People in the Lab
Todd. A. Castoe, Ph.D.
Professor | Department of Biology
Anne and Gary Dye Endowed Professor of Innovative Biosciences
Associate Director | North Texas Genome Center
Curator | Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center
University of Texas at Arlington
Previous Professional Positions
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Associate Director, Consortium for Comparative Genomics
NLM Postdoctoral Fellow – Computational Biosciences
Research Advisor: Dr. David D. Pollock
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
4/2007 – 8/2012
2008 – 8/2012
8/2007 – 8/2010
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biomolecular Science
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Advisor: Dr. Christopher L. Parkinson
Master’s Degree (M.S.) in Biology
The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Advisor: Dr. Paul T. Chippindale
Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Environmental and Forest Biology
State University of New York
College of Env. Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY
Advisor: Dr. James P. Gibbs
6/2007
9/2001
12/1999
Professional Societies
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Latinos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society for Systematic Biology, American Physiological Society
Current Courses Taught at UTA
Genetics (BIOL3315)
Essential Topics in Genomics – Ph.D. Core Course (BIOL6301)
Genomics (BIOL3317) and Essentials of Genomics (BIOL5335)
Student Success (UNIV-SV1131)
Genome Structure and Dynamics (BIOL4308/BIOL5308)
– note, it has been a while since we offered this and it may not be offered again soon.
