Skip to main content Dr. Ivan Castro-Arellano
- Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Chair, Faculty Search Committee Wildlife Ecology.
September 2024 - Present.
- Graduate Advisor, Biology Graduate Student Association.
August 2024 - Present.
- Member, IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Bias) Committee from American Society of Mammalogists.
June 2024 - Present.
- President, Texas Society of Mammalogists.
February 2024 - Present.
- Member, Graduate Programs Committee.
January 2024 - Present.
- Member, Internal Advisory Board for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) Center for Intelligent Materials Assembly (CIMA).
December 2021 - Present.
- Member, the Small Mammal Specialist Group from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
2014 - Present.
- Chair, Human Diversity Committee from Texas Society of Mammalogists.
2024 - Present.
- Member, International Relations Committee from American Society of Mammalogists.
June 2024 - Present.
- Member, Randy Simpson endowed Scholarship Committee.
January 2024 - Present.
- Member, Search committee for Evolutionary Ecologist faculty position.
2023 - Present.
- Member, Search committee for Wildlife Ecology faculty position.
2023 - Present.
- Editor, Biologia Integrativa y Conservation Journal.
2023 - Present.
- Editor, Southwestern Naturalist Journal.
2018 - Present.
- Member, Advisory Council for SURE Program, University College.
2017 - Present.
- Member, Curriculum Committee.
2017 - Present.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal Revista de Medicina Veterinaria published by the Universidad La Salle.
2017 - Present.
- Board Member, Retreat at Willow Creek HOA Council Board.
2017 - Present.
- Associate Editor, Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología (Mexican Mammalogy Journal).
2007 - Present.
- External manuscript reviewer, Acta Theriologica, Biological Conservation, Biotropica, EcoHealth, Ecological Applications, Ecology, Journal of Mammalogy, Journal of Tropical Ecology, Journal of Wildlife Management, Journal of Wildlife Diseases, Oecologia, Mastozoología Neotropical, Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, Revista Latinoamericana de Conservación, Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, Revista Mexicana de Mastozoologia, Southwestern Naturalist, and Western North American Naturalist.
1995 - Present.
2025
- Member, Board of the Wildlife Diseases Working Group from the Wildlife Society.
2021 - 2025.
2024
- Member, Instructional Faculty Appointment and Promotion Committee.
2024.
2021
- Chair, Program director for BS in Wildlife Bioloy.
2017 - 2021.
2020
- Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
2017 - 2020.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal Veterinaria Mexico OA Published by UNAM.
2016 - 2020.
2019
- Chair, selection committee for the Lamar and Marilynn Johanson Fellowship award.
2015 - 2019.
2018
- Undergraduate Advisor, Faculty advisor for Texas State Student Chapter of the Widlife Society.
2017 - 2018.
2017
- Member, Search committee for Human Dimensions of Wildlife faculty position.
2017.
- Member, Weekly Departmental seminar committee.
2012 - 2017.
2016
- Member, Search committee for wildlife biology faculty position.
2016.
- Judge, 21st Annual Department of Biology student Colloquium.
2016.
- Presenter, mammals and wildlife studies for the Boy Scouts Troop 18th.
July 2016.
2015
- University Mentor, 20th Annual Department of Biology student Colloquium.
2015.
- Member, FY2015 1890 Capacity Building Grants (CBG) Teaching and Extension Peer Review Panel.
2015.
- Presentation about myths and facts about vampire bats with 3rd grade students, Crockett Elementary School.
September 2015.
2014
- Session Chair/Judge, International Research Conference for Graduate Students.
2014.
- Member, Search committee for microbiology faculty position.
2013 - 2014.
- Member, Search committee for stream ecology faculty position.
2013 - 2014.
2013
- Session Chair/Judge, International Research Conference for Graduate Students.
2013.
- Faculty Mentor, H-LSAMP Scholars Program.
2013.
- Organizing committee, Hispanic Serving Institution Research Symposium.
2013.
- Judge, Talks at the 18th Annual Department of Biology student Colloquium.
2013.
- Interim Campus Director, Institute for the Study of Invasive Species.
2012 - 2013.
2012
- Judge/moderator, International Research Conference for Graduate Students.
2012.
- Presentation and question/answer session about bats with 1st grade students, Spicewood Elementary School.
November 2012.
2010
- Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation (Dissertation Improvement Grants).
2010.
- Member, the COTACyT review committee to evaluate applications for federal fellowships to study graduate degrees abroad (Biology/Chemistry division).
2010.
- Member, International Relations Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists.
2005 - 2010.
2008
- Participated as a Mexican mammal expert, Global Mammal Assessment Workshop organized by IUCN-World Conservation Union.
2008.
2007
- Member, Conservation Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists.
2005 - 2007.
2003
- Co-Chair, Graduate Program Enhancement Fund (GPEF) Committee at the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M.
2000 - 2003.
- Member, GPEF committee at the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, TAMU.
1999 - 2003.
2002
- Co-Chair, Organizing committee, Third Annual Ecological Integration Symposium: Evolutionary Perspectives in Ecological Integration.
2002.
1999
- Treasurer, TAMU chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology.
1999.
