Instructor Bio

Truth Muller

Part-Time Instructor in the Department of Biological Sciences

Education

• B.A., College of the Atlantic
• M.Sc., The Ohio State University

About

Truth Muller is a Behavioral Ecologist who studies the epigenetic effects of social interactions and environmental cues on fish behavior. His most recent research focused on how repeated exposure of adult mangrove rivulus to aggressive competition alters behavior of subsequent offspring. He is passionate about teaching and has taught courses including Ornithology, GIS, Evolution, Biology, and Organismal Diversity, and currently teaches Biol 251 at OWU and Bio 3501.04 at OSU.

Areas of Interest/Expertise

• Animal Behavior (Fish)
• Social Behavior
• Transgenerational Plasticity
• Marine Biology & Ecology
• Bat Conservation

Publications/Presentations

• Muller, T.  and J. Hellmann. 2025. Intergenerational Consequences of Winner/Loser Effects in the Mangrove Rivulus Fish. Animal Behavior Society Conference, Baltimore, Maryland.
• Muller, T.  and J. Hellmann. 2024. Investigating Compounding of Winner/Loser Effects in Kryptolebias marmoratus, the Mangrove Rivulus. Animal Behavior Society Conference, London, Ontario, Canada.
• Muller, T. 2014. The Hidden World of Bird Language: A Study of Interspecies Communication and Social Communities in Common Feeder Birds of the Northeast. New York State Ornithological Association Annual Meeting, Ithaca, New York.