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Martha Monica Muñoz
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Appointments
2017—present Assistant Professor; Department of Biological Sciences; Virginia Tech
2015—2017 Post-doctoral Researcher; Department of Biology; Duke University
2014—2015 Post-doctoral Researcher; Research School of Biology; The Australian National University
2007—2008 Fulbright Research Scholar; National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain
Education
2008—2014 Ph.D. Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Advisor: Jonathan Losos
2003—2007 B. A. Biology (with Distinction), Boston University
summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Fellowships
2017 Foerster-Bernstein Post-doctoral Fellowship, Duke (declined to accept faculty position)
2014 National Science Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship (declined to accept postdoc at ANU)
2013 John Parker Merit Fellowship, Harvard University
2012 Robert A. Chapman Memorial Fellowship, Harvard University
2010 National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
2008 Herchel Smith Graduate Fellowship, Harvard University
2007 William J. Fulbright Research Fellowship (Spain)
Grants & Awards
2018 NSF Rules of Life FELS Conference grant: $21,868
2018 Global Change Center Seed Grant, Virginia Tech, $19,810
2017 Young Investigator Award; American Society of Naturalists
2014 Raymond B. Huey Best Presentation Award; Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
2012 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG)
Sigma Xi Grant-In-Aid
Ken B. Miyata Expedition Grant, Harvard
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Grant, Harvard
2010 George Putnam Expedition Grant, Harvard
2008 Ken B. Miyata Expedition Grant, Harvard
2006 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, early induction; Boston University
College of Arts & Sciences Merit Award; Boston University
Harold C. Case Award; Boston University
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Grant, Boston University
2004 Funded Research Opportunities Grant, Boston University
2003 National Hispanic Merit Scholar
Publications
24. Muñoz MM, Price SA. The future is bright for evolutionary morphology and biomechanics in the era of big data. Integrative and Comparative Biology (In Press)
23. Muñoz MM. The evolutionary dynamics of complex mechanical systems. Integrative and Comparative Biology (In Press).
22. Farallo VR, Muñoz MM, Uyeda JC, Miles DB. Spatial scale modulates patterns of niche evolution in plethodontid salamanders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (In Revision)
22. Salazar JC, Castañeda MR, Londoño GA, Bodensteiner BL, Muñoz MM. 2019. Physiological evolution during adaptive radiation: A test of the island effect in Anolis lizards. Evolution 73:1241-1252.
20. Dominguez-Guerrero S, Muñoz MM, Pasten-Tellez D, Arenas-Moreno D, Rodrigues-Miranda L, Manriquez-Moran N, Mendez de la Cruz F. 2019. Behavior constrains physiological plasticity of a wild lizard population. Journal of Thermal Biology 79:135-143.
19. Muñoz MM, Bodensteiner BL. Janzen’s hypothesis meets the Bogert effect: Connecting climatic variation, thermoregulatory behavior, and rates of physiological evolution. Integrative Organismal Biology 1:oby002 (Invited contribution for inaugural issue)
18. Kuo C-Y, Muñoz MM, Irschick DJ. 2019. Lizard foraging: A perspective integrating sensory ecology and life histories. Pp. 87-106 In Behavior of Lizards: Evolutionary and Mechanistic Perspectives (VL Bels & AP Russell, Eds.) Taylor and Francis Publishing; Abingdon, UK.
17. Muñoz MM, Hu Y, Anderson PSL, Patek SN. 2018. Strong mechanical relationships guide the tempo and mode of morphological evolution. eLife 7:e37621.
16. Boronow KE, Shields IH, Muñoz MM. 2018. Parallel behavioral divergence with microhabitat in Anolis (Squamata: Dactyloidae) lizards from the Dominican Republic. Breviora 561:1-17.
15. Muñoz MM, Losos JB. 2018. Thermoregulation simultaneously promotes and forestalls evolution in a tropical lizard. American Naturalist 191: E15-E26.
14. Muñoz MM, Anderson PSL, Patek SN. 2017. Mechanical sensitivity and the dynamics of evolutionary rate shifts in biomechanical systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 284:20162325.
