Daniel R. Matute, Ph.D.
Biology Department
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC. 27510
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
2005
2005
2011
2014
B.S. in Biology (Honors). Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.
B.S. in Microbiology (Honors). Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.
Ph.D. Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago. Spring 2011.
Advisor: Dr. Jerry A. Coyne
Chicago Postdoctoral Fellow. Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago.
Advisor: Dr. Molly F. Przeworski
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2014
Assistant Professor. Biology Department. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015
2015
Classical papers in evolutionary biology. BIOL659.
Evolutionary genetics. BIOL454.
PUBLICATIONS
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Comeault, A.A., and Matute, D.R. Cascading effects of reinforcement might be common
when there are fitness tradeoffs at the genes involved. Submitted to Current Zoology.
Comeault, A.A., Venkat, A. and Matute, D.R. Coevolution of male and female
reproductive traits and a cascading effect of reinforcement in Drosophila yakuba.
Preprint at. bioRxiv. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/022244. Submitted to Evolution.
Turissini, D. A. Liu G., David J., and Matute D.R. The evolution of reproductive
isolation in the Drosophila yakuba complex of species. J. Evol. Biol. 28: 557-575
Matute D. R. 2015. Noisy neighbors can hamper the evolution of reproductive isolation
by reinforcing selection. Am. Nat. 185: 253-69.
Restrepo S., Tabima J. F., Mideros M. F., Grünwald N. J., and Matute D. R. 2014.
Speciation in Fungal and Oomycete Plant Pathogens. Ann. Rev. Phytopathol. 52: 289-316
Matute D.R., Gavin-Smyth J. and Liu, G. Variable postzygotic isolation in Drosophila
melanogaster/D. simulans hybrids. J. Evol. Biol 27: 1691–1705.
Matute D.R. The magnitude of behavioral isolation in Drosophila is affected by
characteristics of the mating community. Ecology and Evolution. 4:2945–2956
Matute D. R. and Ayroles J. F. 2014. Hybridization occurs between D. simulans and D.
sechellia in the Seychelles archipelago. J. Evol. Biol. 27: 1057-1068
Matute D.R. and Gavin-Smyth J. 2014. Fine mapping of dominant X-linked
incompatibility alleles in Drosophila hybrids. PLoS Genetics 10: e1004270.
Rabosky, D. L., and Matute, D.R. 2013. Macroevolutionary speciation rates are
decoupled from the evolution of intrinsic reproductive isolation in Drosophila and birds.
PNAS 110: 15354-15359. (Faculty of 1000. September 2013.)
Matute D.R. 2013. The role of founder effects on the evolution of reproductive isolation.
J. Evol Biol. 26: 2299–2311 (Editor's choice. J. Evol. Biol. November 2013.)
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Matute D.R, and Harris A. 2013. The influence of abdominal pigmentation in
desiccation resistance and UV resistance in two species of Drosophila. Evolution. 67:
2451–2460.
Gavin-Smyth J. and Matute D.R. 2013. Embryonic lethality leads to hybrid male
inviability in hybrids between Drosophila melanogaster and D. santomea. Ecology and
Evolution. 3: 1580-1589.
Leffler E.M., Bullaughey K., Matute D.R., Meyer W., Segurel L., Venkat A., Andolfatto
P. and Przeworski M. 2012. Why are some species more genetically diverse than others?
PLoS Biol. 10: e1001388. (Faculty of 1000. June 2012.)
Matute D.R., Turissini D.A. and Coyne J.A. 2011. Response to Comment on “The rate
of evolution of hybrid incompatibilities in Drosophila”. Science 333: 157.
Matute D.R., Coyne JA. 2010. Intrinsic reproductive isolation between two sisters
species of Drosophila. Evolution 64: 903 – 920.
Matute D.R. 2010. Reinforcement can overcome gene flow during speciation in
Drosophila. Curr. Biol. 20: 2229-2233. (Faculty of 1000. March 2011.)
