Biography and education
Ph.D., Aquatic Resources and Integrative Biology, 2021, Texas State University
M.S., Biomedical Sciences, 2015, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
M.S., Biotechnology, 2012, Texas Tech University
M.S., Biomedical Sciences, 2015, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
M.S., Biotechnology, 2012, Texas Tech University
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Villamizar Gomez, A., Vemulapally, S., Guerra, T. M., Tocidlowski, M. E., Forstner, M. R., & Hahn, D. (2025). Effect of head-starting of eggstrands of the endangered Houston toad (Bufo =[Anaxyrus] houstonensis) from a captive assurance colony on native breeding pond microbiomes. Conservation, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation5020025.
- Villamizar, A., Vemulapally, S., Guerra, T., Tocidlowski, M. E., Forstner, M. R., & Hahn, D. (2025). Effect of Headstarting Eggstrands of the Endangered Houston Toad (Bufo = [Anaxyrus] houstonensis) from a Captive Assurance Colony on Native Breeding Pond Microbiomes. Conservation, 5(2), 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation5020025
- Normand, P., Nouioui, I., Neumann-Schaal, M., Herrera-Belaroussi, A., Abrouk, D., Vemulapally, S., … Hahn, D. (2023). Frankia umida sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Alnus glutinosa L. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 73(3). https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005939
- Nouioui, I., Neumann-Schaal, M., Pujic, P., Fournier, P., Normand, P., Herrera-Belaroussi, A., … Hahn, D. (2023). Frankia nepalensis sp. nov., a non-infective non-nitrogen-fixing isolate from root nodules of Coriaria nepalensis Wall. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
- Nouioui, I., Neumann-Schaal, M., Pujic, P., Fournier, P., Normand, P., Herrera-Belaroussi, A., … Hahn, D. (2023). Frankia nepalensis sp. nov., a non-infective non-nitrogen-fixing isolate from root nodules of Coriaria nepalensis Wall. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 73(12). https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.006199
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Fred and Yetta Richan Aquatic Biology Development Award. 2019 - 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: The Graduate College Doctoral Research Support Fellowship. 2019 - 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Student Government Scholarship, Texas State University. 2018 - 2019
- Award / Honor Recipient: Graduate College Scholarship, Texas State University. 2017 - 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: GSBS competitive scholarship, Texas Tech University. 2013 - 2015

