Curriculum Vitae · Fall 2026

Dustin Edwards, Ph.D.

Professor and Virologist, Department of Biological Sciences, Tarleton State University, Texas A&M University System.

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Publications
4Publications per year, 2005 to 2026: most in 2022, with 6.
Grants
4Grants per year, 2005 to 2026: most in 2018 and 2019, with 6.$45,316 awarded
Students mentored
120Students in one-year cohorts per year, 2005 to 2026: most in 2021, with 42.summed across listings

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Appointments 3

Positions

  1. 2020-2025

    Associate Professor

    Department of Biological Sciences, Tarleton State University

Administrative and leadership

  1. 2020-2024

    Senior Faculty Fellow/Asst Director of Scholar Development

    Center for Educational Excellence, Tarleton State University

    Responsibilities

    Program leadership and faculty mentoring

    • Co-directed year-long Faculty Scholar Cohorts and served as primary mentor and contact for fellows
    • Designed and facilitated monthly cohort meetings, peer-feedback sessions, workshops, and annual showcase
    • Provided individualized coaching on IRB, research design, data analysis, abstracts, presentations, manuscripts, and tenure/promotion portfolios

    Administrative and financial oversight

    • Reviewed applications and chaired review committees
    • Managed onboarding, budget, scheduling, logistics, milestone tracking, and deliverables
    • Collected program-evaluation data for annual reports for CEE, Provost, and SACSCOC

    Institutional collaboration

    • Represented program on university committees and collaborated with CEE initiatives
    • Contributed to long-term planning, resource advocacy, leadership meetings, and strategic direction
  2. 2019-present

    Chair of Institutional Biosafety Committee

    Tarleton State University

    Responsibilities

    Leadership and governance

    • Chair IBC meetings and ensure quorum/conflict management
    • Mentor members and appoint subcommittees
    • Serve as primary liaison to Division of Research and NIH OSP

    Compliance and reporting

    • Ensure full NIH Guidelines compliance
    • Oversee incident/violation reporting to NIH OSP
    • Approve charter, policy, roster, and manual updates

    Research oversight and laboratory inspections

    • Lead review/approval of research protocols
    • Assign containment levels and mitigations and sign approvals
    • Direct regular lab inspections and enforce corrective actions

    Training and collaboration

    • Direct IBC member training
    • Coordinate with IRB, IACUC, and Risk Management

Publications 4

  1. 2021

    Complete Genome Sequence of Bacteriophage IndyLu, Isolated from a Microbacterium foliorum Culture

    Ashley Suris, Selina Alvarado, Tommy Butler, ... Dustin Edwards and 11 more

    Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(50)

    Senior author · Bacteriophages

    Abstract, citation and all 15 authors

    Citation

    Ashley Suris, Selina Alvarado, Tommy Butler, Carlos Canales, Matthew Castro, Julia Gaston, Marlee Goppert, Raylon Huckaby, Jesse Laposky, Jessica Lee, Elizabeth Mullins, Damla Ustundag, Josue Zuniga, Faith Cox, Dustin Edwards. 2021. Complete Genome Sequence of Bacteriophage IndyLu, Isolated from a Microbacterium foliorum Culture. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(50). https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01079-21

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    Authors

    Ashley Suris, Selina Alvarado, Tommy Butler, Carlos Canales, Matthew Castro, Julia Gaston, Marlee Goppert, Raylon Huckaby, Jesse Laposky, Jessica Lee, Elizabeth Mullins, Damla Ustundag, Josue Zuniga, Faith Cox, Dustin Edwards

  2. 2021

    Understanding Restriction Enzyme Digests

    Swati Agrawal, Sara Anderson, Dustin Edwards and 2 more

    QUBES Educational Resources

    Co-author · Science education

    Abstract, citation and all 5 authors

    Citation

    Swati Agrawal, Sara Anderson, Dustin Edwards, Bryan Gibb, Matthew Mastropaolo. 2021. Understanding Restriction Enzyme Digests. QUBES Educational Resources. https://doi.org/10.25334/8CXE-6883

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    Authors

    Swati Agrawal, Sara Anderson, Dustin Edwards, Bryan Gibb, Matthew Mastropaolo

  3. 2021

    Complete Genome Sequences of Mycobacterium Phages Tripl3t and Zeuska

    Faith Cox, Tiffany Lujan, Matthew Bristerpostma, ... Dustin Edwards and 5 more

    Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(32)

