Skip to main content 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.
- Reviewer / Referee, Developmental and Comparative Immunology.
2025 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Microbiome.
2024 - Present.
- Member, Core Research Operations Committee.
September 2024 - Present.
- Member, Postdoc Development Working Group.
2023 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Coral Reefs.
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.
- Reviewer / Referee, Biology Letters.
2022 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
2022 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Scientific Reports.
2022 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Genome Biology and Evolution.
2021 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Frontiers in Marine Science.
2021 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Molecular Ecology.
2021 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics.
2021 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Royal Society Open Science.
2021 - Present.
- Mentor, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Meet an EcoImmunologist Mentor.
2021 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Acta Orthopaedica.
2021 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Science Advances.
2021 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
2020 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Experimental Biology.
2020 - Present.
- Poster and Oral Presentation Judge, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (DEE, DIZ, DEDE).
2019 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, eLife.
2018 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Marine Biology.
2018 - 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.
- Member, Dissertation Completion Fellowship Review Committee.
2025.
- Grant Panelist, National Science Foundation.
2025.
- Organizer, Girl Scout STEM Day at TXST.
2024 - 2025.
- Volunteer, UT STEM Girl Day.
2024 - 2025.
- Faculty Mentor, TXST Chapter of the TX Society for Women in Marine Science.
2024 - 2025.
- Member, TXST Biology Aquatic Microbiologist Search Committee.
2024 - 2025.
2024
- Facilitator, You Me & IDP Workshop.
2023 - October 2024.
- Organizer, Doral Academy Middle School Campus Visit.
2024.
- Organizer, Touch Tank Outreach at Local Elementary School.
2024.
- Grant Panelist, National Science Foundation.
2024.
- Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation.
2024.
- Reviewer / Referee, Marsden Fund New Zealand.
2024.
- Member, TXST Biology 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
- Grant Panelist, National Science Foundation.
2023.
- Member, TXST Biology 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.
2022
- Grant Panelist, National Science Foundation.
2022.
2021
- Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation.
2021.
- Session Chair, Evolution Conference.
June 2021.
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.
