Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments
Portrait of Dr. Tania Betancourt

Dr. Tania Betancourt

  • Professor at Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, HSI Community Council. 2022 - Present.
  • Chair, Advancement to Candidacy Requirements in MSEC. 2019 - Present.
  • Member, Safety Committee. 2014 - Present.

2021

  • Representative, Chemistry and Biochemistry Representative to Library. 2014 - 2021.

2020

  • Reviewer / Referee, Scientific Journals: British Journal of Pharmacology, International Journal of Pharmaceutics (3 articles), Nanomedicine, Nanoscale Advances. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewer for Faculty Tenure & Promotion Application, Trinity University. July 2020 - 2020.
  • Networking Circle Leader, Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Conference. March 2020.
  • Member, Faculty Evaluation Committee. October 2019 - March 2020.

2019

  • Reviewer / Referee, Nanomaterials (MDPI). 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Int. J. Nanomedicine. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Science. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Cancers. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Colloids and Surfaces B: Bionterfaces. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. B: Applied Biomat. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, ACS Applied Biomaterials. 2019.
  • Chair, Faculty Evaluation Committee. December 2018 - May 2019.
  • Member, Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Task Force. March 2018 - May 2019.
  • Founding Faculty Advisor, Society for the Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Student Chapter at Texas State University. 2013 - May 2019.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Civil Engineering (Environmental). October 2018 - April 2019.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Civil Engineering (Structural). October 2018 - April 2019.
  • Networking Circle Leader, Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Conference. March 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Panelist of NSF Sensor (SENSR) Virtual Panel. February 2019.

2018

  • Reviewer / Referee, Molecules. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Current Nano. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, RSC Advances. 2018.
  • Chair, Ad Hoc Committe for Revising Departmental Merit Policy. 2017 - 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Association of Pharmaceutical Science (AAPS) PharmSciTech. 2017 - 2018.
  • Organizer & Participant, STEM Outreach to the Community: 1) STEM Demonstrations at San Marcos STEM Fair, 2) Hands-on Chemistry Demonstrations Aligned with 8th Grade Curriculum at Doris Miller Middle School, 3) STEM Demonstrations at Downtown Trick or Treat, 4) STEM Demonstrations for Hernandez Elementeray Open House at Texas State University, 5) STEM Demonstrations at the WISE conference with SACNAS. 2017 - 2018.
  • Co-Chair, Co-Director, NSF Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) Center. July 2017 - December 2018.
  • Exhibitor, SACNAS National Conference. February 2018 - November 2018.
  • Chair, Hispanic Policy Network 2018 Symposium Planning Committee. October 2017 - April 2018.
  • Member, Faculty Evaluation Committee. December 2017 - March 2018.

2017

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Analytical Chemistry. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, ACS Omega. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Gels. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Oncotarget. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, OpenNano. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Chemical Engineering Journal. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Institutes of Health. 2017.
  • Member, Hispanic Policy Network Fall Event (“Celebramos Unidos – United we Celebrate”) Planning Committee. October 2017 - November 2017.
  • Organizer, STEM Research Open House. April 2017.
  • Judge, Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Conference Poster Session. April 2017.

2016

  • Graduate Faculty, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine Journal. 2015 - 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition. 2015 - 2016.
  • Member, NIH-funded “South Texas Doctoral Bridge” program that trains students from underrepresented groups for advanced degrees in biomedical research. 2014 - 2016.
  • Member, Website Committee. 2013 - 2016.
  • Presenter, Informational and research posters at BioAustin. 2013 - 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Nanomedicine. 2013 - 2016.
  • Research Advisor, Jose Dominguez, Biochemistry. June 2012 - August 2016.
  • Research Advisor, Janet Vela Ross, Biochemistry. June 2015 - June 2016.
  • Research Advisor, Richard Hill, Chemistry. June 2015 - May 2016.
  • Research Advisor, Kyle Walsh, Biochemistry. August 2013 - May 2016.
  • Organizer, STEM Open House for local middle and high school students in partnership with the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research. May 1, 2015 - April 22, 2016.
  • Volunteer, Career Day at Blazier Elementary. March 11, 2016.
  • Organizer, Dine & Chat session with Dr. Adrianne Stiff-Roberts for SACNAS student chapter. February 28, 2016.
  • Volunteer, STEAM Fair at Hernandez Elementary. February 26, 2016.
  • Exhibitor, San Marcos SOAR STEM Fair with SACNAS student chapter. February 13, 2016.

