education and training
- B.A., Cornell University
- Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Braun, Michael
Research Zoologist
Molecular phylogenetics, molecular evolutionary genetics, avian hybridization and speciation, biogeography of Neotropical birds, conservation genetics.
Geographic Focus
- Australia Country
- Australia and New Zealand Continent
- Colombia Country
- Germany Country
- Guyana Country
- Italy Country
- Mexico Country
- Oceania Transnational Region
- Puerto Rico
- United States of America Country
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Country
Background And Education
Research And Grants
co-principal investigator on
investigator on
- Collaborative Research: Large-Scale Simultaneous Multiple Alignment and Phylogeny Estimation awarded by University of Texas Austin
- Comprehensive Recovery Planning for the Endangered Red Siskin (Sporagra cucullata) awarded by Grand Challenges I
- Documenting the Status of Rare and Endangered Birds: Táchira Antpitta and Táchira Emerald awarded by American Bird Conservancy
- Origins of the Tepui Highland Avifauna: a Comparative Phylogeographic Approach awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
- Origins of the Tepui Highland Avifauna: a Comparative Phylogeographic Approach awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
- RCN: Enabling comparative studies of the process and products of sexual selection in a genomic context awarded by University of Florida
Publications
selected publications
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article
- White, Noor D., Batz, Zachary A., Braun, Edward L., Braun, Michael J., Carleton, Karen L., Kimball, Rebecca T., and Swaroop, Anand. 2021. "A novel exome probe set captures phototransduction genes across birds (Aves) enabling efficient analysis of vision evolution." Molecular Ecology Resources https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13496 2021
- Braun, Michael J., Wilkinson, Gerald S., and Cade, Brian S. 2020. "Comment on "Female toads engaging in adaptive hybridization prefer high-quality heterospecifics as mates"." Science 370 (6513):https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd3905 2020
- Feng, Shaohong, Stiller, Josefin, Deng, Yuan, Armstrong, Joel, Fang, Qi, Reeve, Andrew Hart, Xie, Duo, Chen, Guangji, Guo, Chunxue, Faircloth, Brant C., Petersen, Bent, Wang, Zongji, Zhou, Qi, Diekhans, Mark, Chen, Wanjun, Andreu-Sánchez, Sergio, Margaryan, Ashot, Howard, Jason Travis, Parent, Carole, Pacheco, George, Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S., Puetz, Lara, Cavill, Emily, Ribeiro, Ângela M., Eckhart, Leopold et al. 2020. "Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics." Nature 587 (7833):252-257. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2873-9 2020
- Sanchez-Mercado, A., Cardozo-Urdaneta, A., Rodríguez-Clark, Kathryn M., Moran, L., Ovalle, L., Arvelo, M. Angel, Morales-Campos, J., Coyle, Brian J., and Braun, Michael J. 2020. "Illegal wildlife trade networks: finding creative opportunities for conservation intervention in challenging circumstances." Animal Conservation 23 (2):151-152. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12587 2020
- Lim, Haw Chuan, Shakya, Subir B., Harvey, Michael G., Moyle, Robert G., Fleischer, Robert C., Braun, Michael J., and Sheldon, Frederick H. 2020. "Opening the door to greater phylogeographic inference in Southeast Asia: Comparative genomic study of five codistributed rainforest bird species using target capture and historical DNA." Ecology and Evolution 10 (7):3222-3247. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5964 2020
- Sánchez‐Mercado, A., Cardozo‐Urdaneta, A., Moran, L., Ovalle, L., Arvelo, M. Á., Morales‐Campos, J., Coyle, Brian James, Braun, Michael J., and Rodríguez‐Clark, Kathryn M. 2020. "Social network analysis reveals specialized trade in an Endangered songbird." Animal Conservation 23 (2):132-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12514 2020