13. Muñoz MM, Langham GM, Brandley MC, Rosauer D, Williams SE, Moritz C. 2016. Basking behavior predicts the evolution of heat tolerance in Australian rainforest lizards. Evolution 70:2537–2549.
12. Muñoz MM, Moritz C. 2016. Adaptation to a changing world: Evolutionary resilience to climate change. In: How Evolution Shapes Our Lives: Essays on Biology and Society. (JB Losos & RE Lenski, Eds.) Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ.
11. Phillips BL, Muñoz MM, Hatcher A, Macdonald S, Llewelyn J, Lucy V, Moritz C. 2016. Heat hardening in a tropical lizard: geographic variation explained by the predictability and variance in environmental temperatures. Functional Ecology 30:1161–1168.
10. Conover AE, Cook EG, Boronow KE, Muñoz MM. 2015. Effects of ectoparasitism on behavioral thermoregulation in the tropical lizards, Anolis cybotes (Squamata: Dactyloidae) and A. armouri (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Breviora 545:1-13.
9. Muñoz MM, Crandell KE, Campbell-Staton S, Fenstermacher K, Kim-Frank H, Van Middlesworth P, Sasa M, Losos JB, Herrel A. 2015. Multiple paths to aquatic specialization in four species of Central American aquatic Anolis lizards. Journal of Natural History 49:1717—1730.
8. Muñoz MM. 2015. The London Baedeker for the Darwin enthusiast. Evolution: Education and Outreach 8:1
7. Muñoz MM, Wegener JE, Algar AC. Untangling intra- and interspecific effects on body size clines reveals divergent processes structuring convergent patterns in Anolis lizards. American Naturalist 184:636—646.
6. Muñoz MM, Stimola MA, Algar AC, Conover A, Rodriguez A, Landestoy MA, Bakken GS, Losos JB. 2014. Evolutionary stasis and lability in thermal physiology in a group of tropical lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 281:20132433.
5. Muñoz MM, Crawford NG, McGreevy TJ, Messana NJ, Tarvin RD, Revell LJ, Zandvliet RM, Hopwood JM, Mock E, Schneider AL, Schneider CJ. 2013. Divergence in coloration and ecological speciation in the Anolis marmoratus species complex. Molecular Ecology 22:2668—2682.
4. Muñoz MM, Hewlett J. 2011. Ecological consequences of continual volcanic activity on the lizard, Anolis lividus, from Montserrat. Herpetological Review 42:160—165.
3. Yamaguchi A, Muñoz MM, Bose TO, Oberlander JG, Smith, S. 2010. Sexually distinct development of vocal pathways in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Neurobiology 70:862—874.
2. Crandall ED, Jones EM, Muñoz MM, Akinronbi B, Erdmann MV, Barber PH. 2008. Comparative phylogeography of two seastars and their ectosymbionts within the Coral Triangle. Molecular Ecology 17:5276—5290.
1. Reitzel AM, Sullivan JC, Brown BK, Chin, DW, Cira EK, Edquist SK, Genco BM, Joseph OC, Kaufman CA, Kovitvongsa K, Muñoz MM, Negri TL, Taffel JR, Zuehike RT, Finnerty JR. 2007. Ecological and developmental dynamics of a host-parasite system involving a sea anemone and two ctenophores. Journal of Parasitology 93:1392—1402.
White Papers
1. Muñoz MM. 2017. A convergent synthesis: Replaying the 'tape of life' to reveal the laws of evolution. John Templeton Foundation.
