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Texas State University

Dr. Benjamin F Schwartz

  • Professor - Edwards Aquifer Research
  • Professor - Biology
  • FAB 206
  • tel:+15122457608
  • bs37@txstate.edu
  • Grants
  • Scholarly/Creative work
  • Awards
  • Service

Featured grants

  • Schwartz, Benjamin F (Principal), Hutchins, Benjamin (Co-Principal), Swink, Aaron (Co-Principal). Cave Conservancy of the Virginias., $9930. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Nowlin, WH (Principal), Schwartz, Benjamin F (Co-Principal). Evaluation of the Long-Term, Elevated Temperature and Low Dissolved Oxygen Tolerances of the Comal Springs Riffle Beetle., $93034. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Schwartz, Benjamin F (Principal), Nice, Chris (Co-Principal), Nowlin, Weston (Co-Principal). Status Assessment and Ecological Characterization for the Texas Troglobitic Water Slater, Lirceolus smithii., $73537. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
  • Nowlin, Weston (Principal), Schwartz, Benjamin F. Evaluation of Long-Term, Elevated Temperature and Low Dissolved Oxygen Tolerances of the Comal Springs Riffle Beetle., $99034. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
  • Schwartz, Benjamin F (Principal), Nice, Chris (Co-Principal). Molecular and Morphological Analysis of Stygobromus sp. near San Marcos, TX., $18998. (Funded: 2014). Grant.
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Featured scholarly/creative works

  • Schwartz, B. F. (n.d.). Diversity and Distribution of Australian Stygobiont and Other Groundwater-Associated Amphipods (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida).
  • Schwartz, B. F., & Hutchins, B. (n.d.). New and revised groundwater snails (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Cochliopidae) from karst and associated hyporheic habitats in western Texas and northern Mexico.
  • Schwartz, B. F. (n.d.). Barbastella barbastellus – day foraging, 1.6.2024, Rakovnik Pond, Ljubljana (Slovenia).
  • Schwartz, B. F. (n.d.). Tropidia scita (Harris, 1780) (Diptera: Syrphidae), A new hoverfly species for Slovenia,.
  • Nair, P. R., Gibson, J. R., Schwartz, B. F., & Nowlin, W. H. (2023). Temperature responses vary between riffle beetles from contrasting aquatic environments. Journal of Thermal Biology, 112, 103485.
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Featured awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Byron N. Cooper Graduate Fellowship award. 2006
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Full Research Assistantship and other funding. 2006
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Fellow award - National Speleological Society. 1999

Featured service activities

  1. Member

    10-year Strategic Planning Committee

    2014 - Present
  2. Member

    Departmental Space Committee

    2014 - Present
  3. Member

    Spring Lake Diving Control Board Committee

    2012 - Present
  4. Other

    Karst Waters Institute (KWI)

    2011 - Present
  5. Other

    rc-GIS licenses for the Department of Biology

    2008 - Present
  6. Reviewer / Referee

    Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

    2008 - Present
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