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
3Publications per year, 2005 to 2026: most in 2022, with 6.
Grants
1Grants per year, 2005 to 2026: most in 2018 and 2019, with 6.$1,000 awarded
Students mentored
99Students in one-year cohorts per year, 2005 to 2026: most in 2021, with 42.summed across listings

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Appointments 5

Positions

  1. 2025-present

    Professor

    Department of Biological Sciences, Tarleton State University

  2. 2020-2025

    Associate Professor

    Department of Biological Sciences, Tarleton State University

Administrative and leadership

  1. 2025-present

    Department Head

    Department of Biological Sciences, Tarleton State University

    Responsibilities

    Leadership and personnel management

    • Oversee and mentor 11 tenure-track/tenured faculty, 12 instructional faculty, 3 adjunct faculty, 2 staff members, and 19 graduate assistants
    • Supervise recruiting, hiring, evaluation, and professional development of faculty and staff

    Administrative and financial oversight

    • Manage departmental budget, accounts, and expenditures
    • Handle day-to-day departmental operations, including advising, orientation, tours, registration issues, and general decision-making
    • Oversee program and strategic planning

    Academic and program leadership

    • Lead curriculum development, program changes, and new program initiatives
    • Oversee assessment and accreditation processes
    • Serve on Academic Council, Department Heads Council, and other university committees

    Communication

    • Serve as primary liaison with faculty, staff, administrators, and external stakeholders
  2. 2025

    Assistant Department Head

    Department of Biological Sciences, Tarleton State University

  3. 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 3

  1. 2025

    Exploration of Providers’ Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Phage Therapy and Intentions for Future Adoption as an Alternative to Traditional Antibiotics in the US—A Cross-Sectional Study

    Subi Gandhi, Dustin Edwards, Keith Emmert, Bonnie Large

    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 22(7):1139

    Co-author · Bacteriophages · Science education

    Abstract, citation and all 4 authors

    Citation

    Subi Gandhi, Dustin Edwards, Keith Emmert, Bonnie Large. 2025. Exploration of Providers’ Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Phage Therapy and Intentions for Future Adoption as an Alternative to Traditional Antibiotics in the US—A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 22(7):1139. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22071139

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    Authors

    Subi Gandhi, Dustin Edwards, Keith Emmert, Bonnie Large

  2. 2025

    Acceptance, perceptions, and compliance for COVID-19 vaccines among students attending a rural university: An interventional study using brief video messages

    Amber L. Harris Bozer, Subi Gandhi, Dustin C. Edwards

    Journal of American College Health 73(10):4056-4070

    Senior author · Science education

    Abstract, citation and all 3 authors

    Citation

    Amber L. Harris Bozer, Subi Gandhi, Dustin Edwards. 2025. Acceptance, perceptions, and compliance for COVID-19 vaccines among students attending a rural university: An interventional study using brief video messages. Journal of American College Health 73(10):4056-4070. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2025.2472184

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    Authors

    Amber L. Harris Bozer, Subi Gandhi, Dustin C. Edwards

  3. 2025

    Complete genome sequence of bacteriophage Godfather isolated from Microbacterium foliorum

    Joshua Hutchings, Lauren Bower, Ethan Collum, ... Dustin Edwards and 5 more

    Microbiology Resource Announcements 14(2)

    Senior author · Bacteriophages

    Abstract, citation and all 9 authors

    Citation

    Joshua Hutchings, Lauren Bower, Ethan Collum, Timothy Hester, Melody Hunter, Chaney Kelly, Luke Reynolds, Cole Moore, Dustin Edwards. 2025. Complete genome sequence of bacteriophage Godfather isolated from Microbacterium foliorum. Microbiology Resource Announcements 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00888-24

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    Authors

    Joshua Hutchings, Lauren Bower, Ethan Collum, Timothy Hester, Melody Hunter, Chaney Kelly, Luke Reynolds, Cole Moore, Dustin Edwards

Grants 1

  1. 2025

    $1,000Student Research Grant

    Tarleton State University

    with a student researcher

    Recipient

Courses taught 7

  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. 2015-2025

    BIOL 3380 | BIOL 5086: Introduction to Virology

    Tarleton State University, Fall 2015 to Spring 2025

    Instructor

  7. 2015-2025

    BIOL 3403/3303: Genetics

    Tarleton State University, Spring 2015 to 2025

    Instructor

Students mentored 5

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

Additional research mentoring

  1. 2025-2026

    36 students: Undergraduates

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

    Tarleton State University

    Mentor · Bacteriophages

  2. 2024-2025

    36 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 27

Department

  1. 2025

    Committee Chair, Search Committee for Chair of Biological Science

    Stephenville, TX

    Chair

  2. 2024-2025

    Faculty Mentor, Biological Sciences

    Stephenville, TX

    Mentor

  3. 2015-present

    Advisor for Pre-Physical Therapy Students

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Advisor

  4. 2015-present

    Biomedical Sciences Student Orientation Advisor

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Advisor

College

  1. 2023-present

    Committee Member, Faculty Research Committee

    COSM, Stephenville, TX

    Member

  2. 2015-present

    Tarleton Health Professions Advisory Committee (THPAC)

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Member

University

  1. 2025-present

    Committee Member, University Curriculum Committee

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Member

  2. 2025

    Committee Chair, Search Committee for Senior Research Compliance Administrator

    Stephenville, TX

    Chair

  3. 2025

    Committee Member, Search Committee for Director of Instructional Development and Course Design

    Stephenville, TX

    Member

  4. 2025

    University Online Task Force

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Member

  5. 2024-2025

    Committee Member, Search Committee for Executive Director for Research Regulatory Compliance

    Stephenville, TX

    Member

  6. 2019-present

    Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Chair

  7. 2018-present

    Lead Investigator, Biosafety Investigations

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

  8. 2017-present

    Honors College Faculty Member

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Member

  9. 2016-present

    Committee Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Member

  10. 2015-present

    Faculty Advisor, Alpha Epsilon Delta

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Advisor

Professional

  1. 2025

    Organizer for Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Fall Meeting

    Tyler, TX

    Organizer

  2. 2025-present

    Reviewer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute SEA SM*ART

    Chevy Chase, MD

    Reviewer

  3. 2025

    Organizer for Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Spring Meeting

    Cedar Hill, TX

    Organizer

  4. 2025

    Archivist, Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology

  5. 2021-present

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

    Member

  6. 2017-present

    Science Education Alliance Faculty Member, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, MD

    Member · Science education

  7. 2016-present

    Editorial Board for the journal Intervirology

    Editor

  8. 2016-present

    Peer Reviewer for the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

    Reviewer · Retroviruses

  9. 2013-present

    Peer Reviewer for the journal Frontiers in Microbiology

    Reviewer

Community

  1. 2025

    Coach, Community Sports and Activities

    Volunteer

Compensated professional consulting

  1. 2025

    Work Group, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Consultant

Professional development 1

  1. 2025

    SEA Faculty Meeting

    HHMI, Chevy Chase, MD

    Participant · Science education

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