Martha M. Muñoz
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Biology
Duke University
Durham, NC 27705
Phone: (919) 613-0994
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.marthamunoz.com
Education
2014
Ph.D., Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Advisor: Jonathan Losos
B.A. summa cum laude, Biology (Honors), Boston University
Advisor: Christopher Schneider
2007
Appointments
2017—present
2015—2017
2014—2015
2007—2008
Assistant Professor; Virginia Tech. (Starting August 2017)
Post-doctoral Researcher, Duke University
Advisor: Sheila Patek
Post-doctoral Researcher, The Australian National University
Advisor: Craig Moritz
Fulbright Research Scholar; National Museum of Natural Sciences,
Madrid, Spain
Fellowships
2017
2014
2013
2012
2010
2008
2007
Foerster-Bernstein Postdoc. Fellowship; Duke (declined to accept VT position)
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (declined)
John Parker Merit Fellowship, Harvard University
Robert A. Chapman Memorial Fellowship, Harvard University
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Herchel Smith Graduate Fellowship, Harvard University
William J. Fulbright Research Fellowship (Spain)
Publications (‡ denotes high school student mentee; † denotes undergraduate
mentee)
15. Muñoz MM, Losos JB. Thermoregulatory behavior simultaneously promotes
and forestalls evolution in a tropical lizard. American Naturalist (in revision)
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, 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.
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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. 2014. 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.
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Selected Grants & Awards
2017
2014
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
2003
Young Investigator Award; American Society of Naturalists
Raymond B. Huey Best Student Presentation Award; Division of Ecology
and Evolution; Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant; National Science Foundation
Sigma Xi Grant-In-Aid
Ken B. Miyata Expedition Grant, Harvard
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Grant, Harvard
George Putnam Expedition Grant, Harvard
Ken B. Miyata Expedition Grant, Harvard
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, early induction; Boston University
College of Arts and Sciences Merit Award; Boston University
Harold C. Case Award; Boston University
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Grant, Boston University
Funded Research Opportunities Grant, Boston University
National Hispanic Merit Scholar
Teaching Experience
* awarded a Distinction in Teaching certificate (Derek Bok Teaching Center, Harvard)
2013
Teaching Fellow for Adaptive Radiation (Seminar), Harvard
2011
Teaching Fellow for Evolutionary Biology, Harvard*
Teaching Fellow for Animal Behavior, Harvard*
2009
Teaching Fellow for Evolutionary Biology, Harvard*
2005
Instructor for Organic Chemistry Preparatory Course, Boston University
2004
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Intro. Biology, Boston University
Professional Reviewing
Journals: Animal Conservation, 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, Herpetological Conservation and Biology, Herpetological Journal, Journal
of Biogeography, Journal of Morphology, Journal of Zoological Systematics and
Evolutionary Research, Journal of Thermal Biology, Molecular Ecology, Oecologia
Grants and Independent Review: Axios, National Geographic Society
Invited Seminars & Lectures
16. Guest Lecture for Herpetology course; Duke University; Durham, NC. 2017.
15. Guest Lecture for Animal Physiology course; Duke University; Durham, NC. 2017.
14. Invited Seminar; Department of Biology; UNC, Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, NC. 2017.
13. Guest Lecture for Animal Biology course; Meredith College; Raleigh, NC. 2016.
12. Invited Seminar; University Program in Ecology; Duke University; Durham, NC. 2016.
11. Invited Seminar; Department of Biology; UNC, Asheville; Asheville, NC. 2016.
10. Invited Seminar; Biology Department; East Carolina University; Greenville, NC. 2016.
9. Invited Seminar; Ecology, Evolution, & Genetics; Research School of Biology; The
Australian National University; Canberra, Australia. 2015.
8. Guest Lecture for Herpetology; James Cook University; Townsville, Australia. 2014.
7. Invited Seminar; Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, James Cook
University; Townsville, Australia. 2014.
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6. Invited Seminar; Department of Ecology & Evolution; U. of Arizona; Tucson, AZ. 2014.