- Kimball, Rebecca T., Oliveros, Carl H., Wang, Ning, White, Noor D., Barker, F. Keith, Field, Daniel J., Ksepka, Daniel T., Chesser, R. Terry, Moyle, Robert G., Braun, Michael J., Brumfield, Robb T., Faircloth, Brant C., Smith, Brian Tilston, and Braun, Edward L. 2019. "A Phylogenomic Supertree of Birds." Diversity 11 (7):109. https://doi.org/10.3390/d11070109 2019
- Oliveros, Carl H., Field, Daniel J., Ksepka, Daniel T., Barker, F. K., Aleixo, Alexandre, Andersen, Michael J., Alström, Per, Benz, Brett W., Braun, Edward L., Braun, Michael J., Bravo, Gustavo A., Brumfield, Robb T., Chesser, R. Terry, Claramunt, Santiago, Cracraft, Joel, Cuervo, Andrés M., Derryberry, Elizabeth P., Glenn, Travis C., Harvey, Michael G., Hosner, Peter A., Joseph, Leo, Kimball, Rebecca T., Mack, Andrew L., Miskelly, Colin M., Peterson, A. T. et al. 2019. "Earth history and the passerine superradiation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (16):7916-7925. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1813206116 2019
- White, Noor D. and Braun, Michael J. 2019. "Extracting phylogenetic signal from phylogenomic data: Higher-level relationships of the nightbirds (Strisores)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 141:Article 106611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106611 2019
- Chen, Albert, White, Noor D., Benson, Roger B. J., Braun, Michael J., and Field, Daniel J. 2019. "Total-Evidence Framework Reveals Complex Morphological Evolution in Nightbirds (Strisores)." Diversity 11 (9):143. https://doi.org/10.3390/d11090143 2019
- Tamashiro, Ryan A., White, Noor D., Braun, Michael J., Faircloth, Brant C., Braun, Edward L., and Kimball, Rebecca T. 2019. "What are the roles of taxon sampling and model fit in tests of cyto-nuclear discordance using avian mitogenomic data?." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 130:132-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.008 2019
- Costa, Thiago V. V., Whitney, Bret M., Braun, Michael J., White, Noor D., Silveira, Luís Fábio, and Cleere, Nigel. 2018. "A systematic reappraisal of the Rufous Potoo Nyctibius bracteatus (Nyctibiidae) and description of a new genus." Journal of Ornithology 159 (2):367-377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1511-2 2018
- Rodríguez-Clark, Kathryn M., Davidson, Brian, Kingston, Sarah, Coyle, Brian J., Duchesne, Pierre, and Braun, Michael J. 2018. "Evaluating a potential source of founders for ex situ conservation efforts: genetic differentiation between disjunct populations of the Endangered red siskin Spinus cucullatus." Endangered Species Research 36:183-196. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00898 2018
- Sánchez-Mercado, Ada, Rodríguez-Clark, Kathryn M., Miranda, Jhonathan, Ferrer-Paris, José Rafael, Coyle, Brian, Toro, Samuel, Cardozo-Urdaneta, Arlene, and Braun, Michael J. 2018. "How to deal with ground truthing affected by human-induced habitat change?: Identifying high-quality habitats for the Critically Endangered Red Siskin." Ecology and Evolution 8 (2):841-851. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3628 2018
- Kingston, Sarah E., Parchman, T. L., Gompert, Z., Buerkle, C. A., and Braun, Michael J. 2017. "Heterogeneity and concordance in locus-specific differentiation and introgression between species of towhees." Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30 (3):474-485. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13033 2017
- White, Noor D., Mitter, Charles, and Braun, Michael J. 2017. "Ultraconserved Elements Resolve the Phylogeny of Potoos (Aves: Nyctibiidae)." Journal of Avian Biology 48 (6):872-880. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01313 2017
