Dr. Marvalee H. Wake

Education

B.A. (cum laude), 1961; M.S., 1964; Ph.D., 1968, all University of Southern California




Career Resumé

• Instructor, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, 1966-68. Assistant Professor, 1968-69

• Lecturer in Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1969-73

• Assistant Dean, College of Letters and Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1972-73

• Assistant Professor of Biology and Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, 1973-76

• Associate Professor of Biology and Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, 1976-80

• Associate Dean, College of Letters and Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1975-78

• Professor of Zoology, 1980-89; Professor of Integrative Biology, 1989-2003. Chancellor’s Professor, 1997-2000. Professor of the Graduate School, 2004-

• Gästprofessorin, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany, 1982

• Researcher, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Fall, 1988

• John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1988-89

• Visiting Professor, Université de Paris VI, March-June 1989

• Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Fall, 2002

• Chair, Department of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, 1985-1989. Interim Chair, Prospective Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-1989. Chair, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-91, 1999-2002

• Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 2004-

• Investigadora Asociada, Museo Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2009-

Honors

• Fellow, California Academy of Sciences

• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

• Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Jr. Memorial Foundation, 1988-89

• Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer, 1989-91.

• Chancellor’s Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1997-2000.

• Featured in Women in Science and Technology Exhibit, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA. March, 2001, and Spring, 2002

• Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Fall, 2002

• Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003

• National Associate of the National Academies, (appointed) 2004-

• The Berkeley Citation (awarded April 6, 2006)

• Certificate of Recognition, Ministry of the Envoronment and Energy, Costa Rica, for "dedication to the study of the Costa Rican herrpetofauna, (presented Oct., 2006)
• Distinguished Herpetologist, 2007 (Selected by the Herpetologist' League)

        Professional Memberships

• American Association for the Advancement of Science

• American Association of University Women

• American Association of Zoological Nomenclature

• American Institute of Biological Science

• American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

• Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

• Bay Area Biosystematists

• California Academy of Sciences

• European Society for Evolutionary Biology

• Herpetologists’ League

• Sigma Xi

• Societas Europaea Herpetologica

• Society for Conservation Biology

• Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology     

• Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

• Society for the Study of Evolution

• Society for Systematic Biology

• Society of Women Geographers

• Western Society of Naturalists

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Selected Professional Activities

(current are in boldface) (elected offices are in italics)

• International Society of Vertebrate Morphology: President, 2007-

• Encyclopedia of Life: Distinguished Advisory Board: Member, 2007-

• Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural HIstory, External Advisory Comittee, Member, 2008-
• AmphibAnat Advisory Comittee, Member, 2008-
• John Simon Guggenheim, Jr., Memorial Foundation: Member, Educational Advisory Committee, 2003 -

• MorphoBank: Executive Committee, 2002-

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2005-2008
• Workshop in Honor of Pere Alberch’s Contributions to Science and Art: Scientific Board, 2007--

• International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS): Immediate Past President, 2004-2007; President, 2000-04; Secretary General, 1994-2000; Chair and Founder, ‘Integrative Biology’ Program and Steering Committee, 1997-2000, 2004—7, member, St. Comm. 2007--; United States National Committee for IUBS, member, 1986--, Vice Chair 1988-91; Chair, 1992-94; Chair and co-chair, International Council for Science (ICSU) Science for Health and Well-being Initiative, 2002-07         

• International Congress of Zoology: Advisory Committee, 1998-2000. Honorary Committee,  2006--

• American Institute of Biological Sciences: President, 2005, Immediate Past President, 2006; Board of Directors, 2000-02, 2004-06

• Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (formerly American Society of Zoologists): President, 2001-2003; Past President, 2003-2005; Program Officer, Division of Vertebrate Morphology, 1986-88; Chair, Division of Vertebrate Morphology (DVM), 1989-90; Chair, Division of Systematic Zoology (DSZ), 1992-93; Advisory Committee, Chair, 2003-05, member 2005--

• Smithsonian Science Commission: Member, 2001-02

• Global Biodiversity Informatics Facility (GBIF): Chair, Review Committee, 2004-05; Search Committee for Exec. Sec’y., 2006-07

• National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council: Board on Sustainable    Development, 1995—99; COSEPUP Committee on Impact of International Students and Scholars on the US Science Enterprise, 2004-05; Review Coordinator, “Path to Effective Recovering of DNA from Formalin-Fixed Biological Samples in Natural History Collections:  Workshop Summary,” 2006

• DIVERSITAS (International Biodiversity Science Program): Co-Founder and Scientific Steering Committee, 1996-01; (representing IUBS); Executive Committee, 1999-01; Chair, DIVERSITAS Monitoring Element, 1996-01; Convenor, Monitoring Manuals Research Component, 1996-99; Task Force  (ex officio), 2001; Scientific Committee (ex officio), 2001-2004; US National Committee for DIVERSITAS (ex officio), 1999-2004