5. Invited Seminar; Department of Biology; Union College; Schenectady, NY. 2014.
4. Invited Seminar; Biology Department; Indiana State University; Terre Haute, IN. 2012.
3. Invited Lecture; Harvard Museum of Natural History; Cambridge, MA. 2012.
2. Guest Lecture for Herpetology; Organismic & Evolutionary Biology; Harvard. 2012.
1. Invited Seminar; Department of Natural Sciences; Buffalo State College. 2010.
Conference Presentations (‡ high school student mentee; † undergraduate
mentee)
24. Muñoz MM. (upcoming) Janzen’s Hypothesis meets the Bogert Effect: A synthesis
100 years in the making. Young Investigator’s Award Symposium; Evolution; Portland,
OR.
23. Muñoz MM, Anderson PSL, Patek SN. 2017. Mantis shrimp reveal the evolutionary
dynamics of mechanical sensitivity in form-function relationships. Society for Integrative
and Comparative Biology; New Orleans, LA.
22. Muñoz MM. 2016. Basking behavior predicts the evolution of heat tolerance in
Australian rainforest lizards. Regional SICB Meeting; Durham, NC.
21. Muñoz MM, Langham GM, Brandley MC, Williams SE, Moritz C. 2016. Behavior
influences physiological divergence along thermal clines in a group of tropical Australian
skinks. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; Portland, OR.
20. Muñoz MM, and JB Losos. 2015. Behavioral drive meets behavioral inertia in the
tropical lizard, Anolis cybotes. Australian Society of Herpetology; Eildon, Australia.
19. Muñoz MM, and JB Losos. 2014.Behavioral drive and behavioral inertia in the tropical
lizard, Anolis cybotes. Evolution; Raleigh, NC.
18. Muñoz MM, and JB Losos. 2014. Behavior simultaneously drives and impedes
evolution: An empirical test using the lizard, Anolis cybotes. Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology; Austin, TX. *Awarded the Raymond B. Huey Award for Best
Student Presentation; Division of Ecology and Evolution; SICB
17. Boronow KE, Muñoz MM, Shields IH†, and JB Losos. 2014. Behavioral divergence
along an altitudinal gradient in a clade of tropical lizards. Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology; Austin, TX.
16. Muñoz MM, Stimola MA†, Algar AC, Bakken GB, and JB Losos. 2013. Evolutionary
stasis and lability in thermal physiology in a group of tropical lizards. Special Symposium:
Biological Impacts of Tropical Climate Warming for Ectotherms; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
15. Muñoz MM, Crawford NG, McGreevy, Jr. TJ, and CJ Schneider. 2013. Divergence in
coloration and the evolution of reproductive isolation in the Anolis marmoratus species
complex. Evolution; Snowbird, UT.
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14. Muñoz MM, Stimola MA†, Landestoy MA, Conover A‡, Rodriguez A†, Algar AC,
and JB Losos. 2013. Does thermal specialization accompany environmental differentiation
in a diverse clade of Caribbean Anolis lizards? SICB; San Francisco, CA.
13. Conover AE‡, Muñoz MM, Boronow KE, Cooke EG†, Shields I†, Landestoy MA,
Losos JB, and J Gastel. 2013. Does parasite load affect thermoregulation in Caribbean
anoles? Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; San Francisco, CA. (poster)
12. Cooke EG†, Muñoz MM, Conover AE‡, Shields IH†, Boronow KE, Murphy, TG, and
MA Johnson. 2013. Is dewlap color an honest indicator of health in Anolis lizards? An
analysis of population differences in body condition and parasite load. Society for
Integrative and Comparative Biology; San Francisco, CA.
11. Muñoz MM, Stimola MA†, Landestoy MA, Conover A‡, Rodriguez A†, and JB Losos.
2012. Behavioral and physiological mechanisms of thermal adaptation in a diverse clade of
Anolis lizards. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; Charleston, SC.
10. Stimola MA†, Muñoz MM, Landestoy MA, Conover A‡, Rodriguez A†, Losos JB.
2012. A comparison of heat and cold tolerance among anoles from different thermal
environments. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; Charleston, SC.