Professional Reviewing
Journals: American Naturalist, Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Breviora, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Ecography, Ecology Letters, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Functional Ecology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Herpetologica, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Herpetology, Journal of Morphology, Journal of Thermal Biology, Molecular Ecology, Nature Communications, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Oecologia, Zoology
Other: John Templeton Foundation, National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation
Society Service
2019—2021 Secretary, Division of Ecology & Evolution; SICB
2018—2019 Secretary Elect, Division of Ecology & Evolution; SICB
2017—2020 Public Affairs Committee; SICB
2017 Huey Award Committee Chair; Division of Ecology and Evolution; SICB
2016 Huey Award Committee; Division of Ecology and Evolution; SICB
2017—present Assistant Professor; Department of Biological Sciences; Virginia Tech
2015—2017 Post-doctoral Researcher; Department of Biology; Duke University
2014—2015 Post-doctoral Researcher; Research School of Biology; The Australian National University
2007—2008 Fulbright Research Scholar; National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain
Education
2008—2014 Ph.D. Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Advisor: Jonathan Losos
2003—2007 B. A. Biology (with Distinction), Boston University
summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Fellowships
2017 Foerster-Bernstein Post-doctoral Fellowship, Duke (declined to accept faculty position)
2014 National Science Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship (declined to accept postdoc at ANU)
2013 John Parker Merit Fellowship, Harvard University
2012 Robert A. Chapman Memorial Fellowship, Harvard University
2010 National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
2008 Herchel Smith Graduate Fellowship, Harvard University
2007 William J. Fulbright Research Fellowship (Spain)
Grants & Awards
2018 NSF Rules of Life FELS Conference grant: $21,868
2018 Global Change Center Seed Grant, Virginia Tech, $19,810
2017 Young Investigator Award; American Society of Naturalists
2014 Raymond B. Huey Best Presentation Award; Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
2012 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG)
Sigma Xi Grant-In-Aid
Ken B. Miyata Expedition Grant, Harvard
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Grant, Harvard
2010 George Putnam Expedition Grant, Harvard
2008 Ken B. Miyata Expedition Grant, Harvard
2006 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, early induction; Boston University
College of Arts & Sciences Merit Award; Boston University
Harold C. Case Award; Boston University
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Grant, Boston University
2004 Funded Research Opportunities Grant, Boston University
2003 National Hispanic Merit Scholar
Publications
24. Muñoz MM, Price SA. The future is bright for evolutionary morphology and biomechanics in the era of big data. Integrative and Comparative Biology (In Press)
23. Muñoz MM. The evolutionary dynamics of complex mechanical systems. Integrative and Comparative Biology (In Press).
22. Farallo VR, Muñoz MM, Uyeda JC, Miles DB. Spatial scale modulates patterns of niche evolution in plethodontid salamanders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (In Revision)
22. Salazar JC, Castañeda MR, Londoño GA, Bodensteiner BL, Muñoz MM. 2019. Physiological evolution during adaptive radiation: A test of the island effect in Anolis lizards. Evolution 73:1241-1252.
20. Dominguez-Guerrero S, Muñoz MM, Pasten-Tellez D, Arenas-Moreno D, Rodrigues-Miranda L, Manriquez-Moran N, Mendez de la Cruz F. 2019. Behavior constrains physiological plasticity of a wild lizard population. Journal of Thermal Biology 79:135-143.
19. Muñoz MM, Bodensteiner BL. Janzen’s hypothesis meets the Bogert effect: Connecting climatic variation, thermoregulatory behavior, and rates of physiological evolution. Integrative Organismal Biology 1:oby002 (Invited contribution for inaugural issue)
18. Kuo C-Y, Muñoz MM, Irschick DJ. 2019. Lizard foraging: A perspective integrating sensory ecology and life histories. Pp. 87-106 In Behavior of Lizards: Evolutionary and Mechanistic Perspectives (VL Bels & AP Russell, Eds.) Taylor and Francis Publishing; Abingdon, UK.
17. Muñoz MM, Hu Y, Anderson PSL, Patek SN. 2018. Strong mechanical relationships guide the tempo and mode of morphological evolution. eLife 7:e37621.
16. Boronow KE, Shields IH, Muñoz MM. 2018. Parallel behavioral divergence with microhabitat in Anolis (Squamata: Dactyloidae) lizards from the Dominican Republic. Breviora 561:1-17.
15. Muñoz MM, Losos JB. 2018. Thermoregulation simultaneously promotes and forestalls evolution in a tropical lizard. American Naturalist 191: E15-E26.
14. Muñoz MM, Anderson PSL, Patek SN. 2017. Mechanical sensitivity and the dynamics of evolutionary rate shifts in biomechanical systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 284:20162325.