    Senior author · Bacteriophages

    Abstract, citation and all 9 authors

    Citation

    Faith Cox, Tiffany Lujan, Matthew Bristerpostma, Rheaven Sandoval, Haze Murphy, Leah Dowell, Jaime Merrill, Julie Edwards, Dustin Edwards. 2021. Complete Genome Sequences of Mycobacterium Phages Tripl3t and Zeuska. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(32). https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00558-21

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    Faith Cox, Tiffany Lujan, Matthew Bristerpostma, Rheaven Sandoval, Haze Murphy, Leah Dowell, Jaime Merrill, Julie Edwards, Dustin Edwards

  4. 2021

    Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacteriophage Joy99

    Faith Cox, Josh Katuri, Megan Adams, ... Dustin Edwards and 10 more

    Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(32)

    Senior author · Bacteriophages

    Abstract, citation and all 14 authors

    Citation

    Faith Cox, Josh Katuri, Megan Adams, Danielle Bachhofer, Ashleigh Cooper, Jessica Doty, Miranda Fuentes, Leeila Hanson, Travis Miller, Jonathan Musgrave, Aleksey Palumbo, Camille Trautman, Julie Edwards, Dustin Edwards. 2021. Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacteriophage Joy99. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(32). https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00556-21

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    Authors

    Faith Cox, Josh Katuri, Megan Adams, Danielle Bachhofer, Ashleigh Cooper, Jessica Doty, Miranda Fuentes, Leeila Hanson, Travis Miller, Jonathan Musgrave, Aleksey Palumbo, Camille Trautman, Julie Edwards, Dustin Edwards

Grants 4

  1. 2021

    $2,000Student Research Grant

    Tarleton State University

    with a student researcher

    Recipient

  2. 2021

    $24,380Presidential Excellence in Research Scholars Grant

    Tarleton State University

    Recipient

  3. 2021

    $16,936FIERCE Award

    Tarleton State University

    with a student researcher

    Recipient

  4. 2021

    $2,000Student Research Grant

    Tarleton State University

    with a student researcher

    Recipient

Fellowships and awards 1

  1. 2020-2021

    Millicent and Eugene Goldschmidt Faculty Education Award

    Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology

    Recipient · Science education

Invited talks 2

The CV lists 26 international and 170 national and regional presentations, 2004-2026, most of them posters and talks given by students with Dustin as senior author. Listed here: the invited talks, seminars and roundtables he leads.

  1. 2021

    Developing a Scholarship Agenda & The Three Pillars of Academia

    Tarleton State University CEE Faculty Scholarship Cohort. Virtual

    Speaker

  2. 2021

    (REV)ised: a New Search for Reticuloendotheliosis Virus

    Seminar. Texas A&M University - San Antonio. San Antonio, TX

    Speaker · Retroviruses

Courses taught 10

  1. 2021-present

    BIOL 4378: Biochemistry Lab (team-taught)

    Tarleton State University, Spring 2021 to present

    Instructor

  2. 2020-present

    BIOL 3413: Molecular Biology Lab (team-taught)

    Tarleton State University, Fall 2020 to present

    Instructor

  3. 2018-present

    BIOL 4090-030: Bioinformatics

    Tarleton State University, Spring 2018 to present

    Instructor

  4. 2017-present

    BIOL 4090-010: Virus Isolation

    Tarleton State University, Fall 2017 to present

    Instructor

  5. 2016-2026

    BIOL 4350 | BIOL 5086: Vaccines

    Tarleton State University, Spring 2016 to Spring 2026

    Instructor

  6. 2016-2021

    BIOL 5185: Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Research Topics

    Tarleton State University, Spring 2016 to Fall 2021

    Instructor

  7. 2015-2025

    BIOL 3380 | BIOL 5086: Introduction to Virology

    Tarleton State University, Fall 2015 to Spring 2025

    Instructor

  8. 2015-2021

    BIOL 3103: Genetic Techniques

    Tarleton State University, Fall 2015 to Fall 2021

    Instructor

  9. 2015-2025

    BIOL 3403/3303: Genetics

    Tarleton State University, Spring 2015 to 2025

    Instructor

  10. 2014-2024

    BIOL 2300: Cell Biology

    Tarleton State University, Fall 2014 to Fall 2024

    Instructor

Students mentored 6

Counts only: the CV names each student, and this page never does.

BSL-2 laboratory research mentoring

  1. 2015-2026

    19 students: Research students and trainees

    BSL-2 laboratory research

    Tarleton State University

    Projects across all 23 laboratory students (Tarleton, NIH and Baylor) include the discovery of novel bacteriophages for nontuberculous mycobacteria, bacteriophage-delivering hydrogels, pathogen testing in biosolids, protein-protein interactions of cytotoxic phage proteins, bacteriophage anti-CRISPR systems, microbiomes of endangered salamanders, reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) and lymphoproliferative disease virus (LPDV) in wild galliformes in Texas, avian retrovirus qPCR assays, HTLV-1 HBZ, HTLV-1 Orf-I and HTLV-1 Tax. The CV records these students going on to M.D., D.O., M.D./Ph.D. and Ph.D. programs, postdoctoral and research positions, and teaching.

    Mentor · Bacteriophages · Retroviruses

Presidential Honors Program research mentoring

  1. 2017-2023

    14 students: Honors undergraduates, six cohorts

    Presidential Honors Program: Discovery and Characterization of Novel Bacteriophages

    Tarleton State University

    Mentor · Bacteriophages

Additional research mentoring

  1. 2021-2022

    42 students: Undergraduates

    Phage Discovery Program research courses (Discovery and Characterization of Novel Bacteriophages and Bacteriophage Genetics)

    Tarleton State University

    Mentor · Bacteriophages

  2. 2020-2021

    37 students: Undergraduates

    Phage Discovery Program research courses (Discovery and Characterization of Novel Bacteriophages and Bacteriophage Genetics)

    Tarleton State University

    Mentor · Bacteriophages

Graduate thesis and non-thesis committees

  1. 2019-present

    8 students: Graduate students

    7 thesis and non-thesis committees, Department of Biological Sciences

    Tarleton State University

    Including chair of one non-thesis committee (2022-2025).

    Member

Mentored student awards

  1. 2016-2025

    36 awards: Mentored students

    Awards won at research meetings

    Tarleton State University

    Among them Orville Wyss, Sarah McIntire, Samuel Kaplan and Joan Abramowitz awards at Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology meetings, and awards at Tarleton State University research symposia, the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium, the Texas A&M University System Pathways Symposium, the Texas Academy of Science, the Texas Section of the Mathematical Association of America, and the World Congress on Virology and Infectious Disease.

    Mentor

Service 21

Department

  1. 2021

    Committee Member, Search Committee for Lecturer of Biological Science

    Stephenville, TX

    Member

  2. 2015-present

    Advisor for Pre-Physical Therapy Students

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Advisor

  3. 2015-present

    Biomedical Sciences Student Orientation Advisor

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Advisor

College

  1. 2021-2022

    Faculty Advisor, STEM Basecamp

    COST, Stephenville, TX

    Advisor

  2. 2020-2022

    Faculty Advisor, STEM Scholars Program

    COST, Stephenville, TX

    Advisor

  3. 2019-2021

    Presentation Judge for Math Day

    Stephenville, TX

    Judge

  4. 2015-present

    Tarleton Health Professions Advisory Committee (THPAC)

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Member

University

  1. 2019-present

    Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Chair

  2. 2018-present

    Lead Investigator, Biosafety Investigations

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

  3. 2018-2021

    Faculty-Student Research Advisory Board

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Member

  4. 2017-present

    Honors College Faculty Member

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Member

  5. 2016-present

    Committee Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Member

  6. 2015-present

    Faculty Advisor, Alpha Epsilon Delta

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Advisor

Professional

  1. 2021-present

    Sub-committees, Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology

    Member

  2. 2021

    Oral Presentation Judge for Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Spring Meeting

    virtual

    Judge

  3. 2017-present

    Science Education Alliance Faculty Member, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, MD

    Member · Science education

  4. 2016-present

    Editorial Board for the journal Intervirology

    Editor

  5. 2016-present

    Peer Reviewer for the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

    Reviewer · Retroviruses

  6. 2013-present

    Peer Reviewer for the journal Frontiers in Microbiology

    Reviewer

Compensated professional consulting

  1. 2021

    Editor, BioScience Writers

    Houston, TX

    Consultant

  2. 2020-2023

    External Reviewer, Faculty Grant Program, University of Central Oklahoma

    Edmond, OK

    Reviewer

Professional development 2

  1. 2021

    Rubrics: Communicating High Expectations

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Participant

  2. 2021

    Bacteriophage Genetics Workshop

    HHMI, Virtual

    Participant · Bacteriophages

268 entries from the Fall 2026 CV. Each paper follows its journal record at Crossref and has its own page under Publications.