- Reddy, Sushma, Kimball, Rebecca T., Pandey, Akanksha, Hosner, Peter A., Braun, Michael J., Hackett, Shannon J., Han, Kin-Lan, Harshman, John, Huddleston, Christopher J., Kingston, Sarah, Marks, Ben D., Miglia, Kathleen J., Moore, William S., Sheldon, Frederick H., Witt, Christopher C., Yuri, Tamaki, and Braun, Edward L. 2017. "Why do phylogenomic data sets yield conflicting trees? Data type influences the avian tree of life more than taxon sampling." Systematic Biology 66 (5):857-879. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syx041 2017
- White, Noor D., Barrowclough, George F., Groth, Jeff G., and Braun, Michael J. 2016. "A multi-gene estimate of higher-level phylogenetic relationships among Nightjars (Aves: Caprimulgidae)." Ornitología Neotropical 27:223-236. 2016
- Lim, Haw Chuan and Braun, Michael J. 2016. "High-throughput SNP genotyping of historical and modern samples of five bird species via sequence capture of ultraconserved elements." Molecular Ecology Resources 16 (5):1204-1223. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12568 2016
- Kingston, Sarah E., Navarro-Sigüenza, Adolfo G., García-Trejo, Erick A., Vázquez-Miranda, Hernán, Fagan, William F., and Braun, Michael J. 2014. "Genetic differentiation and habitat connectivity across towhee hybrid zones in Mexico." Evolutionary Ecology 28 (2):277-297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-013-9673-8 2014
- Reynolds, Sheila M., Uy, J. Albert C., Patricelli, Gail L., Coleman, Seth W., Braun, Michael J., and Borgia, Gerald. 2014. "Tests of the kin selection model of mate choice and inbreeding avoidance in satin bowerbirds." Behavioral Ecology 25 (4):1005-1014. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru065 2014
- Jarvis, Erich D., Mirarab, Siavash, Aberer, Andre J., Li, Bo, Houde, Peter, Li, Cai, Ho, Simon Y. W., Faircloth, Brant C., Nabholz, Benoit, Howard, Jason T., Suh, Alexander, Weber, Claudia C., Fonseca, Rute R. da, Li, Jianwen, Zhang, Fang, Li, Hui, Zhou, Long, Narula, Nitish, Liu, Liang, Ganapathy, Ganesh, Boussau, Bastien, Bayzid, Md Shamsuzzoha, Zavidovych, Volodymyr, Subramanian, Sankar, Gabaldón, Toni et al. 2014. "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds." Science 346 (6215):1320-1331. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1253451 2014
- Yuri, Tamaki, Kimball, Rebecca, Harshman, John, Bowie, Rauri, Braun, Michael J., Chojnowski, Jena, Han, Kin-Lan, Hackett, Shannon, Huddleston, Christopher, Moore, William, Reddy, Sushma, Sheldon, Frederick, Steadman, David, Witt, Christopher, and Braun, Edward. 2013. "Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals." Biology 2 (1):419-444. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology2010419 2013
- Coyle, Brian J., Braun, Michael J., Rodríguez-Clark, Kathryn M., and Moleiro, Leonel Ovalle. 2013. "Recovering the endangered Red Siskin." Journal of the National Finch and Softbill Society 30-38. 2013
- Davidson, Brian S., Sattler, Gene D., Via, Sara, and Braun, Michael J. 2013. "Reproductive isolation and cryptic introgression in a sky island enclave of Appalachian birds." Ecology and Evolution 3 (8):2485-2496. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.604 2013
- Parchman, T. L., Gompert, Z., Braun, Michael J., Brumfield, R. T., McDonald, D. B., Uy, J., Jarvis, E. D., Schlinger, B. A., and Buerkle, C. A. 2013. "The genomic consequences of adaptive divergence and reproductive isolation between species of manakins." Molecular ecology 22 (12):3304-3317. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12201 2013
- Kingston, Sarah E., Jernigan, Robert W., Fagan, William F., Braun, David R., and Braun, Michael J. 2012. "Genomic variation in cline shape across a hybrid zone." Ecology and Evolution 2 (11):2737-2748. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.375 2012
- Pravosudov, V. V., Roth, T. C., Forister, M. L., LaDage, L. D., Burg, T. M., Braun, Michael J., and Davidson, Brian S. 2012. "Population genetic structure and its implications for adaptive variation in memory and the hippocampus on a continental scale in food-caching black-capped chickadees." Molecular Ecology 21 (18):4486-4497. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05721.x 2012
