Advancing excellence at UC and beyond

Aide Macias-Muñoz

Education:

B.A., Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine

Dissertation:

Diversification and expression of vision-related genes in Lepidoptera

Thesis Advisor:

Adriana D. Briscoe, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine

Research Topic:

Molecular basis of convergent evolution of vision in Cnidaria

Mentor:

Todd Oakley, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Current Position:

Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz