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Dr. Jason Philip Martina

  • Associate Professor - Biology

Biography and expertise

Jason Martina is an assistant professor at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX (started fall 2019). His primary research interests involve better understanding global change phenomena in wetland and grassland ecosystems. Before coming to Texas State, he was the program coordinator of the EEB and ABS programs at Texas A&M University and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management. He received his Ph.D. at Michigan State University with Drs. Steve Hamilton and Merritt Turetsky and completed a postdoc at the University of Michigan with Drs. Deborah Goldberg and Bill Currie.

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Plant Biology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior

Michigan State University, 2012

Bachelor's Degree

BS in Biological Sciences

Northern Illinois University, 2004

Research Interests

  • Martina, Jason Philip (Principal), Percent Contribution: %55, Williamson, Paula S (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %45. Developing a landowner outreach program for endangered Leavenworthia texana and Physaria pallida in East Texas, TPWD, State, $99292. (Submitted: March 2020, Funded: January 2021 - December 31, 2023). Grant.
  • Martina, Jason Philip. Dissertation Completion Fellowship, College of Natural Science, MSU, $6000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
  • Martina, Jason Philip. Dissertation Continuation Fellowship, College of Natural Science, MSU, $6000. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
  • Martina, Jason Philip. Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Small Grant, $1500. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
  • Martina, Jason Philip, Prajapati, Sabina. Ann Miller Gonzalez Graduate Research Grant, State. (Funded: 2024 - Present). Grant.
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  • Mauraina, T. O., Niwu, T., Jimoh, S. O., Griffon-Nolan, R., Song, L., Chen, J., … Martina, J. P. (2026). Resistance of soil carbon to isolated vs. recurrent drought in two semi-arid grasslands. Oecologia, 208(2).
  • Yahdjian, L., Campana, S., Tognetti, J., Alberti, P., P, G., Molina, C., … Virtuanne, R. (2026). Insights on rangeland ecosystem services shaped by grazing and fertilisation from a global experimental network. Frontiers in Ecology & Environment, (e70022).
  • MacDougall, A., ......, Martina, J. P., & et, al. (2026). The global extent of the grassland biome and implications for the terrestrial carbon sink. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02955-6
  • Calvo, C., Elgersma, K. J., Goldberg, D. E., Currie, W. S., Batzer, E., & Martina, J. P. (2025). Biotic resistance across a nutrient gradient in experimental coastal wetlands. Ecological Applications, 35(4).
  • Fay, P. A., Gherardi, L., Yahdjian, L., Adler, P., Bakker, J., Bharath, S., … Wheeler, G. (2025). Multiple nutrient interactions govern the global grassland biomass – precipitation relationship. PNAS, 122(15).
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  1. Member

    Faculty Awards Committee

  2. Reviewer / Referee

    Journal of Ecology

  3. Reviewer / Referee

    PNAS

  4. Graduate Advisor

    Aquatic Resources and Integrative Biology

  5. Reviewer / Referee

    Wetlands Ecology and Management

  6. Member

    Department Chair Search Committee

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