Portrait of Dr. David Rodriguez

Dr. David Rodriguez

  • Associate Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Chair, IACUC. 2024 - Present.
  • Chair, Aquatic Microbiology Faculty Search. 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Animal Science-Genetics/Genomics Faculty Search. 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Instructional Faculty Appointment and Promotion Committee. 2023 - Present.
  • University Mentor, Visiting Scholar Rebecca Brunner (UC Berkeley). 2019 - Present.
  • Member, Shared Research Operations Advisory Committee. 2019 - Present.
  • Faculty Advisor, Texas State University Microbiology Club. 2018 - Present.
  • Organizer, Wilson Fellowship Education Abroad–Ecuador. 2016 - Present.
  • Member, Space Committee. 2016 - Present.
  • Faculty Advisor, Sigma Lambda Beta Multicultural Fraternity. 2016 - Present.

2024

  • Reviewer / Referee, Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2024.
  • Chair, Microbial Functional Genomics-Faculty Search. 2023 - 2024.
  • Chair, Microbial Ecology-Faculty Search. 2023 - 2024.
  • Chair, Molecular Microbiology-Faculty Search. 2023 - 2024.

2023

  • Reviewer / Referee, Evolutionary Ecology. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Scientific Reports. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 2023.
  • Chair, Strategic Goals Committee. 2021 - 2023.
  • Member, IACUC. 2020 - 2023.
  • Member, George H. Meyer Scholarship Review Committee. 2019 - 2023.

2022

  • Reviewer / Referee, Scientific Reports. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, BMC Ecology and Evolution. 2022.
  • Academic Program Director, Education Abroad–Ecuador Program. 2018 - 2022.

2021

  • Reviewer / Referee, EcoHealth. 2021.

2020

  • University Mentor, Visiting Scholar María del Mar Moretta Urdiales (Ecuador). 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Molecular Ecology. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Molecular Ecology. 2020.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee - Parasitology/Immunology. 2019 - 2020.
  • Speaker, Cable Elementary. November 20, 2020.

2019

  • Member, Colloquium Judge. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, BMC Genetics. 2019.
  • Participant, Panel: Once a First-Gen, Always a First-Gen (Gradudate College). 2019.
  • Member, Exploring REU opportunities committee. 2017 - 2019.

2018

  • Reviewer, NSF Letter of Intent. 2018.
  • University Mentor, Instrumentation support for visiting scholar Ryan Vasquez (Adviser: LD Densmore, TTU). 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Freshwater Biology. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Molecular Ecology. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2018.
  • Speaker, Texas State University Microbiology Club. 2018.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee - Microbial Functional Genomics. 2017 - 2018.
  • Member, SWAN Coordinating Committee. 2017 - 2018.

2017

  • University Mentor, Trained visiting scholar Thomas Jenkinson (Adviser: Tim James, U of Michigan) in dPCR. 2017.
  • University Mentor, Trained visiting scholar Decio T. Correa (Adviser: Mathew Leibold, U of Texas) in qPCR. 2017.
  • Speaker, Texas State University Microbiology Club. 2017.
  • Organizer, Texas School of the Deaf. 2017.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee - Wildlife Biology. 2016 - 2017.

2016

  • Member, Colloquium Judge. 2016.
  • Organizer, Proposal for Supple Renovations: Increasing teaching and support space for Microbiology. 2016.
  • Member, Integrating Research and Teaching: Panel Discussion. 2016.
  • University Mentor, Trained visiting postdoc scholar Ana Longo (Adviser: Karen Lips, U of Maryland) in dPCR. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Molecular Ecology. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Molecular Ecology. 2016.

2015

  • Member, Marilynn Johanson Graduate Endowment in Biology Review Committee. 2015.
  • Organizer, Trained undergraduates in genetic methods. Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 2015.
  • Organizer, Molecular Genetics Laboratory at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 2015.

2014

  • Reviewer / Referee, Fungal Biology. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Heredity. 2014.