Faculty Profile for Dr. Leila Marie Siciliano-Martina

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Dr. Leila Marie Siciliano-Martina
Assistant Professor — Biology
SUPP SUPPLE SCIENCE 158
phone: (512) 245-2178

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • 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.
  • Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Guerra, D. A., & Veech, J. A. (2023). Forelimb morphology as an adaptation for burrowing in kangaroo rat species (genus Dipodomys) that inhabit different soil substrates. Journal of Mammalogy, 104(6), 1377–1389. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad092
  • Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Michaud, M., Tanis, B. P., Scicluna, E. L., & Lawing, A. M. (2022). Endocranial volume increases across captive generations in the endangered Mexican wolf. Scientific Reports, 12(8147), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12371-6
  • Siciliano-Martina, L., Light, J. E., Riley, D. G., & Lawing, A. M. (2022). One of these wolves is not like the other: Morphological effects and conservation implications of captivity in Mexican wolves. Animal Conservation, 25(1), 77–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12724

Selected Awards

  • 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

Selected Grants

  • 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.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Department of Biology/Hiring Committee/Assistant Professor: Wildlife Ecology
September 2024-Present
I judged posters and oral presentations at the Biology Student Colloquium
Biology Student Colloquium
February 2024-Present
Member
Human Diversity Committee: Texas Society of Mammalogists
February 2024-Present
Host of Biology Department seminar speaker
Biology Department Seminar Series
January 26, 2024-Present
Member
Texas State University/Environmental Services Committee
October 2023-Present