Kyle D. Gustafson

Federal Grant PI

Associate Professor

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-22

faculty

kgustafson@astate.edu

13 h-index 37 pubs 502 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Kyle D. Gustafson's research focuses on the genomic diversity of cougars, specifically investigating evidence for latitudinal differentiation within continuous populations. His work examines genetic variations across different geographic areas to understand population structure and evolutionary patterns in this species.

Metrics

  • h-index: 13
  • Publications: 37
  • Citations: 502

Selected Publications

  • Uncoiling Host–Parasite Interrelationships: Bounded Snail‐Host Flexibility Amid Conserved Trematode Morphology (2026)
  • Data from: Genomic diversity of cougars across Utah: Evidence for latitudinal differentiation in a continuous population (2026)
  • Genomic diversity of cougars across Utah: evidence for latitudinal differentiation in a continuous population (2026)
  • Amphibian Parasites Exhibit Idiosyncratic Relationships with Spatiotemporal Environmental and Host-Community Variation (2025)
  • The Coccidia Species Pfeifferinella ellipsoides Exhibits Spatial and Species-Specific Variation in Prevalence among Freshwater Snails (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Seasonal Occurrence of Neoechinorhynchus emydis (Phylum: Acanthocephala) in the Freshwater Snail, Planorbella cf. P. trivolvis, from Oklahoma (2022)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Development of a 95 SNP panel to individually genotype mountain lions (Puma concolor) for microfluidic and other genotyping platforms (2022)
    10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Multi‐population puma connectivity could restore genomic diversity to at‐risk coastal populations in California (2021)
    15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Development of a 95 SNP Panel To Individually Genotype Mountain Lions (Puma Concolor) For Microfluidic and Other Genotyping Platforms (2021)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Broad-scale puma connectivity could restore genomic diversity to fine-scale coastal populations (2021)
  • Functional connectivity in a continuously distributed, migratory species as revealed by landscape genomics (2021)
    12 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 2 $2,451,918 total

NSF Co-PI Jul 2022 - Jun 2027

Understanding Invasion and Disease Ecology and Evolution through Computational Data Education

NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) $1,999,484
NSF PI Jun 2024 - May 2027

BRC-BIO: Uncoiling the ecological and evolutionary drivers of snail-symbiont interrelationships

EPSCoR Co-Funding, Population & Community Ecology, NFE-New Faculty Enhancement $452,434

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