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Dr. Leila Marie Siciliano-Martina

  • Assistant Professor - Biology

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Ecology and Evoluntionary Biology

Texas A&M University, 2020

Master's Degree

MS in Zoo and Aquarium Management

Michigan State University, 2011

Bachelor's Degree

BS in Geography

Northeastern Illinois University, 2007

  • Siciliano-Martina, Leila Marie. Armchair Challenge: Meta-Analysis Publication, Texas A&M University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $500. (Funded: 2021). Grant.
  • Siciliano-Martina, Leila Marie. Student Collections Study Award, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $750. (Funded: 2019). Grant.
  • Siciliano-Martina, Leila Marie. Graduate Student Research and Presentation Travel Award, Office of Graduate and Professional Studies, Texas A&M University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $500. (Funded: 2019). Grant.
  • Siciliano-Martina, Leila Marie. Travel Award, American Society of Mammalogists, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $500. (Funded: 2019). Grant.
  • Siciliano-Martina, Leila Marie. Grants-In-Aid of Research, American Society of Mammalogists, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $1500. (Funded: 2018). Grant.
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  • Scicluna, E. L., Parrott, M. L., Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Michaud, M., Robert, K. A., & Green, P. T. (2025). Long term impacts of captivity on skull morphology and endocranial volume in a marsupial carnivore. Royal Society Open Science, 12, 240868. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240868
  • Hurtado-Materon, M. A., Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Short, R. A., McGuire, J. L., & Lawing, A. M. (2025). An R package for trait-environment modeling at the community level. Biodiversity Data Journal, 13, e168221. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e168221
  • Light, J. E., Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Morely, L., Castellanos, A. A., LaMonica, L., & Hafner, D. J. (2025). Taxonomic status of Chaetodipus lineatus and phylogeography of the Chaetodipus nelsoni species group. Journal of Mammalogy, 106, 1187–1198. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaf052
  • Siciliano-Martina, L. M., McGuire, J. L., Hurtado-Materon, M. A., Short, R. A., Lauer, D. A., Schap, J. A., … Lawing, A. M. (2024). Ecometrics demonstrates that the functional dental traits of carnivoran communities are filtered by climate. Ecology and Evolution, 14(10), e70214. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70214
  • Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Martina, J. P., Dohnalik, E., & Vielleux, G. (2023). Factors influencing the timing and frequency of litters in captive fennec foxes (Vulpes zerda). Animal Reproduction Science, 248.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: 1st Place Graduate Student Oral Presentation, Student Research Week, Texas A&M University. 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 1st Place Graduate Poster Presentation, Ecological Integration Symposium, Texas A&M University. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 1st Place Poster, Texas Society of Mammalogists. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 1st Place Graduate Student Talk, Ecological Integration Symposium, Texas A&M University. 2017
  1. Chair

    Curator of Vertebrate Natural History Collections

  2. Member

    Department of Biology/Hiring Committee/Assistant Professor: Wildlife Ecology

  3. Member

    Department of Biology/Hiring Committee/Assistant Professor: Wildlife Ecology

  4. Other

    Biology Student Colloquium

  5. Other

    Biology Department Seminar Series

  6. Member

    Texas State University/Environmental Services Committee

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