Instituto de Entomología - Carlos Muñoz Ramírez

 

 

 

Carlos Muñoz Ramírez

• Antecedentes Académicos

  • Biologo. Universidad de Concepcion
  • Magister en Ciencias mencion Zoología. UdeC
  • PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. University of Michigan, USA

• Actividades de Docencia

  • Introducción a la Ecología Molecular
  • Filogeografia

• Lineas de Investigación

  • Evolución y ecología del mimetismo.

• Dirección de Tesis

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• Proyectos VcM/Extensión

• Proyectos de Investigación

  • CIBAS grant (UCSC): “Una perspectiva ecológica-química-genética para evaluar la relevancia de los ensambles larvales de insectos dípteros en el ambiente intermareal rocoso”. (Co-Investigador).
  • 2018: FONDECYT Postdoctorado (3180331). “Testing the historical permeability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and the role of ecological interactions in the evolution of the Antarctic diversity: Using host-parasite systems as biological models”. (Investigador Principal).
  • 2016: CONICYT-NERC (223449). A multi-disciplinary approach to understand the impact of ice loss and deglaciation on Antarctic coastal benthic ecosystems”. Proyecto Programa de Cooperación Internacional. (Investigador Asociado).
  • 2016: NSF-DDIG Grant. National Science Foundation (DEB-1601260). “Can the degree of mimicry predict levels of genetic structure among populations? A test using mimetic ground beetles”. (US$20,150). (Investigador Principal).

• Publicaciones

  • Benítez, H. A., Muñoz-Ramírez, C., Correa, M., Acuña-Rodríguez, I. S., Villalobos-Leiva, A., Contador, T.,  Velásquez N. A.,   Suazo, M. J. (2024). Breaking the law: Is it correct to use the converse Bergmann Rule in ceroglossus chilensis? An overview using geometric morphometrics. Insects, 15(2), 97

  • Muñoz-Ramírez, CP, Colin, N, Canales-Aguirre C, Manosalva A, López-Rodriguez R, Sukumaran J, Górski R. (In Press). Species tree analyses and speciation-based species delimitation support new species in the relict catfish family Diplomystidae and provide insights on recent glacial history in Patagonia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. (doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107932).

  • Zwerschke N, Sands CJ, Roman-Gonzalez A, Barnes DKA, Guzzi A, Jenkins S, Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Scourse J. (2022). Quantification of blue carbon pathways contributing to negative feedback on climate change following glacier retreat in West Antarctic fjords. Global Change Biology 28(1): 8-20. (doi:10.1111/gcb.15898).

  • Bascur, M., Morley, S. A., Meredith, M. P., Muñoz-Ramírez, C. P., Barnes, D. K., Schloss, I. R., ... & Urzúa, Á. (2021). Interpopulational differences in the nutritional condition of Aequiyoldia eightsii (Protobranchia: Nuculanidae) from the Western Antarctic Peninsula during austral summer. PeerJ, 9, e12679.

  • Muñoz-Ramirez, C., Beltrán-Concha, M., Pérez-Araneda, K., Sands, C., Barnes, D., Román-González, A., ... & Brante, A. (2021). Genetic variation in a small bivalve along a retreating glacier fjord, King George Island, Antarctica. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 56(2): 150-155.

  • Toussaint EFA, Gauthier J, Bilat J, Gillett CPDT, Gough HM, Lundkvist H, Blanc M, Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Alvarez N. (2021). HyRAD-X exome capture museomics unravels giant ground beetle evolution. Genome Biology and Evolution. (https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab112).

  • Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Barnes DKA, Cárdenas L, Meredith M, Morley S, Roman-González A, Sands C, Scourse J, Brante A. (2020). Gene flow in the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii suggests a role for the Antarctic Peninsula Coastal Current in larval dispersal. Royal Society Open Science 7(9): 200603. (doi:10.1098/rsos.200603)

  • Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Briones R, Colin N, Fierro P, Górski K, Jara A, Manosalva AA. (2020). A Century after! Rediscovery of the ancient catfish Diplomystes Bleeker 1858 (Siluriformes: Diplomystidae) in coastal river basins of Chile and its implications for conservation. Neotropical Ichthyology. 18(1):e190073. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2019-0073.

  • Barnes DKA, Sands CJ, Cook A, Howard F, Gonzalez AR, Muñoz–Ramirez C, Retallick K, Scourse J, Landeghem K, Zwerschke N. (2020). Blue carbon gains from glacial retreat along Antarctic fjords: What should we expect? Global Change Biology 2020;00:16. doi:10.1111/gcb.15055.

  • Bascur M, Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Román-González A, Sheen K, Barnes DKA, Sands CJ , Brante A, Urzúa A. (2020) The influence of glacial melt and retreat on the nutritional condition of the bivalve Nuculana inaequisculpta (Protobranchia: Nuculanidae) in the West Antarctic Peninsula. Plos One 15: e0233513. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0233513.

  • Victoriano PF, Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Canales-Aguirre CB, Jara A, Vera-Escalona I, Burgos-Careaga T, Muñoz-Mendoza C, Habit EM. (2020). Contrasting evolutionary responses in two codistributed species of Galaxias (Pisces, Galaxiidae) in a river from the glaciated range in South Chile. Royal Society Open Science. doi:10.1098/rsos.200632.