Education

• B.A. Psychology, 1990 - University of New Mexico
• M.S. Psychology, 1991 - University of New Mexico
• Ph.D. Psychology, 1994 - University of New Mexico

Professional Positions since Ph.D.

• Case-Hooper Assistant Professor, 2011- Department of Zoology, The University of Oklahoma
• Research Scientist, 2006-2011, Section of Neurobiology, The University of Texas at Austin
• Lecturer, 2007-2011, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
• Research Associate Professor, 2001-2007 - Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University
• Assistant Professor, 1994-2001 - Department of Psychology, Florida International University

Honors and Awards

• Young Investigator Award, 2010, International Society for Neuroethology.
• NSF IOS 1052394 (pending) $845k, Real-time interactions between ion channels and behavior.
• NINDS 1R01NS069881 (19th percentile as new investigator / not funded) $1.25M, Sexual
  dimorphism of intrinsic plasticity in excitable cells.
• NSF IOS 1022388 (pending) $550k, Real-time interactions between ion channels and behavior.
• NIMH 1K01MH064550. (2003 – 2008) $597k Ion channels in regulation of excitable membranes
• NIGMS GM08205 subproject  (1998 – 2000) $223k  An animal model of arbitrary stimulus classes and class-based transfer of stimulus functions
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (1991 - 1994). $53k
• University of New Mexico Graduate Student Valedictorian, 1994
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1990

Publications

      Neurobiology

Markham, M.R., McAnelly, M.L., Stoddard, P.K., Zakon, H.H. (2009).  Circadian and social cues regulate ion channel trafficking.  PLoS Biology, 7, e1000203. Free Access Online

See also the primer and commentary on on this article by Eric Fortune and Maurice Chacron..

Allee S.J., Markham M.R., Stoddard P.K. (2009)  Androgens enhance plasticity of an electric communication signal in female knifefish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. Hormones and Behavior, 56, 264-273. PDF

Markham, M.R., Allee, S.J., Goldina, A., Stoddard, P.K. (2009). Melanocortins regulate the electric waveforms of gymnotiform electric fish. Hormones and Behavior, 55, 306-313. PDF.

Stoddard, P.K. & Markham, M.R. (2008) Signal cloaking by electric fish.  Bioscience, 58, 415-424. Request Reprint by Email

Allee S.J., Markham M.R., Salazar  V.L., Stoddard P.K. (2008)  Opposing actions of 5HT1A and 5HT2-like serotonin receptors on modulations of the electric signal waveform in the electric fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. Hormones and Behavior, 53, 481-488. PDF

Stoddard P. K., Zakon H., Markham M. R., & McAnelly M. L. (2006) Regulation and modulation of electric waveforms in gymnotiform electric fish.  Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 192, 613-624.  PDF

Markham M. R. & Stoddard P. K. (2005). Adrenocorticotropic hormone enhances the masculinity of an electric communication signal by modulating the waveform and timing of action potentials within individual cells.  Journal of  Neuroscience, 25, 8746-8754. PDF

Stoddard, P. K., Markham, M. R., & Salazar, V. L. (2003).  Serotonin modulates the electric waveform of the gymnotiform electric fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus.  Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, 1353-1362 PDF 

Neurobiology - Published Abstracts

McAnelly M.L., Markham M.R. (2005) ACTH modulates electrocommunication via effects on the electrocyte sodium current. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Program No. 205.1 PDF  

Markham, M. R., Hakell-Luevano, C, & Stoddard, P.K. (2004). A melanocortin receptor modulates electrocyte action potentials via a cAMP/PKA pathway. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Program No. 334.7  PDF

Markham, M. R., & Stoddard, P.K. (2003) A melanocortin receptor modulates the amplitude and repolarization time of electrocyte action potentials in male electric fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Program No. 828.16 PDF

Salazar, V. L., Markham, M. R., & Stoddard, P. K. (2002) Serotonin enhances sexually dimorphic characters of the electric organ discharge of male electric fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Program No. 87.8.

