Faculty Profile for Dr. Ivan Castro-Arellano

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Dr. Ivan Castro-Arellano
Associate Professor — Biology
SUPP R234
phone: (512) 245-5546
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Arriaga-Flores, J. C., Moreno-Valdez, A., Castro-Arellano, I., Rodriguez Ruiz, E. R., & Venegas Barrera, C. (2023). Murcielagos. In La Biodiversidad en Tamaulipas.  Estudio de Estado.  Vol II (pp. 452–462). Mexico: Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad.
  • Haney, J., Veech, J. A., Castro-Arellano, I., & Fritts, S. R. (2022). Museum and citizen-science data indicate contraction in the range of the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum). Herpetologica, 72, 102–109. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00022
  • Salgado, R., Barja, I., Hernandez, M. del C., Basilio, L., Castro-Arellano, I., Bonacic, C., & Rubio, A. (2022). Activity patterns and interactions of rodents in an assemblage composed by native species and the introduced black rat: implications for pathogen transmission. BMC Zoology, 7(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-022-00152-7
  • Musila, S., Castro-Arellano, I., Siyingi, R., & Gichuki, N. (2022). Diversity of invertebrates in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest and adjacent farmland, Gede-Kilifi county, Kenya. Journal of Zoological Research, 42(2). https://doi.org/10.30564/jzr.v4i2.4666
  • Martinez-Borrego, D., Rogers, D., Arellano, E., Gonzalez-Cozatl, F., Castro-Arellano, I., & Leon-Paniagua, L. (2022). Molecular phylogenetics of the Reithrodontomys tenuirostris species group (Rodentia:Cricetidae) with focus in the Reithrodontomys microdon species complex. Journal of Mammalogy, 103(1), 29–44. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab133

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2017 Presidential Distinction Awards for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Science and Engineering. January 1, 2017 - August 1, 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Travel awards for talk and poster presentations at 6 scientific meetings, Texas A&M University. 1999 - 2005
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Travel Award, Society for Conservation Biology annual meeting. 2000
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Award for Tuition, Encyclopedia Britannica. 1998
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Honorific mention of undergraduate thesis, UNAM. 1997

Selected Grants

  • Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Principal). Research Enhancement Program Grant, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
  • Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Principal). Grants in aid for research, American Society of Mammalogists, $1000. (Funded: 2002). Grant.
  • Castro-Arellano, Ivan. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund research grant, American Museum of Natural History, $1760. (Funded: 2001). Grant.
  • Castro-Arellano, Ivan. Research grant, Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois), $2117. (Funded: 2000). Grant.
  • Castro-Arellano, Ivan. 3 camera trap units, Idea Wild (conservation NGO, Fort Collins, Colorado), $1400. (Funded: 2000). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Chair
Human Diversity Committee from Texas Society of Mammalogists
2024-Present
Member
Graduate Committee
January 2024-Present
Member
Search committee for Evolutionary Ecologist faculty position
2023-Present
Member
Search committee for Wildlife Ecology faculty position
2023-Present
Editor
Biologia Integrativa y Conservation Journal
2023-Present