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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Inductee, Oklahoma Hall of Fame
  • 2024 - Honorary Member of the American Society of Mammalogists
  • 2015 - Best in Heritage International Laureate, European Heritage Association
  • 2014 - National Medal for Museums and Library Services
  • 2008 - Jackson Award, American Society of Mammalogists for exceptional service to the American Society of Mammalogists
  • 2007 - Rufus T. Hall Faculty Achievement Award, University of Oklahoma for excellence in teaching
  • 2004 - Heritage Preservation Award, National Institute for Conservation for conserving Oklahoma’s material heritage
  • 2002 - Inductee, Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame, Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society for outstanding achievement and service to higher education in Oklahoma
  • 2002 - Otis Sullivant Award for Perceptivity for intuitiveness, instant comprehension, and empathy for the betterment of society
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - C. Hart Merriam Award, American Society of Mammalogists
  • 1998 - Distinguished Alumnus Award, Fort Hays Kansas State University
  • 1996 - OU President’s Special Award, Outstanding Faculty Accomplishments
  • 1990 - University of Oklahoma Regents Award for Superior Accomplishments in Professional Service
  • 1989 - Don W. Tinkle Research Excellence Award. Southwestern Association of Naturalists
  • 1978 - Sigma Xi, National Scientific Honorary
  • 1978 - National Chicano Council on Higher Education Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • 1976 - Fulbright-Hays Research Fellow
  • 1968 - Beta Beta Beta, Biology Honorary
  • 1966 - Phi Sigma, Biology Honorary

Overview

Michael A. Mares is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with notable focus areas in parasitology and molecular biology. The scientist's work also covers public health, environmental and occupational health, ecology, and oncology.

Their main research topics include the study of parasites and host interactions, peptidase inhibition and analysis, leishmaniasis research, trace elements in health, vector-borne infectious diseases, parasite biology, and the impact of species distribution in relation to climate change.

Michael A. Mares has contributed to several research papers, including:

  • Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities, 2022, Journal of Biogeography
  • Mycosands: Fungal diversity and abundance in beach sand and recreational waters - Relevance to human health, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biomimetic Macrocyclic Inhibitors of Human Cathepsin D: Structure-Activity Relationship and Binding Mode Analysis, 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Druggable Hot Spots in the Schistosomiasis Cathepsin B1 Target Identified by Functional and Binding Mode Analysis of Potent Vinyl Sulfone Inhibitors, 2020, ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Azanitrile Inhibitors of the SmCB1 Protease Target Are Lethal to Schistosoma mansoni: Structural and Mechanistic Insights into Chemotype Reactivity, 2020, ACS Infectious Diseases

Their frequent co-authors include Martin Horn, Adéla Jílková, Michael Gütschow, Michal Buša, and Jindřich Fanfrlík.

Michael A. Mares publishes regularly in several scientific journals, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Therya

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Randomness, Area, and Species Richness

    Bernard D. Coleman;Michael A. Mares;Michael R. Willig;Ying-Hen Hsieh

  • Patterns of diversity and adaptation in South American hystricognath rodents

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  • Mammalian Biology in South America.

    Bruce D. Patterson;Michael A. Mares;Hugh H. Genoways

  • The mammals of northeastern Brazil: a preliminary assessment

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  • Mammals of Oklahoma

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  • Neotropical Mammals and the Myth of Amazonian Biodiversity

    Michael A. Mares

  • The bats of Argentina

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  • GRANIVORY IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN DESERTS: RODENTS, BIRDS, AND ANTS'

    Michael A. Mares;Michael L. Rosenzweig

  • The Brazilian Caatinga in South American zoogeography : tropical mammals in a dry region

    Michael A. Mares;Michael R. Willig;Thomas E. Lacher

  • 4. The mammals of northeastern Brazil: a preliminary assessment

    Michael A Mares;Michael R Willig;Karl E Streilein;Thomas E Lacher

  • Population and Community Ecology of Small Mammals in a Gallery Forest of Central Brazil

    Michael A. Mares;Kristina A. Ernest

  • Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

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  • Small mammal community structure and composition in the Cerrado Province of central Brazil

    Michael A. Mares;Kristina A. Ernest;Donald D. Gettinger

  • The mating systems of ratites and tinamous: an evolutionary perspective

    Paul Handford;Michael A. Mares

  • An Experimental Analysis of Social Spacing in Tamias Striatus

    Michael A. Mares;Michael A. Mares;Thomas E. Lacher;Thomas E. Lacher;Michael R. Willig;Michael R. Willig;Nancy A. Bitar;Nancy A. Bitar

  • Guide to the Mammals of Salta Province, Argentina: Guia de Los Mamiferos de Las Provincia de Salta, Argentina

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  • Molecular Systematic Revision of Tree Bats (Lasiurini): Doubling the Native Mammals of the Hawaiian Islands

    Amy B. Baird;Janet K. Braun;Michael A. Mares;Juan Carlos Morales

  • Conservation in South america: problems, consequences, and solutions.

    Michael A. Mares

  • Observations on the distribution and ecology of the mammals of Salta Province, Argentina

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  • 6. Observations on the distribution and ecology of the mammals of Salta Province, Argentina

    Michael A. Mares;Ricardo A. Ojeda;Mary Patricia Kosco

  • Guide to the bats of Argentina

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  • South American mammal zoogeography: evidence from convergent evolution in desert rodents.

    Michael A. Mares

  • FOOD PREFERENCE AS A FUNCTION OF RESOURCE ABUNDANCE WITH MULTIPLE PREY TYPES: AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF OPTIMAL FORAGING THEORY

    Thomas E. Lacher;Michael R. Willig;Michael A. Mares

  • Home range perturbations in Tamias striatus

    Michael A. Mares;Michael D. Watson;Thomas E. Lacher

  • Observations on the distribution and ecology of the mammals of the cerrado grasslands of central Brazil

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  • A biogeographic analysis of the mammals of Salta Province, Argentina : patterns of species assemblage in the neotropics

    Ricardo A. Ojeda;Michael A. Mares

  • Faunal Commercialization and Conservation in South America

    Michael A. Mares;Ricardo A. Ojeda

  • Systematics, Distribution, and Ecology of the Mammals of Catamarca Province, Argentina

    Michael A. Mares;Ricardo A. Ojeda;Janet K. Braun;Ruben M. Barquez

  • MacDonald, S. O., and J. A. Cook. 2009. Recent Mammals of Alaska. University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, Alaska, 387 pp. ISBN 978-1-60223-047-7, price (hardbound: alkaline paper), $55.00.

    Michael A. Mares

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas E. Lacher
Thomas E. Lacher Texas A&M University
Michael R. Willig
Michael R. Willig University of Connecticut
Ronald A. Van Den Bussche
Ronald A. Van Den Bussche Oklahoma State University
John W. Bickham
John W. Bickham Texas A&M University
Laurie J. Vitt
Laurie J. Vitt University of Oklahoma
Janalee P. Caldwell
Janalee P. Caldwell University of Oklahoma
Regina H. Macedo
Regina H. Macedo University of Brasília
Bernard D. Coleman
Bernard D. Coleman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Michael L. Rosenzweig
Michael L. Rosenzweig University of Arizona

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