13. Muñoz MM, Langham GM, Brandley MC, Rosauer D, Williams SE, Moritz C. 2016. Basking behavior predicts the evolution of heat tolerance in Australian rainforest lizards. Evolution 70:2537–2549.
12. Muñoz MM, Moritz C. 2016. Adaptation to a changing world: Evolutionary resilience to climate change. In: How Evolution Shapes Our Lives: Essays on Biology and Society. (JB Losos & RE Lenski, Eds.) Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ.
11. Phillips BL, Muñoz MM, Hatcher A, Macdonald S, Llewelyn J, Lucy V, Moritz C. 2016. Heat hardening in a tropical lizard: geographic variation explained by the predictability and variance in environmental temperatures. Functional Ecology 30:1161–1168.
10. Conover AE, Cook EG, Boronow KE, Muñoz MM. 2015. Effects of ectoparasitism on behavioral thermoregulation in the tropical lizards, Anolis cybotes (Squamata: Dactyloidae) and A. armouri (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Breviora 545:1-13.
9. Muñoz MM, Crandell KE, Campbell-Staton S, Fenstermacher K, Kim-Frank H, Van Middlesworth P, Sasa M, Losos JB, Herrel A. 2015. Multiple paths to aquatic specialization in four species of Central American aquatic Anolis lizards. Journal of Natural History 49:1717—1730.
8. Muñoz MM. 2015. The London Baedeker for the Darwin enthusiast. Evolution: Education and Outreach 8:1
7. Muñoz MM, Wegener JE, Algar AC. Untangling intra- and interspecific effects on body size clines reveals divergent processes structuring convergent patterns in Anolis lizards. American Naturalist 184:636—646.
6. Muñoz MM, Stimola MA, Algar AC, Conover A, Rodriguez A, Landestoy MA, Bakken GS, Losos JB. 2014. Evolutionary stasis and lability in thermal physiology in a group of tropical lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 281:20132433.
5. Muñoz MM, Crawford NG, McGreevy TJ, Messana NJ, Tarvin RD, Revell LJ, Zandvliet RM, Hopwood JM, Mock E, Schneider AL, Schneider CJ. 2013. Divergence in coloration and ecological speciation in the Anolis marmoratus species complex. Molecular Ecology 22:2668—2682.
4. Muñoz MM, Hewlett J. 2011. Ecological consequences of continual volcanic activity on the lizard, Anolis lividus, from Montserrat. Herpetological Review 42:160—165.
3. Yamaguchi A, Muñoz MM, Bose TO, Oberlander JG, Smith, S. 2010. Sexually distinct development of vocal pathways in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Neurobiology 70:862—874.
2. Crandall ED, Jones EM, Muñoz MM, Akinronbi B, Erdmann MV, Barber PH. 2008. Comparative phylogeography of two seastars and their ectosymbionts within the Coral Triangle. Molecular Ecology 17:5276—5290.
1. Reitzel AM, Sullivan JC, Brown BK, Chin, DW, Cira EK, Edquist SK, Genco BM, Joseph OC, Kaufman CA, Kovitvongsa K, Muñoz MM, Negri TL, Taffel JR, Zuehike RT, Finnerty JR. 2007. Ecological and developmental dynamics of a host-parasite system involving a sea anemone and two ctenophores. Journal of Parasitology 93:1392—1402.
White Papers
1. Muñoz MM. 2017. A convergent synthesis: Replaying the 'tape of life' to reveal the laws of evolution. John Templeton Foundation.
Professional Reviewing
Journals: American Naturalist, Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Breviora, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Ecography, Ecology Letters, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Functional Ecology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Herpetologica, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Herpetology, Journal of Morphology, Journal of Thermal Biology, Molecular Ecology, Nature Communications, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Oecologia, Zoology
Other: John Templeton Foundation, National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation
Society Service
2019—2021 Secretary, Division of Ecology & Evolution; SICB
2018—2019 Secretary Elect, Division of Ecology & Evolution; SICB
2017—2020 Public Affairs Committee; SICB
2017 Huey Award Committee Chair; Division of Ecology and Evolution; SICB
2016 Huey Award Committee; Division of Ecology and Evolution; SICB
