Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Aquatic Resources
Texas State University, 2013
Featured grants
- Hutchins, Benjamin (Principal), Percent Contribution: %30, Schwartz, Benjamin F (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %30, Perez, Kathryn E (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %30, Diaz, Pete (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %10. Continued survey and conservation planning for Trans-Pecos groundwater-dependent invertebrates, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, State, $235979. (Funded: January 2026 - 2028). Grant.
- Hutchins, Benjamin T (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3, Schwartz, Benjamin F (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3, Perez, Kathryn E (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3. Texas groundwater fauna database, Texas Comptroller's Office, State, $91127. (Funded: January 2026 - December 2028). Grant.
- Schwartz, Benjamin F (Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Hutchins, Benjamin T (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Nice, Chris (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Perez, Kathryn E (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25. In the Dark about Texas’ Groundwater Diversity, Genomic approach to determining species validity in an unregulated and high-diversity region: Western Edwards Plateau and Stockton Plateau, Texas Comptroller's Office, State. (Funded: January 2026 - December 2028). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Austin-Bingamon, E., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., & Altman, S. (n.d.). Classifying flow regime by modelling hydrological indices at ungauged stream segments. Hydrological Processes.
- Engstrom, G. C., Diaz, P. H., Hutchins, B., & Schwartz, B. F. (n.d.). EURYCEA TROGLODYTES (Valdina Farms Salamander). INTERSTITIAL BREEDING. Herpetological Review.
- Frandsen, E., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Nowlin, W. H., Sams, M. D., Determan, K., … Herman, B. (2026). Relationships between benthic and hyporheic insect communities across environmental gradients in Texas Rivers.
- Austin-Bingamon, E., Schwartz, B. F., Engel, A. S., Hutchins, B., Paterson, A. T., & Herman, B. D. (2026). Hyporheic Microbial Communities at Two Central Texas Rivers.
- Hutchins, B., Sparks, K., Perez, K., Chanin, Z., Mierzejewski, C., & Schwartz, B. F. (2026). Longitudinal patterns in hyporheic stygobiont distribution in a karst spring-fed river.