2020 Biological Sciences Building Ann Arbor, MI 48109
mgru@umich.edu
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2014
Henry Luce Scholars Fellowship, 2011
Rackham Graduate Student Research Award, 2017
Nancy W. Walls Award for Fieldwork, 2017
Rackham Travel Grant, 2016
EEB Block Grant, 2016
Charles F. Walker Scholarship, 2015
Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, 2015
Grundler M.C., Rabosky D.L. The role of stasis in determining transition rate asymmetry: expectations from a two-state model of discrete character evolution. Read more
Grundler M.C., Rabosky D.L. Macroevolutionary analysis of discrete character evolution using parsimony-informed likelihood. bioRxiv:897603.
Grundler M.C., Rabosky D.L. Macroevolutionary analysis of discrete traits with rate heterogeneity. bioRxiv:897777.
Grundler M.C., Rabosky D.L. Complex ecological phenotypes on phylogenetic trees: a Markov process model for comparative analysis of multivariate count data. Accepted: Systematic Biology. bioRxiv:640334.
Grundler M.C. 2020. SquamataBase: a natural history database and R package for comparative biology of snake feeding habits. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e49943. HTML
Rabosky D.L., von May R., Grundler M.C., Davis Rabosky A.R. 2019. The Western Amazonian Richness Gradient for Squamate Reptiles: Are There Really Fewer Snakes and Lizards in Southwestern Amazonian Lowlands? Diversity. 11:199. HTML
Biggi E., Larson J., Rabosky D., von May R., Isabel Diaz M., Grundler M., Sánchez-Paredes C., Tomasinelli F., Santa-Cruz R., Alarcón C. 2019. Ecological interactions between arthropods and small vertebrates in a lowland Amazon rainforest. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(1): 65-77. PDF
von May R., Grundler M. 2018. OXYBELIS FULGIDUS (Green Vine Snake): DIET. Herpetological Review 49(4): 758-759.
Grundler M.C., Fitzpatrick S.W. 2018. CHIRONIUS SEPTENTRIONALIS (South American Sipo): DIET. Herpetological Review 49(3): 544-544.
Rabosky D.L., Grundler M., Anderson C., Title P., Shi J.J., Brown J.W., Huang H., Larson J.G. 2014. BAMMtools: an R package for the analysis of evolutionary dynamics on phylogenetic trees. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 5:701–707. HTML
Grundler M.C., Rabosky D.L. 2014. Trophic divergence despite morphological convergence in a continental radiation of snakes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281:20140413. HTML
Rabosky D.L., Donnellan S.C., Grundler M., Lovette I.J. 2014. Analysis and visualization of complex macroevolutionary dynamics: an example from Australian scincid lizards. Systematic biology. 63:610–627. HTML
Paknia O., Grundler M., Pfeiffer M. 2013. Species Richness and Niche Differentiation of Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Mongolian Steppe Ecosystems. Steppe Ecosystems: Biological Diversity, Management and Restoration. Nova Science Publishers. p. 47–72.
Grundler M.C., Toledo L.F., Parra-Olea G., Haddad C.F., Giasson L.O., Sawaya R.J., Prado C.P., Araujo O.G., Zara F.J., Centeno F.C. 2012. Interaction between breeding habitat and elevation affects prevalence but not infection intensity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Brazilian anuran assemblages. Diseases of aquatic organisms. 97:173–184. HTML
Rittmeyer E.N., Allison A., Grundler M.C., Thompson D.K., Austin C.C. 2012. Ecological guild evolution and the discovery of the world’s smallest vertebrate. PLoS One. 7:e29797. HTML
Robertson J.M., Hoversten K., Grundler M., Poorten T.J., Hews D.K., Rosenblum E.B. 2011. Colonization of novel White Sands habitat is associated with changes in lizard anti‐predator behaviour. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 103:657–667. HTML
Grundler, M. and D.L. Rabosky. 2019. Modeling resource use evolution on phylogenetic trees using multivariate count data. Evolution. Providence, Rhode Island.
E.P. Westeen, M.C. Grundler, A.M. Durso, D.L. Rabosky, and A.R. Davis Rabosky. 2019. What makes a fang? Phylogenetic and ecological controls on dental evolution in rear-fanged snakes. Evolution. Providence, Rhode Island.
P.O. Title, D.L. Rabosky, and Grundler, M. 2019. Dispersal and the latitudinal diversity gradient in marine fishes. ESA Annual Meeting. Louisville, Kentucky.
Grundler, M. and D.L. Rabosky. 2018. Evolution of correlated prey use in colubrid snake diets. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Rochester, New York.
Grundler, M. and D.L. Rabosky. 2017. Macroevolutionary analysis of discrete character evolution using BAMM. Evolution. Portland, Oregon.
Grundler, M. 2016. SquamataBase: a next-generation natural history database for ecology and evolutionary biology. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Evolution. 2020. University of Michigan. Graduate Student Instructor.
Animal Diversity. 2015. University of Michigan. Graduate Student Instructor.
Introduction to Ecology and Evolution. 2014. University of Michigan. Graduate Student Instructor.
Ordination Methods in Ecology with R. 2012. National University of Mongolia. Lecturer.
Introduction to Ecological Models. 2011. National University of Mongolia. Lecturer.
Vertebrates: Structure, Function, and Evolution. 2009. Cornell University. Undergraduate Teaching Assistant.
Curatorial Assistant, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles: 2017, 2019
Belize, 2019 (3 weeks)
Peru, 2016 - 2018 (4 months)
Trinidad, 2010 (3 months)
New Mexico, 2009 (4 months)
Papua New Guinea, 2008 (6 weeks)
C, C++, R, Python, TCL, SQL
Reviewer for: Evolution (3), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (1), Axios Review (1), South American Journal of Herpetology (3), PeerJ (2), Herpetology Notes (2), BMC Biology (1)
Dan Rabosky, drabosky@umich.edu (PhD adviser)
Stephen Smith, eebsmith@umich.edu (PhD committee member)
Alison Davis-Rabosky, ardr@umich.edu (PhD committee member)
Rudi von May, rudolf.vonmay@csuci.edu (collaborator)