Friedman, S. D., Butt, A. E., Cooper, B. G., Hagen, M. H., Markham, M. R., & Hodge, G. K.  (1994)  Delayed non-match to position performance is impaired in rats given high dose of methamphetamine.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 24,  203.

       Basic and Applied Psychology

Markham, R. G., & Markham, M. R. (2002).  On the role of covarying functions in stimulus class formation and transfer of function.  Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 78, 509-524. PDF

Markham, M. R., Dougher, M. J, & Augustson, E.  (2002). Transfer of operant discrimination and respondent elicitation via emergent relations of compound stimuli. The Psychological Record, 52, 325-350.  PDF

Lumpkin, P. W., Silverman, W. K. Weems, C. F., Markham, M. R., & Kurtines, W. M. (2002). Treating a heterogeneous set of anxiety disorders in youths with group cognitive behavioral therapy: A partially nonconcurrent multiple-baseline evaluation. Behavior Therapy, 33, 163-177.

Purdy, J. E., Markham, M. R., Schwartz, B. L., & Gordon, W. C.  (2001).  Learning and memory (2e).  Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Augustson, E. M., Dougher, M. J., & Markham, M. R. (2000).  Emergence of conditional stimulus relations and transfer of respondent eliciting functions among compound stimuli.  The Psychological Record, 50, 745-770. PDF

Markham, M. R., & Gallogly, R. H. (1997).  Does language make humans more than clever apes?  Review of Language and Human Behavior by Derek Bickerton.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 30, 185-186.

Markham, M. R., Butt, A. E., & Dougher, M. J. (1996).  A touch-screen apparatus for training visual discriminations in hooded rats.  Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 65, 173-182. PDF

Markham, M. R., & Branscum E., Finlay, C., & Roark, R.  (1996).  Experimental analysis of respondent conditioning in humans.  Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 14.

Dougher, M. J. & Markham, M. R. (1996).  Stimulus classes and the untrained acquisition of function. T. R. Zentall and P. M. Smeets (Eds.) Advances in Psychology Series: The Formation of Stimulus Classes.   North Holland: Elsevier Science Publishers.

Markham, M. R. (1995).  Truth, philosophy and behavioral science: A reply to Hocutt.  Behavior and Philosophy, 23, 73-78.  PDF

Greenway, D. E., Dougher, M. J., & Markham, M. R. (1995).  S+/S- reversal procedures may not result in functional equivalence.  Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 13, 16-17.

Dougher, M. J., Augustson, E. M., Markham, M. R., Greenway, D. E., & Wulfert, E. (1994). The transfer of respondent eliciting and extinction functions through stimulus equivalence classes. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 62, 331-351. PDF

Augustson, Markham, & Dougher (1994).  A methodological note regarding human classical conditioning.  Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 12, 6-17.

Dougher, M. J. & Markham, M. R. (1994).  Stimulus equivalence, functional equivalence, and the transfer of function.  In S. C. Hayes, M. Sato, L. Hayes, & K. Ono (Eds.), Language and Cognitive Events: A Behavior Analytic Perspective. Reno, NV: Context Press.

Markham, M. R., & Dougher M. J. (1993). Compound stimuli in emergent stimulus relations: Extending the scope of stimulus equivalence. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 60, 529-542.  PDF

Markham, M. R. (1993).  An interface for controlling external devices via the IBM PC/XT/AT parallel port. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 25, 477-478. PDF

Markham, M. R., Dougher, M. J. & Wulfert, E. (1993). Social contingencies and the effects of punishment in alcoholics and nonalcoholics. Behavior Therapy, 24, 277-284. PDF

Markham, M. R., Miller, W. R. & Arciniega, L. (1993) BACCuS 2.01:  Computer software for quantifying alcohol consumption. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 25, 420-421.