- Han, Kin-Lan, Braun, Edward L., Kimball, Rebecca T., Reddy, Sushma, Bowie, Rauri C. K., Braun, Michael J., Chojnowski, Jena L., Hackett, Shannon J., Harshman, John, Huddleston, Christopher J., Marks, Ben D., Miglia, Kathleen J., Moore, William S., Sheldon, Frederick H., Steadman, David W., Witt, Christopher C., and Yuri, Tamaki. 2011. "Are Transposable Element Insertions Homoplasy Free?: An Examination Using the Avian Tree of Life." Systematic Biology 60 (3):375-386. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syq100 2011
- Braun, Edward L., Kimball, Rebecca T., Han, Kin-Lan, Iuhasz-Velez, Naomi R., Bonilla, Amber J., Chojnowski, Jena L., Smith, Jordan V., Bowie, Rauri C. K., Braun, Michael J., Hackett, Shannon J., Harshman, John, Huddleston, Christopher J., Marks, Ben D., Miglia, Kathleen J., Moore, William S., Reddy, Sushma, Sheldon, Frederick H., Witt, Christopher C., and Yuri, Tamaki. 2011. "Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life." Bmc Evolutionary Biology 11:141. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-141 2011
- Rodríguez-Clark, Kathryn M., Maldonado, Jesús E., Ascanio, David, Gamero, Emperatriz, Ovalle Moleiro, Leonel, Pérez-Emán, Jorge, and Braun, Michael J. 2011. "Using genetics to understand and conserve the Red Siskin (Carduelis cucullata)." Journal of the National Finch and Softbill Society 25. 2011
- Han, Kin-Lan, Robbins, Mark B., and Braun, Michael J. 2010. "A Multi-gene Estimate of Phylogeny in the Nightjars and Nighthawks (Caprimulgidae)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 55 (2):443-453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.023 2010
- Braun, Michael J. and Huddleston, Christopher J. 2010. "Response to Mayr and Manegold." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 55 (1):345-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.014 2010
- Olson, Jennifer R., Cooper, Sheldon J., Swanson, David L., Braun, Michael J., and Williams, Joseph B. 2010. "The Relationship of Metabolic Performance and Distribution in Black-Capped and Carolina Chickadees." Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83 (2):263-275. 2010
- Braun, Michael J. and Huddleston, Christopher J. 2009. "A Molecular Phylogenetic Survey of Caprimulgiform Nightbirds Illustrates the Utility of Non-coding Sequences." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 53 (3):948-960. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.025 2009
- Kimball, Rebecca T., Braun, Edward L., Barker, F. Keith, Bowie, Rauri C. K., Braun, Michael J., Chojnowski, Jena L., Hackett, Shannon J., Han, Kin-Lan, Harshman, John, Heimer-Torres, Victoria, Holznagel, Wallace, Huddleston, Christopher J., Marks, Ben D., Miglia, Kathleen J., Moore, William S., Reddy, Sushma, Sheldon, Frederick H., Smith, Jordan V., Witt, Christopher C., and Yuri, Tamaki. 2009. "A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 50 (3):654-660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.018 2009
- Reynolds, Sheila M., Christman, Mary C., Uy, J. Albert C., Patricelli, Gail L., Braun, Michael J., and Borgia, Gerald. 2009. "Lekking satin bowerbird males aggregate with relatives to mitigate aggression." Behavioral Ecology 20 (2):410-415. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arn146 2009
- Meares, Kate, Dawson, Deborah A., Horsburgh, Gavin J., Glenn, Travis C., Jones, Kenneth L., Braun, Michael J., Perrin, Mike R., and Taylor, Tiawanna D. 2009. "Microsatellite loci characterized in three African crane species (Gruidae, Aves)." Molecular Ecology Resources 9 (1):308-311. 2009
- Yuri, Tamaki, Jernigan, Robert W., Brumfield, Robb T., Bhagabati, Nirmal K., and Braun, Michael J. 2009. "The effect of marker choice on estimated levels of introgression across an avian (Pipridae: Manacus) hybrid zone." Molecular Ecology 18 (23):4888-4903. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04381.x 2009
