Skip to main content Dr. Ivan Castro-Arellano
- Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering
Grants
2025
- Metsis, Vangelis (Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Veech, Joseph A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.
Research Enhancement Grant - BioStream: Developing infrastructure for AI-driven wildlife video monitoring,
Texas State University,
$16000.
(Funded: February 2025 - May 2026).
Grant.
- Metsis, Vangelis (Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Veech, Joseph A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.
BioStream: Developing Infrastructure for AI-Driven Wildlife Video Monitoring,
TXST REP,
Texas State University,
$16000.
(Funded: January 2025 - May 2026).
Grant.
2024
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal), Veech, Joseph A (Principal).
Ascertaining best management practices for the roadside habitat of Texas Kangaroo rats,
Texas Department of Transportation,
State,
$106805.
(Funded: 2024 - 2025).
Grant.
2022
- Ibarra, Carlos (Principal), Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal).
Relacion entre la biodiversidad y las practicas socioculturales campesinas con el riesgo de enfermedades zoonoticas en poblaciones rurales de la Selva Maya,
Mexico branch of the Deutsche Gesellshaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH,
$129000.
(Funded: 2022 - 2024).
Grant.
2021
- Veech, Joseph A (Principal), Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Supporting).
Estimating density and size of roadside populations of the Texas Kangaroo Rat.,
USFWS,
Federal,
$50655.
(Funded: January 1, 2021 - September 30, 2022).
Grant.
2018
- Veech, Joseph A (Principal), Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal), Simpson, Thomas Randolph (Co-Principal).
The next phase of Texas kangaroo rat research: dispersal, fine-scale movement, habitat management, and initiation of a captive population,
Federal,
$120000.
(Submitted: 2016, Funded: 2018).
Grant.
2017
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan.
Using stable isotopes to assess range and dietary shifts of an important insectivorous predator, the Brazilian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis).,
United States Forest Service,
Federal,
$23559.
(Submitted: April 2017, Funded: September 1, 2017 - May 30, 2019).
Grant.
2016
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Principal).
Studying Behavior and Testing Strategies to Reduce Impact of Wind Energy on Bats in Texas,
Texas Parks and Wildlife State Wildlife Grants,
State,
$306403.
(Funded: 2016 - 2019).
Grant.
2015
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal).
Population genetic structure of Ixodes scapularis and disease transmission,
National Institute of Health,
Federal,
$386463.
(Funded: 2015 - 2017).
Grant.
- Green, Michael Clay (Co-Principal), Simpson, Randy (Principal), Veech, Joseph A (Co-Principal), Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal).
Texas Parks and Wildlife, State Wildlife Grants: Distribution of the Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator),
Texas State University,
$107098.
(Funded: 2015 - 2017).
Grant.
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal).
Distribution of the Texas Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys elator) in Texas,
Texas Parks and Wildlife State Wildlife Grants,
$69717.
(Funded: 2015 - 2016).
Grant.
2014
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Principal).
Research project for Integrated Control of the Southern Cattle Fever tick in Puerto Rico,
Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture,
State,
$1000000.
(Funded: 2014 - 2015).
Grant.
2012
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Principal).
Contribution of Bridge Dwelling Birds to Bacterial Quality Impairments,
Texas Department of Transportation,
$390014.
(Funded: 2012 - 2014).
Grant.
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal), Suzan, Gerardo (Principal).
Effect of diversity on the prevalence of zoonotic agents in wild rodents in northeastern Chihuahua. Proyecto de ciencia básica #179482,
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (Mexico),
$130000.
(Funded: 2012 - 2015).
Grant.
- Green, Michael Clay (Co-Principal), Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Principal), Gaedicke, C. (Co-Principal), Forstner, Michael R (Co-Principal), Hahn, Dittmar (Co-Principal).
Texas Department of Transportation. Contribution of bridge-dwelling birds to bacterial water quality impairments,
Texas State University,
$388284.
(Funded: 2012 - 2014).
Grant.
2011
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Principal).
Research Enhancement Program Grant,
Texas State University,
$8000.
(Funded: 2011).
Grant.
2010
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Principal).
Prevalence and characterization of Hantaviruses and Arenaviruses in wild and peridomestic settings of northeastern Mexico,
Texas A&M-CONACyT Collaborative Research Grant Program,
$24000.
(Funded: 2010 - 2012).
Grant.
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Principal).
Ecology of Hantavirus reservoir rodent species in northeastern Mexico,
New Professor Grant Program. Secretaria de Educación Publica (Mexico),
$25000.
(Funded: 2010 - 2011).
Grant.
2002
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Principal).
Grants in aid for research,
American Society of Mammalogists,
$1000.
(Funded: 2002).
Grant.
2001
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan.
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund research grant,
American Museum of Natural History,
$1760.
(Funded: 2001).
Grant.
2000
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan.
Research grant,
Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois),
$2117.
(Funded: 2000).
Grant.
- Castro-Arellano, Ivan.
3 camera trap units,
Idea Wild (conservation NGO, Fort Collins, Colorado),
$1400.
(Funded: 2000).
Grant.