Matute D.R., Butler I.A., Turissini D.A. and Coyne J.A. 2010. A test of the snowball
theory for the rate of evolution of hybrid incompatibilities. Science 329: 1518-1521.
(Commented in: Milton J. Nature News. 2010. Animal and plant genes hardwired for
speciation; Research Highlight: 2010. Nature Reviews Genetics; 11:748; Dispatch:
Presgraves, D. C. 2010. Speciation Genetics: Search for the Missing Snowball. Curr.
Biol. 20, R1073-R1074).
Matute D.R. 2010. Reinforcement of gametic isolation in Drosophila. PLoS Biol.
8:e1000341. (Commented in: Mair W. Reinforcing reinforcement. PLoS Biol. 2010
8:e1000340.)
Matute, D.R., Butler, I.A. and Coyne, J.A. 2009. Little or no effect of the tan locus on
pigmentation levels in viable female hybrids between Drosophila santomea and D.
melanogaster. Cell 139: 1180-1188.
Matute D. R., Novak C. J., and J. A. Coyne. 2009. Temperature-based extrinsic
reproductive isolation in two species of Drosophila. Evolution 63: 595-612.
Matute D.R., Quesada-Ocampo L.M., Rauscher J.T., McEwen J.G. 2008. Evidence for
positive selection in putative virulence factors within the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
species complex. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 17:e296.
Almeida A.J., Matute D.R., Carmona J.A., Martins M., Torres I., McEwen J.G.,
Restrepo A., Leao C., Ludovico P., and Rodrigues F. 2007 Genome size and ploidy of
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis reveals a haploid DNA content: Flow cytometry and GP43
sequence analysis. Fungal Genet. Biol. 44: 25-31.
Matute D.R, Torres I.P, Restrepo I, Taylor J.W., and McEwen J.G. 2007. Background
selection at the chitin synthase II (chs2) locus in the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis species
complex. Fungal Genet. Biol. 44: 357-67.
Matute D.R., McEwen J.G., Puccia R., Montes B.A., San-Blas G., Bagagli E., Rauscher
J.T., Restrepo A., Morais F., Niño-Vega G., and Taylor, J.T. 2006. Cryptic speciation and
recombination in the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis as revealed by gene
genealogies. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23: 65-73.
Matute D.R, Barreto-Hernandez E. and Falquet L. 2006. Hunting for Insect specific
protein domains. In Silico Biology. 6: 35-42.
Matute D.R., Sepulveda V.E., Quesada L.M., Goldman G.H., Taylor J.W., Restrepo A.,
McEwen J.G. 2006. Microsatellite analysis of three phylogenetic species of
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44: 2153-2157.
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Corredor G.G., Peralta L.A., Castaño J.H., Zuluaga J.S., Henao B., Arango M., Tabares
A.M., Matute D.R., McEwen J.G. and Restrepo A. 2005. The Naked-tailed armadillo
Cabassous centralis (Miller 1899): a new host to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Med.
Mycol. 43: 275-280.
HONORS AND AWARDS
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Academic Excellence Grant at Universidad de Los Andes.
Biology, Honors degree. Universidad de Los Andes.
Microbiology, Honors degree. Universidad de Los Andes.
Marcello Franco Award to the best-presented poster. IX International Meeting on
Paracoccidioidomycosis. Poster: Microsatellite Evolution in Paracoccidioides
brasiliensis.
ASM Travel Award. I ASM Conference on Dimorphic Fungal Pathogens. Denver, CO.
Fitch Prize Finalist. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. The rate of evolution
of hybrid incompatibilities in Drosophila.
University of Chicago award for Best Dissertation in the Biological Sciences.
Larry Sandler Award runner-up. Genetics Society of America (Best dissertation in
Drosophila research).
John Maynard-Smith Award runner-up. European Society for Evolutionary Biology
(Outstanding young evolutionary biologist).
Theodosius Dobzhansky Prize (Outstanding young evolutionary biologist). Society for
the Study of Evolution.