- Hackett, Shannon J., Kimball, Rebecca T., Reddy, Sushma, Bowie, Rauri C. K., Braun, Edward L., Braun, Michael J., Chojnowski, Jena L., Cox, W. Andrew, Han, Kin-Lan, Harshman, John, Huddleston, Christopher J., Marks, Ben D., Miglia, Kathleen J., Moore, William S., Sheldon, Frederick H., Steadman, David W., Witt, Christopher C., and Yuri, Tamaki. 2008. "A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History." Science 320 (5884):1763-1768. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1157704 2008
- Yuri, Tamaki, Kimball, Rebecca T., Braun, Edward L., and Braun, Michael J. 2008. "Duplication and Accelerated Evolution of Growth Hormone Gene in Passerine Birds." Molecular Biology and Evolution 25:352-361. 2008
- Harshman, J., Braun, Edward L., Braun, Michael J., Huddleston, Christopher J., Bowie, R. C. K., Chojnowski, J. L., Hackett, S. J., Han, K., Kimball, R. T., Marks, B. D., Miglia, K. J., Moore, W. S., Reddy, S., Sheldon, F. H., Steadman, D. W., Steppan, Scott J., Witt, C. C., and Yuri, T. 2008. "Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 (36):13462-13467. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0803242105 2008
- Cleere, N., Kratter, A. W., Steadman, D. W., Braun, Michael J., Huddleston, Christopher J., and Filardi, C. E. 2007. "A new genus of frogmouth (Podargidae) from the Solomon Islands results from a taxonomic review of Podargus ocellatus inexpectatus Hartert 1901." Ibis 149 (2):271-286. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00626.x 2007
- Sattler, G. D., Sawaya, P., and Braun, Michael J. 2007. "An assessment of song admixture and its reliability as an indicator of genetic ancestry in Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees." The Auk 124 (3):926-944. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[926:AAOSAA]2.0.CO 2007
- Robbins, M. B., Braun, Michael J., Milensky, Christopher M., Schmidt, Brian K., Prince, W., Rice, N. H., Finch, D. W., and O'Shea, B. J. 2007. "Avifauna of the Upper Essequibo River and Acary Mountains, Southern Guyana." Ornitologia Neotropical 18 (3):339-368. 2007
- Reynolds, S. M., Dryer, K., Bollback, J., Uy, A. C., Patricelli, Gail L., Robson, T., Borgia, Gerald, and Braun, Michael J. 2007. "Behavioral paternity predicts genetic paternity in Satin Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), a species with a non-resource-based mating system." The Auk 124 (3):857-867. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[857:BPPGPI]2.0.CO 2007
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book
- Braun, Michael J., Finch, D. W., Robbins, M. B., and Schmidt, Brian K. 2007. A Field Checklist of the Birds of Guyana, 2nd Edition. Smithsonian Institution Press. 2007
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chapter
- Arvelo, Miguel, Braun, Michael J., Coyle, Brian J., Davis, Sam, Diaz, Zirza, Fink, Jonathan, Lynch, Warren, Hansen, Paula, Marinari, Paul, Miranda, Jonathan, Monfort, Steven L., Ovalle-Moleiro, Leonel, Rodríguez, Jon Paul, Rodríguez-Clark, Kathryn M., Rodríguez-Ferraro, Adriana, Royer, Erica, Sánchez-Mercado, Ada Y., and Sucre, Bibiana. 2017. "The Red Siskin Initiative: Saving an Endangered Finch in Partnership with Aviculturists." in Finches ’17: White Papers from the Sixth International Finch Convention, Brisbane ed. 45-66. Queensland Finch Society, Ltd.. 2017
- Rodríguez-Clark, Kathryn M., Rojas-Suárez, F., Sharpe, Christopher J., Miranda, Jonathan, Ascanio, David, Lentino, Miguel, and Braun, Michael J. 2014. "Cardenalito, Sporagra cucullata." in Libro Rojo de la Fauna Venezolana, Edición en Linea, edited by Rodríguez, Jon Paul and Rojas-Suárez, F., Provita, Conservación Internacional Venezuela and Fundación Empresas Polar. 2014
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Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
