Faculty Profiles

Dr. Benjamin F Schwartz

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.

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.
Hutchins, B. T., Schwartz, B. F., & Külköylüoğlu, O. (2025). The conservation status of Texas groundwater Ostracoda. The Texas Journal of Science, 77(1). https://doi.org/10.32011/txjsci_77_1_article2
Schwartz, B. F. (2025). Towards sustainable and groundwater biodiversity-friendly irrigation approaches, biaf016. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf016
Schwartz, B. F. (2025). A possible hybrid Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail) × Plathemis subornata (Desert Whitetail) from Texas. Argia, 37(1), 15.

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