Michael P. Muehlenbein
Office: Sabin 125C
Phone: (414) 229-6250
e-mail: mpm1@uwm.edu
Web Page: www.uwm.edu/~mpm1/
Degree: Ph.D., Yale University, 2004
Research Interests:
Life History Evolution
Reproductive Ecology
Evolutionary Physiology and Medicine
Developmental Endocrinology
Ecological Parasitology
Teaching Interests:
Human Physiological Variation
Evolutionary Biology and Human Diseases
Behavioral Endocrinology
Life History Evolution
Evolutionary Theory
Other Activities:
Laboratory for Evolutionary Physiology and Parasitology, Department of Anthropology, UWM
Selected Publications:
Muehlenbein MP. In press. Intestinal parasite infections and fecal steroid levels in wild chimpanzees. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
Muehlenbein MP, Bribiescas RG. 2005. Testosterone-mediated immune functions and male life histories. American Journal of Human Biology 17:527-558.
Muehlenbein MP, Algier J, Cogswell F, James M, Krogstad D. 2005. The reproductive endocrine response to Plasmodium vivax infection in Hondurans. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 73:178-187.
Muehlenbein MP, Campbell BC, Watts DP, Richards RJ, Svec F, Phillippi KM, Murchison MA, Myers L. 2005. Leptin, adiposity, and testosterone levels in captive male macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 127:335-341.
Muehlenbein MP. 2005. Parasitological analyses of the male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda. American Journal of Primatology 65:167-179.
Etheredge GD, Michael G, Muehlenbein MP, Frenkel JK. 2004. The roles of cats and dogs in Toxoplasma infection in Kuna and Embera children of eastern Panama. Pan American Journal of Public Health 16:176-186.
Muehlenbein MP, Watts DP, Whitten P. 2004. Dominance rank and fecal testosterone levels in adult male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda. American Journal of Primatology 64:71-82.
Muehlenbein MP. 2004. Testosterone-Mediated Immune Function: An Energetic Allocation Mechanism in Human and Non-Human Primate Males. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Yale University.
Muehlenbein MP, Campbell BC, Richards RJ, Svec F, Phillippi KM, Murchison MA, Myers L. 2003. Leptin, body composition, adrenal and gonadal hormones among captive male baboons. Journal of Medical Primatology 32:320-324.
Muehlenbein MP, Richards RJ, Campbell BC, Phillippi KM, Murchison MA, Myers L, Svec F. 2003. Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate as a biomarker of senescence in male non-human primates. Experimental Gerontology 38:1077-1085.
Muehlenbein MP, Schwartz M, Richard A. 2003. Parasitological analyses of the sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi) at Beza Mahafaly, Madagascar. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 34:274-277.
Muehlenbein MP, Campbell BC, Murchison MA, Phillippi KM. 2002. Morphological and hormonal parameters in two species of macaques: impact of seasonal breeding. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 117:218-227.
Muehlenbein MP, Campbell BC, Phillippi KM, Murchison MA, Richards RJ, Svec F, Myers L. 2001. Reproductive maturation in a sample of captive male baboons. Journal of Medical Primatology 30:273-282.
