Manuel Molles is Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico, where he has been a member of the faculty and Curator in the Museum of Southwestern Biology since 1975. He received his B.S. from Humboldt State University and his Ph.D. from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. Seeking to broaden his geographical perspective, he has taught and conducted ecological research in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. He was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship to conduct research on river ecology in Portugal and has held visiting professor appointments in the Department of Zoology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in the Laboratory of Hydrology at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, and at the University of Montana's Flathead Lake Biological Station.
Originally trained as a marine ecologist and fisheries biologist, Manuel has worked mainly on river and riparian ecology at the University of New Mexico. His research has covered a wide range of ecological levels, including behavioral ecology, population biology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeography of stream insects, and the influence of a large-scale climate system (El Niño) on the dynamics of southwestern river and riparian ecosystems. His current research concerns the effects of flooding and exotic vegetation on the structure and dynamics of the Rio Grande Riparian ecosystem. Throughout his career, Manuel has attempted to combine research, teaching, and service, involving undergraduate as well as graduate students in his ongoing projects. At the University of New Mexico, he has taught a broad range of lower division, upper division, and graduate courses, including Principles of Biology, Evolution and Ecology, Stream Ecology, Limnology and Oceanography, Marine Biology, and Community and Ecosystem Ecology. He has taught courses in Global Change, and River Ecology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal and General Ecology, and Groundwater and Riparian Ecology at the Flathead Lake Biological Station. Manuel was named Teacher of the Year by the University of New Mexico for 1995-96.
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