9. Muñoz MM, Hewlett J, and JB Losos. 2009. Ecomorphological response of Anolis
lividus to volcanic activity on Montserrat. Anolis Symposium; Cambridge, MA. (poster)
8. Herrel A, Velasco J, Sasa M, Campbell-Staton S, Crandell KE, Fenstermacher K, Frank H,
Mahler L, Muñoz MM, Van Middlesworth P, and JB Losos. 2009. Why are mainland anoles
different? An ecomorphological perspective. SICB; Boston, MA.
7. Muñoz MM, Herrel A, Sasa-Marín M, and JB Losos. 2009. How similar are aquatic
Anolis lizards: A detailed ecological and behavioral analysis of two Costa Rican species.
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; Boston, MA.
6. Muñoz MM, and CJ Schneider. 2008. Local adaptation and speciation in the
morphologically divergent Guadeloupean lizard, Anolis marmoratus. VIII Latin American
Herpetology Conference; Varadero, Cuba.
5. Muñoz MM. 2008. The application of molecular markers to questions in evolutionary
biology: A study of Iberian owl flies. Fulbright Research Conference; Valencia, Spain.
4. Muñoz MM, and PH Barber. 2006. Phylogeography of the pink anemonefish,
Amphiprion perideraion, across the Indo-Pacific. Boston University Marine Program
Symposium; Boston, MA
3. Muñoz MM, Akinronbi B, Crandall ED, and PH Barber. 2006. Differing population
genetics response of two seastars, their commensal shrimp, and parasitic gastropod to
abiotic forces in the Indonesian archipelago. Evolution; Stony Brook, NY.
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2. Muñoz MM, and PH Barber. 2005. Comparison of dispersal in two sea stars, Linckia
laevigata and Protoreaster nodosus, across a known dispersal barrier. Young Scientist
Symposium; Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institute; Wood's Hole, MA.
1. Oberlander J, Potter KA, Bose T, Smith S, Muñoz MM, and A Yamaguchi. 2004.
Sexual differentiation of vocal motoneurons during development of Xenopus laevis.
Society for Neuroscience Symposium; New Orleans, LA. (poster)
Synergistic Activities
(i) Mentoring and training future scientists: I have actively mentored ten students (Eight
undergraduates, one high school biology teacher, and one high school student). Five
undergraduates (Riya Dange, Ellee Cook, Juanita Hopwood, Chloe Soukas, and Maureen
Stimola) are female and four (Riya Dange, Juanita Hopwood, Elbert Mock, and Anthony
Rodríguez) are from underrepresented groups in the sciences. Three students presented their
work at SICB: Stimola (2012), Conover (2013), and Cook (2013). I mentored Conover on his
Intel Science Talent Search (ISTS) high school project. ISTS is a competitive national science
competition for high school students aspiring to become scientists and innovators. Hopwood
and Mock are co-authors on a publication in Molecular Ecology. Conover, Rodríguez, and
Stimola are co-authors on a publication in Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. Conover and
Cook are co-authors on a manuscript in Breviora.
(ii) Creating teaching modules on evolution: In collaboration with Ms. Brooke Sauer, an AP
Biology instructor at Durham School for the Arts (Durham, NC), we designed an interactive
teaching module on convergent evolution using Anolis lizards as a model system. For the
classroom group activity, we designed and built 3D printed anoles. We also created a
teacher's guide for this module. We designed our curriculum to be affordable ($50), so as to
be accessible to any classroom with 3D printer access. We created two versions of the module
- one extended (2 days) module for classroom exercises, and one truncated module (~30
minutes) module for scientists visiting high school classes. Ms. Sauer and I presented our
module at the Scientific Research and Education Network (SciREN), an NC-based nonprofit
for educators. All of our module materials (including 3D anole models for loan) will be
available free of charge through SciREN. Next summer, we will perform classroom
assessment to improve the efficacy of our module.
Professional Service
2017—2020
2017
2016
Public Affairs Committee; SICB
Huey Award Committee Chair; Division of Ecology & Evolution; SICB
Huey Award Committee, Division of Ecology & Evolution; SICB
Professional Society Affiliations
American Society of Naturalists
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
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