INVITED SEMINARS
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2015
Cryptic speciation and recombination in the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis as
revealed by gene genealogies. Medellin 2008. IX International Meeting on
Paracoccidioidomycosis.
Speciation in Fungi: Are We There Yet? 2010. 2nd ASM Conference on Dimorphic
Fungal Pathogens.
La evolución en acción: lecciones del arból de la vida (Evolution in action: Lessons from
the Tree of Life. Outreach). Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala.
A test of the snowball theory for the rate of evolution of hybrid incompatibilities. Biology
Department. University of Rochester.
Walter M. Fitch Symposium. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Lyon France.
The snowball theory for the rate of evolution of hybrid incompatibilities. Biology
Department. Universidad de Los Andes. Bogota, Colombia.
Postzygotic Isolation: Genetic basis and evolutionary consequences. ColEvol.
Universidad de Antioquia. Medellin, Colombia.
Reinforcement of Gametic Isolation in Drosophila. Department of Biology. Syracuse
University, NY.
La evolución como hipótesis, la evolución como evidencia (Evolutionary Biology as a
hypothesis and its evidence. Outreach). Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala.
Postzygotic Isolation: Genetic basis and evolutionary consequences. Department of
Biology. Case Western University.
Postzygotic Isolation in Drosophila. Department of Plant and Microbial Biology.
University of California, Berkeley.
Postzygotic Isolation in Drosophila. Department of Biology. New York University.
Hybrid Speciation in Drosophila. NESCENT, NC.
Hybrid Speciation in Drosophila. University of California, Davis. Department of
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Entomology.
The evolution of Reproductive Isolation in Drosophila. Duke University, Population
Biology Seminar.
The evolution of Reproductive Isolation in Drosophila. University of Nebraska, Biology
Department.
The evolution of Reproductive Isolation in Drosophila. University of Southern
California, Biology Department.
SERVICE
Membership in Professional Societies:
2006
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2010
Society for the Study of Evolution
Genetics Society of America
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Red Colombiana de Biología Evolutiva (Colombian Network of Evolutionary Biologists)
Reviewing Activity: Grants
Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
Banco de la República (Colombia National Bank Science Grants)
National Science Foundation (Division of Environmental Biology)
Reviewing Activity: Academic Journals
Reviewer at more than 20 journals
Reviewing editor at Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
GRANTS
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Banco de la Republica de Colombia. Fundación para la Promoción de la Investigación y
la Tecnología. “Microsatellite evolution in Paraccocidioides brasiliensis”
Fundacion Sofia Perez de Soto. Colombia. “Speciation in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis”.
ASM Travel Award. I ASM Conference on Dimorphic Fungal Pathogens, Denver CO.
University of Chicago Womens' Board Travel Grant.
HHMI Janelia Farm Travel Grant.
Hinds Fund Research Grant, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago.
Miller Research Fellowship. Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science at the
University of California, Berkeley (Declined). $216,000 for three years.
Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. Life Sciences Research
Foundation (Declined). $171,000 for three years.
Chicago Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowship. Chicago Fellows Program, University of
Chicago. $180,000 for three years.
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
1. Enhancing Diversity: Graduate Minority Committee, Biological Sciences Division.
University of Chicago.
2. Promoting Undergraduate Research: Provided lab and field-based research experience
for four undergraduates who demonstrated promise and interest in genetic and molecular
taxonomy (2008-Present).
3. Integrating Research & Education:
a. Chicago Public Schools Science Fair. Judge. (2006, 2007)
b. Jornadas Biologicas (Biology day). Moka-Bioko, Equatorial Guinea with Heidi
Ruffler. (2009): Working with the community to foster knowledge of general and
evolutionary biology. Co-organizer.
c. What do biologists do? The importance of community in research. Medellin,
Colombia (2010). Working with high school teachers from underprivileged
communities to create awareness of the importance of research.
d. How to become a researcher? (2011-2014) Chicago Bulls College Prep. A series
of talks to high school students on how to become a researcher in the biological
sciences.