2015

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research B. 2015.
  • Research Advisor, Ronald Hall, Biochemistry. 2014 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2014 - 2015.
  • SACNAS Student Organization and Department of Chemistry at the Texas State University Hispanic Welcome Reception. September 9, 2015.
  • Research Advisor, Zachary Goddard, Computer Science. May 2014 - August 2015.
  • Research Advisor, Ronald Hall, Biochemistry. January 2014 - August 2015.
  • Demonstrator. March 27, 2015 - April 10, 2015.
  • Volunteer, Career Day at Blazier Elementary. March 13, 2015.
  • Participant, San Marcos STEM Fair Planning Committee, San Marcos Chamber of Commerce. December 2014 - February 2015.
  • Exhibitor. February 7, 2015.
  • Volunteer, Hernandez Elementary Science Fair. February 6, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF) Joint Center Proposal for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) organization. January 2015.
  • Volunteer, science fair project development at Blazier Elementary. January 2015.

2014

  • Web Designer, SACNAS Student Chapter at Texas State University. 2014.
  • Research Advisor, Casey Hamon, Chemistry. June 2012 - December 2014.
  • Participant. November 17, 2014 - November 24, 2014.
  • Demonstrator, Science demonstrations at the Storybook Parade at the Boys and Girls Club. October 31, 2014.
  • Presenter, uPAR-Targeted Optical Imaging Contrast as Thernostic Agents for Tumor Margin Detection. September 2014.
  • Research Advisor, Kole Knutsen, Biology. January 2014 - August 2014.
  • Research Advisor, Eugenia Barnes, Geography. May 2012 - August 2014.
  • Presenter, 2014 Technology Integration Workshop. July 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Louisiana EPSCoR Pilot Funding for New Research (Pfund) Program. July 2014.
  • Research Advisor, Shyam Prasad, Computer Science. January 2014 - May 2014.
  • Research Advisor, Jeffrey Moore, Biochemistry. August 2013 - May 2014.
  • Research Advisor, Jamie McKinzie, Biochemistry. August 2013 - May 2014.
  • Member of review panel, Multidisciplinary Internal Research Grant (MIRG) Program, Texas State University. April 2014.
  • Panelist, Spring 2014 Technology Integration Videoconference. March 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, review panel for National Institutes of Health CounterACT. March 2014.
  • Demonstrator, Science demonstrations, Presidential Outreach with SACNAS student chapter, Explore the World through Chemistry, Perot Museum of Nature and Science. March 15, 2014.
  • Demonstrator, Career day and science demonstrations with SACNAS student chapter, Blazier Elementary. March 7, 2014.
  • Demonstrator, Science fair science demonstration with SACNAS student chapter, Crockett Elementary. February 28, 2014.
  • Volunteer, STEM Fair science demonstrations with SACNAS student chapter, San Marcos STEM Fair, San Marcos Activity Center. February 1, 2014.

2013

  • Research Advisor, Katie Beaven, Chemical Engineering. 2013.
  • Research Advisor, Khaled Abdelrahman, Bioengineering. 2013.
  • Organizer, HSI (Hispanic Serving Institution) Research Symposium Student Poster Session. 2013.
  • Member, review panel for National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research (DMR). 2013.
  • Presenter, Exploring the Promise of Nanomedicine: Nano-Scaled Biomaterials Integrating Synthetic Polymers, Oligonucleotides, and Polypetides for Detection and Treatment of Disease. November 2013.
  • Research Advisor, Sarah Mitchell, High School Student. June 2013 - August 2013.
  • Research Advisor, Jennifer Garlock, Biotechnology. May 2013 - August 2013.
  • Research Advisor, Sarah Warren, Biochemistry. September 2012 - August 2013.
  • Research Advisor, Ryan Richter, Biology. June 2012 - August 2013.
  • Participant, STEM outreach, Science Day at Hernandez Elementary. May 2013.
  • Research Advisor, Bradley Rodier, Biochemistry. June 2012 - May 2013.
  • Research Advisor, Laison Nguyen, Biology. June 2012 - May 2013.
  • Research Advisor, David Oakland, Biochemistry. January 2012 - May 2013.
  • Research Advisor, Dylan Hall, Biology. May 2012 - January 2013.

2012

  • Reviewer / Referee, PLOS ONE. 2012.
  • Member, Explore formation of joint science/business program. September 2011 - 2012.
  • Research Advisor, Kristen Carbonaro, Biology. September 2011 - May 2012.
  • Research Advisor, John McFarland, Biochemistry. September 2011 - May 2012.
  • Member, review panel for National Institutes of Health SBIR Contract Proposals on “Development of Low Cost, Small Multi-Analyte Technologies for Cancer Diagnostics and Early Detection.”. March 26, 2012 - March 28, 2012.

2011

  • Research Advisor, Madelyn Carr, Chemistry. September 2011 - December 2011.
  • Judge and Moderator, International Research Conference for Graduate Students. November 2, 2011 - November 3, 2011.

2009

  • Reviewer / Referee, AIChE Journal. 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Biomedical Microdevices Journal. 2009.