Dr. Astrid Nadine Schwalb

  • Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Editorial board member for Freshwater Biology. 2024 - Present.
  • Member of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Field studies and Ecosystem Services committee. 2023 - Present.
  • Director of Aquatic Resources MS program. January 2021 - Present.
  • Founder and organizer of outdoor group for kids in Wimberley. 2020 - Present.
  • Board member of Burnett Ranch River Park Association. 2020 - Present.
  • Member of departmental graduate committee. 2019 - Present.
  • 2015 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, for manuscripts of various journals (Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Conservation Biology, Diversity and Distributions, Environmental Reviews, Environmental Science and Technology, Earth Interactions Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, Freshwater Science, Freshwater Biology, Hydrobiologia, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Limnology, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research Oecologia, Science of the Total Environment). 2008 - Present.

2024

  • Member of the Member of the scientific committee for the 2nd Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Meeting in Europe. 2023 - 2024.

2023

  • Judge of student presentations at Freshwater Mollusk Sciences Meeting. 2023.
  • Co-Chair of JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) in Biology committee. 2022 - 2023.

2022

  • Reviewer for Texas Academy of Science student proposal. 2022.
  • Judge of student presentations at Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting. 2022.

2021

  • Chair of JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) in Biology committee. 2019 - 2021.

2020

  • Volunteer at PPCP Preschool in San Marcos. 2019 - 2020.

2019

  • Judge of student presentations at SFS meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, and at FMCS meeting in San Antonio. 2019.
  • Member of Faculty Search Committee-Aquatic Wetland/Plant Ecology, Department of Biology, Texas State. 2018 - 2019.
  • Member of the Conference Planning Committee for the 2019 meeting of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society in San Antonio. 2017 - 2019.

2018

  • Reviewer for Texas Academy of Science student proposal. 2018.

2017

  • Reviewer for Canada-Alberta Joint Oil Sands Monitoring (JOSM) synthesis report on fish health and invertebrates. 2017.
  • 2016 - 2017.

2016

  • 2016.
  • Reviewer for Sigma Delta Epsilon, Graduate Women in Science fellowship application. 2016.

2015

  • Member of Faculty Search Committee-Aquatic Toxicology, Department of Biology, Texas State. 2015.
  • 2014 - 2015.
  • Appointed Member of COSEWIC’s (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) Molluscs Species Specialist Subcommittee. 2012 - 2015.

2008

  • Student Member of Undergraduate Curriculum Committee- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, ON. 2007 - 2008.

2007

  • Student Member of Faculty Search Committee- Ecosystem Ecology, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, ON. 2007.