• National Science Foundation Panels, Task Forces, etc.: 1981, 1985, 1990-91, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2006; BIO Advisory Committee, 1997—2002; Search Committee for Assistant Director for BIO, 2004-05

• Convention on Biological Diversity, Advisory Committee for Global Biodiversity Outlook-2: Member, 2003-05; COP8 Symposium Co-organizer, 2005-6

• World Congress of Herpetology: Executive Committee, 1990-97, ex officio, 1998--; Secretary General (elected, = President), 1994-97; Scientific Program Committee, 2000-01; Planning and Finance Committee, 2002-2005

• AAAS:  Nominating Committee, 1992-94; Section G, Biological Sciences--Council, 1986-89; Chair, 1998; Past Chair and Council Delegate, 1999

• Reviewer for biology departments and programs at San Diego State University, Swarthmore College, Northern Arizona University, Dalhousie University, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Oklahoma, University of Maryland, University of Florida, University of Akron, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Kansas, University of Calgary, etc.

Editorial Boards

• Associate Editor, Journal of Morphology, 1987-

• Associate Editor, Biodiversity and Conservation, 2008-
• Honorary Editorial Board, Research and Reports in Biology, 2010-

• Editorial Board, Biology International, 1998-2006

• Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, Section Editor, 1980—*

• Editorial Board, Animal Biology (formerly Netherlands Journal of Zoology), 2002—

• Editorial Board, Zoological Science (Japan), 2002--2007

• International Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 1997-2000; 2005--

• Editorial Board, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1996--2005*

• Associate Editor, Zoomorphology, 1988-96*

• Editorial Board, Alytes, 1990-98*

• Comite de Lecture, Annales de Sciences Naturelles (Zoologie), Paris, 1986-2001
  (* re editorships indicate that full handling of manuscripts is/was involved)

Major Invited Lectures, etc.

• Bremen Symposium on Biological Systems Theory, Bremen, Germany, 1980

• Symposium on Viviparity in Amphibians and Reptiles, Paris, France, 1982

• Plenary Speaker, 1st International Vertebrate Morphology Symposium, Giessen, Germany, 1983

• Presidential Address, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norman, Oklahoma, 1984

• Plenary Speaker, International Conference on the Biology of the Gymnophiona, Lyon, France, 1984

• Workshop in Experimental Developmental Biology and Evolution, Second International Vertebrate Morphology Symposium, Vienna, Austria, 1986

• Symposium on Science Learning in the Informal Setting, Chicago, Illinois, 1987

• Dahlem Conference on Evolution of Complex Systems, Berlin Planning Committee, 1987; Conference, 1988

• Plenary Lecture, Centennial Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Boston, 1989

• Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer, 1989-91

• Plenary Lecture, IUBS General Assembly, Taipei, Taiwan, 1997

• Millennium Plenary Speaker, American Institute for Biological Sciences, Washington, DC, 2000

• Plenary Address, 4th Asian Herpetological Conference, Chengdu, China, 2000

• Lectures to Academia Sinica, Beijing, China, 2000

• Konrad Lorenz Institute Workshop, Environment, evolution and development: Forging an eco-evo-devo biology, Altenberg, Austria, 2001

• Sewall Wright Lecture, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, 2002

• Keynote Address, International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology VI, Patras, Greece, 2002

• Plenary Lecture, IUBS General Assembly, Cairo, Egypt, 2004

• William Lecture, University of Akron, 2004

• Distinguished Herpetologist 2007 Plenary Lecture, JMIH, St. Louis, MO

• Plenary Lectura, 6th World Congreso of Herpetology, Manaus, Brazil, 2008

• Symposia, seminars and lectures in the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Austria, Egypt, Hungary, Greece, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Taiwan, Brazil, Japan, and China

Representative University Service

• Graduate Council, Member, 2008-, Administrative Comittee, 2009-, Vice Chair, 2010-

• Regents’ Lecturers Selection Comittee, Member, 2002-

• Assistant and Associate Dean, College of Letters and Science

• Committee on Courses of Instruction (Member)

• Ethnic Studies Council (Chair)

• Committee on Committees  (Chair)

• Committee on Budget and Interdepartmental Relations (Member)

• Chair, Departments of Zoology and Integrative Biology (2x)

• Numerous committees, councils, offices, etc

Teaching Interests

Evolutionary and functional vertebrate morphology; vertebrate reproductive biology; seminars in morphology, development, reproductive biology, and evolutionary theory

Current Research

Studies of evolutionary morphology and development (osteology, myology, neurobiology, reproductive biology, development, function); biology of the gymnophione amphibians; reproductive biology of amphibians, fishes, and reptiles, especially the evolution of viviparity; functional and developmental morphology; “tree of life” of amphibians; phylogenetic reconstruction; patterns of evolution; issues in biodiversity science.
                       
200+ publications

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