2023-Present
Chair
Microbial Ecology-Faculty Search
2023-Present
Chair
Molecular Microbiology-Faculty Search
2023-Present