Marianne Moore

Marianne Moore received a bachelor's degree in 2002 from the Evergreen State College and earned her doctorate in ecology, behavior and evolution from Boston University (2011), under the direction of Thomas Kunz. Her dissertation utilized a large field-based study to describe the immune responses of little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) affected by the emergent bat fungal disease white-nose syndrome (WNS). Other graduate work focused on the ecology of rabies in big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) and the immunological effects of mercury contamination on little brown myotis. Postdoctoral research with DeeAnn Reeder at Bucknell University provided Moore with experience experimentally testing species-specific differences in physiological responses to infection by the WNS causative agent, Pseudogymnoascus destructans. In 2013, Moore was awarded a National Institutes of Health-funded postdoctoral fellowship through the Stony Brook University (NY-CAPS) Institutional Research and Career Development Award (IRACDA). As an IRACDA postdoctoral scholar, Moore received formal training in pedagogy. She also expanded her research experiences to studying the evolution of immune system genes and describing genetic correlates of resistance to WNS using high throughput sequencing techniques, specifically proteomics. In 2015, Moore joined Arizona State University on the Polytechnic campus as an assistant professor in animal ecology. In Arizona, Moore has launched a multi-year field-based study to describe hibernation traits in desert southwest bats to help predict potential future impacts of WNS on these populations.