Faculty Profiles

Dr. Benjamin F Schwartz

Nowlin, Weston Hugh, Schwartz, Benjamin F, Nice, Chris. Population Genetics of the Endangered Comal Springs Dryopid Beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis), Texas Parks and Wildlife/US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal, $59598. (Submitted: October 2018, Funded: January 2019 - December 2021). Grant.
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.

Coleman, W., Bell, K. L., Gibson, J. R., Schwartz, B. F., Nowlin, W. H., & Nice, C. (2025). Evolutionary isolation and ecological stasis in the endangered Comal Springs Dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.
Austin-Bingamon, E., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., & Altman, S. (n.d.). Classifying flow regime by modelling hydrological indices at ungauged stream segments. Hydrological Processes.
Engstrom, G. C., Diaz, P. H., Hutchins, B., & Schwartz, B. F. (n.d.). EURYCEA TROGLODYTES (Valdina Farms Salamander). INTERSTITIAL BREEDING. Herpetological Review.
Frandsen, E., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Nowlin, W. H., Sams, M. D., Determan, K., … Herman, B. (2026). Relationships between benthic and hyporheic insect communities across environmental gradients in Texas Rivers.
Austin-Bingamon, E., Schwartz, B. F., Engel, A. S., Hutchins, B., Paterson, A. T., & Herman, B. D. (2026). Hyporheic Microbial Communities at Two Central Texas Rivers.

Award / Honor Recipient: Lew Bicking Award, National Speleological Society. 2023 - Present
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