Portrait of Dr. Lauren Fuess

Dr. Lauren Fuess

  • Assistant Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Meeting of the Minds Mentor, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Division of Ecology and Evolution. 2025 - Present.
  • Member, Shared Research Operations Committee. September 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Postdoc Development Working Group. 2023 - Present.
  • Chair, Francis Rose Scholarship for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Committee. September 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Lamar & Marilynn Johanson Graduate Endowment in Biology Scholarship Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Mentor, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Meet an EcoImmunologist Mentor. 2021 - Present.
  • Poster Judge, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (DEE, DIZ, DEDE). 2019 - Present.

2026

  • Chair, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Division of Ecoimmunology & Disease Ecology. January 2024 - January 2026.

2025

  • Member, R2R1 Presidential Commission. October 2024 - May 2025.
  • Organizer, Girl Scout STEM Day at TXST. 2024 - 2025.
  • Volunteer, UT STEM Girl Day. 2024 - 2025.

2024

  • Facilitator, You Me & IDP Workshop. 2023 - October 2024.
  • Organizer, Doral Academy Middle School Campus Visit. 2024.
  • Member, Microbiology Cluster Hire Search Committee. September 2023 - 2024.
  • Chair-Elect, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Division of Ecoimmunology & Disease Ecology. January 2023 - January 2024.

2023

  • Reviewer / Referee, Coral Reefs. 2023.
  • Member, Evolutionary Ecology Faculty Search Committee. February 2023 - May 2023.
  • Session Chair, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. January 2022 - February 2023.
  • Mentor, Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology Broadening Participation Mentorship Program. January 2021 - February 2023.

2021

  • Reviewer / Referee, Genome Biology and Evolution. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Frontiers in Marine Science. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Molecular Ecology. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Royal Society Open Science. 2021.
  • Session Chair, Evolution Conference. June 2021.
  • Judge, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Division of Ecoimmunology & Disease Ecology. January 4, 2021.

2020

  • Reviewer / Referee, Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2020.
  • Volunteer, Letters to a Pre-Scientist. 2019 - 2020.
  • Participant, EEB Mentor Match. 2019 - 2020.
  • Volunteer, Skype-A-Scientist. 2019 - 2020.
  • Judge, American Society of Microbiologists- Texas Branch. November 6, 2020.

2018

  • Organizer, Earth Day Texas – Coral Reef Exhibit. 2018.

2017

  • Organizer, Earth Day Texas – Coral Reef Exhibit. 2017.
  • Judge, Fort Worth Regional Science Fair. 2017.
  • Judge, ACES Poster Session. 2017.

2015

  • Organizer, Earth Day Texas – Coral Reef Exhibit. 2015.
  • Judge, Classical Conversations Science Fair. 2015.
  • Organizer, Arlington EcoFest- Coral Reef Exhibit. 2015.

2014

  • Judge, Fort Worth Regional Science Fair. 2014.
  • Judge, ACES Poster Session. 2014.