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
1Publications per year, 2005 to 2026: most in 2022, with 6.
Grants
1Grants per year, 2005 to 2026: most in 2018 and 2019, with 6.$3,000 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 3

Positions

  1. 2025-present

    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. 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 1

  1. 2026

    Science communication tools: rubrics for generating posters and manuscripts that are authentic to the practice of science

    Tamarah Lynne Adair, Swati Agrawal, Yesmi P. Ahumada-Santos, ... Dustin Cole Edwards and 95 more

    Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 27(1)

    Co-author · Science education

    Abstract, citation and all 99 authors

    Citation

    Tamarah Lynne Adair, Swati Agrawal, Yesmi P. Ahumada-Santos, Regina Alvarez, Kirk R. Anders, Mauricio Antunes, Mary Ayuk, María Elena Báez-Flores, Dondra Bailey, Frederick N. Baliraine, Mitchell F. Balish, Christa Tobey Bancroft, Michèle Barmoy, Tonya C. Bates, Andrea Beyer, Suparna Bhalla, Dave Bollivar, Lisa M. Bono, Rebecca Bortz, Tejas Bouklas, Kristen Butela, Christine A. Byrum, Megan Carroll, Steven Michael Caruso, Nancy Castro, Kari Clase, Kristen Clermont, Sean T. Coleman, Pamela L. Connerly, Amaya M. Garcia Costas, Steven Gaines Cresawn, Tom D'Elia, Aimee Danley, Megan K. Dennis, Arturo Diaz, Erin L. Doyle, Iain Duffy, Dustin Edwards, Elvira Eivazova, Eric Engstrom, Christy Fillman, Christine L. Fleischacker, Victoria J. Frost, Julie Torruellas Garcia, Bryan P. Gibb, Alyssa Mae Gleichsner, Sharon Gusky, Rebekah F. Hare, Danielle Heller, Lee E. Hughes, Jacob D. Kagey, Bridgette Kirkpatrick, Karen K. Klyczek, Kathryn P. Kohl, Hari Kotturi, Julia Y. Lee-Soety, Heather Lindberg, Bhaswati Manish, Sergei A. Markov, Matthew David Mastropaolo, James T. Melton, Jon Mitchell, Sally Dixon Molloy, Denise L. Monti, Tiara Perez Morales, María Alejandra Mussi, Holly Nance, Fernando Nieto, Imade Yolanda Nsa, Shallee T. Page, Ricardo Parra-Unda, Vipaporn Phuntumart, Brett E. Pickett, Richard Scott Pollenz, Sarah N. Reardon, Jessica Rocheleau, Ombeline Rossier, Naomi Smith Rowland, Adam D. Rudner, Elizabeth E. Rueschhoff, Viknesh Sivanathan, Martha Smith Caldas, C. Nicole Sunnen, Sarah J. Swerdlow, Kissaou Tchedre, Kara Thoemke, Deborah Tobiason, Sara S. Tolsma, Tara Turley-Stoulig, Quinn Vega, Patricia Waikel, Catherine Ward, Vassie C. Ware, Jackie M. Washington, Daniel Eric Westholm, Beth Wilkes, Daniel Williams, Elizabeth Williams, Ellen M. Wisner. 2026. Science communication tools: rubrics for generating posters and manuscripts that are authentic to the practice of science. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 27(1). https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00313-25

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    Authors

    Tamarah Lynne Adair, Swati Agrawal, Yesmi P. Ahumada-Santos, Regina Alvarez, Kirk R. Anders, Mauricio Antunes, Mary Ayuk, María Elena Báez-Flores, Dondra Bailey, Frederick N. Baliraine, Mitchell F. Balish, Christa Tobey Bancroft, Michèle Barmoy, Tonya C. Bates, Andrea Beyer, Suparna Bhalla, Dave Bollivar, Lisa M. Bono, Rebecca Bortz, Tejas Bouklas, Kristen Butela, Christine A. Byrum, Megan Carroll, Steven Michael Caruso, Nancy Castro, Kari Clase, Kristen Clermont, Sean T. Coleman, Pamela L. Connerly, Amaya M. Garcia Costas, Steven Gaines Cresawn, Tom D'Elia, Aimee Danley, Megan K. Dennis, Arturo Diaz, Erin L. Doyle, Iain Duffy, Dustin Cole Edwards, Elvira Eivazova, Eric Engstrom, Christy Fillman, Christine L. Fleischacker, Victoria J. Frost, Julie Torruellas Garcia, Bryan P. Gibb, Alyssa Mae Gleichsner, Sharon Gusky, Rebekah F. Hare, Danielle Heller, Lee E. Hughes, Jacob D. Kagey, Bridgette Kirkpatrick, Karen K. Klyczek, Kathryn P. Kohl, Hari Kotturi, Julia Y. Lee-Soety, Heather Lindberg, Bhaswati Manish, Sergei A. Markov, Matthew David Mastropaolo, James T. Melton, Jon Mitchell, Sally Dixon Molloy, Denise L. Monti, Tiara Perez Morales, María Alejandra Mussi, Holly Nance, Fernando Nieto, Imade Yolanda Nsa, Shallee T. Page, Ricardo Parra-Unda, Vipaporn Phuntumart, Brett E. Pickett, Richard Scott Pollenz, Sarah N. Reardon, Jessica Rocheleau, Ombeline Rossier, Naomi Smith Rowland, Adam D. Rudner, Elizabeth E. Rueschhoff, Viknesh Sivanathan, Martha Smith Caldas, C. Nicole Sunnen, Sarah J. Swerdlow, Kissaou Tchedre, Kara Thoemke, Deborah Tobiason, Sara S. Tolsma, Tara Turley-Stoulig, Quinn Vega, Patricia Waikel, Catherine Ward, Vassie C. Ware, Jackie M. Washington, Daniel Eric Westholm, Beth Wilkes, Daniel Williams, Elizabeth Williams, Ellen M. Wisner

Grants 1

  1. 2026

    $3,000Student Research Grant

    Tarleton State University

    with a student researcher

    Recipient

Courses taught 5

  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

Students mentored 4

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. 2026-2027

    36 students: Undergraduates

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

    Tarleton State University

    Mentor · Bacteriophages

  2. 2025-2026

    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

Service 16

Department

  1. 2015-present

    Advisor for Pre-Physical Therapy Students

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Advisor

  2. 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. 2019-present

    Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

    Chair

  3. 2018-present

    Lead Investigator, Biosafety Investigations

    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

  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. 2025-present

    Reviewer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute SEA SM*ART

    Chevy Chase, MD

    Reviewer

  2. 2021-present

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

    Member

  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

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