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Education

  • Ph.D. Marine Biology. Rhodes University, South Africa, 2019. Thesis.
  • Licenciatura in Biology (5-year degree). University of Oviedo, Spain, 2012.

Courses and Training

Data analytics

  • Python for Data Science, AI & Development. IBM & Coursera. Certificate
  • Databases and SQL for Data Science with Python. IBM & Coursera. Certificate
  • Mathematics for Machine Learning specialization. Imperial College London & Coursera. Certificate
    • Principal Component Analysis (PCA), 2021.
    • Multivariate Calculus, 2021.
    • Linear Algebra, 2020.
  • Advanced Data Science specialization. IBM & Coursera
    • Applied AI with DeepLearning, 2020. Certificate
    • Advanced Machine Learning and Signal Processing, 2020. Certificate
    • Fundamentals of Scalable Data Science, 2020. Certificate

    Contents: machine learning models (linear and logistic regression, Bayesian inference, SVMs, RandomForest, GBT, Clustering, PCA, Fourier and wavelet tranforms), and neural networks (TensorFlow, Keras) in Apache Spark.

  • Data Science courses on DataCamp, 2018 - 2020.
  • Data Analyst with R specialization. DataCamp, 2018. Course list.
  • Data Analysis and Statistical Inference. Duke University & Coursera, 2014.
  • Introduction to Statistics. Udacity, 2013.

Marketing & logistics

  • Supply Chain Logistics. Rutgers the State University of New Jersey & Coursera, 2021. Certificate
  • Supply Chain Operations. Rutgers the State University of New Jersey & Coursera, 2021. Certificate
  • Customer Analytics. Wharton University of Pennsylvania & Coursera, 2021. Certificate

Sciences

  • Online course in laboratory animal science. Ghent University, 2022.

  • Discovery and Use of Operational Data products and Services. UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE, Belgium, 11 – 15 Mar. 2019.

    Contents: satellite data usage (Sentinel-3), software (Python, SNAP, IDV).

  • Ocean Data Management for Researchers. UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE. Belgium, 3 – 7 Dec. 2018.

    Contents: Marine data portals, data management, FAIR data principles, software (Saga GIS, Ocean Data View).

  • Contemporary Issues in Ocean Governance. University of Wollongong & Open2study, 2014.
  • Marine and Antarctic Science. University of Tasmania & Open2study, 2014.
  • How Green is that Product? An Introduction to Life Cycle Environmental Assessment. Northwestern University & Coursera, 2014.
  • Marine Megafauna: An introduction to Marine Science and Conservation. Duke University & Coursera, 2014.
  • Computational Molecular Evolution. Technical University of Denmark & Coursera, 2013.

Diving certifications

  • Divemaster. CMAS, Spain, 2013.
  • Professional diver, SCUBA and Surface Supplied to 30m diver. Spain, 2010.

Publications

  • Román, S., Weidberg, N., Muñiz, C., Aguion, A., Vázquez, E., Santiago, J., … & Macho, G. 2022. Mesoscale patterns in barnacle reproduction are mediated by upwelling-driven thermal variability. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 685, 153-170. doi:10.3354/meps13992
  • Aguión, A., Cruz, T., Acuña, J. L., Broudin, C., Castro, J. J., Davoult, D., [et al., including Muñiz, C.] & Macho, G. 2022. A large-scale comparison of reproduction and recruitment of the stalked barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes across Europe. Marine Biology, 169(5), 1-17.
  • Geiger, K. J., Rivera, A., Aguión, A., Álvarez, J., Arrontes, J., Borrell, Y. J., [et al., including Muñiz, C.] & Acuña, J. L. 2022. Coping with poachers in European stalked barnacle fisheries: Insights from a stakeholder workshop. Marine Policy, 135, 104826. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104826
  • Muñiz, C., McQuaid, C.D., Weidberg, N. 2021. Seasonality of primary productivity affects coastal species more than its magnitude. Science of the Total Environment. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143740
  • Muñiz, C. 2018. Large scale spatio-temporal forcing of pelagic-coastal coupling: disentangling the effects of environmental change on intertidal invertebrate recruitment. Ph.D. Thesis, Rhodes University. Thesis available here.
  • Höfer, J., Muñiz, C., Weidberg, N., García-Flórez, L., Acuña, J.L. 2017. High densities of stalked barnacle larvae (Pollicipes pollicipes) inside a river plume. Journal of Plankton Research, 39: 316-329. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbw093

Conference papers

  • Sousa, A., Acuña, J.L., Aguión, A., [et al., including Muñiz, C.]. 2020. Assessing stalked barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes abundance across Europe for a stock status comparison. 101st Western Society of Naturalists. Virtual meeting. [poster]
  • Román, S., Muñiz, C., Aguión, A., Santiago, J.A., Seoane, P., Barreiro, B., Vázquez, E., Macho, G. 2019. Ecology of the stalked barnacle, Pollicipes pollicipes (Gmelin, 1970): reproduction, recruitment and relation with the environmental conditions. II International Congress of Young Marine Researchers, Málaga, Spain. [oral presentation]
  • Geiger, K., Acuña, J.L., Aguión, A., [et al., including Muñiz, C.]. 2019. The PERCEBES project: science for the spatial management of the stalked barnacle fishery in the Atlantic Arc. XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, Portugal. doi:10.3389/conf.fmars.2019.08.00156 [poster]
  • Muñiz, C., Weidberg, N., McQuaid, C.D. 2018. Large scale drivers of benthic recruitment: effects of environmental change and a Harmful Algal Bloom. 57th Estuarine Coastal Sciences Association Conference (ECSA), Perth, Australia. [oral presentation]
  • Muñiz, C., Weidberg, N., McQuaid, C.D. 2017. Red tide conditions and spatio-temporal patterns in intertidal invertebrate recruitment: does food particle size matter?. 16th Southern African Marine Science Symposium (SAMSS), Port Elizabeth, South Africa. [oral presentation]
  • Muñiz, C., Weidberg, N., McQuaid, C.D. 2016. Analysis of error produced by sub-sampling zooplankton. 11th International Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS), Pisa, Italy. [poster]
  • Muñiz, C., Weidberg, N., McQuaid, C.D. 2016. Red tide conditions and spatio-temporal patterns in intertidal invertebrate recruitment: does food particle size matter?. 11th International Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS), Pisa, Italy. [oral presentation]

Fellowships and awards

  • Ph.D. Fellowship, South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation. 2016 – 2017.
  • M.Sc. Fellowship, South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation. 2014 – 2015.
  • Accésit Award, Instituto de Estudios Marinos para la Nutrición y el Bienestar (INESMA). Research paper “Agregación larvaria en el océano costero: el rol del comportamiento larvario”. Weidberg, N., Bueno, J. and Muñiz, C. 2012.

Research projects

  • Fisheries Innovation for sustainable Shared INTerchannEL resources (FISHINTEL)
  • APELAFICO: Acoustic ecology of PELAgic FIsh COmmunities: A study into the effects of construction and operation of wind farms
  • Tools for the transition to spatial management of coastal resources: the stalked barnacle fishery in SW Europe (PERCEBES), ref.: PCIN-2016-063.