Curriculum Vitae

Markus Nevil, Ph.D.

nevil@email.unc.edu

Chapel Hill, NC

PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI — 2013–2019
Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB); Department of Biomolecular Chemistry
B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI — 2009–2013
Major: Biology

Developed and taught student-centered courses emphasizing science communication and active learning.
Communicating Genome Science (Fall 2024; permanent number Fall 2025) — mid-level CURE, Genomics Education Partnership, 20 students.
Undergraduate Senior Honors Thesis (Fall 2024, Spring 2025) — supervised thesis and talks, organized evaluation.
Biology Research Skills (Spring 2025) — intro lab-skills course; led lectures and managed lab components (~150 students).

Principles of Biology (Spring 2022) — active learning (PollEverywhere, Think–Pair–Share).
Evolutionary Genomics and Disease (Fall 2022) — GEP CURE; student-driven gene annotation and analysis.

Cancer Biology (Apr 2023) — high-throughput sequencing and cancer genomics.
Current Topics in Biotechnology (Jan 2021, Jan 2023) — pandemic, virus evolution, and biotech advances.

Seminar TA (Spring/Fall 2018) — Biochemical Methods Seminar.
Lab TA (Fall 2014, Spring 2016) — Biochemical Methods laboratory course; student training, safety, and assessment.

IRACDA Postdoctoral Scholar, UNC Chapel Hill — 2021–2024
NIH K12 SPIRE; Advisor: Dr. Robert Duronio
Project: Defining the role of chromatin organization and the epigenetic landscape on genome replication.
Postdoctoral Fellow, UNC Chapel Hill — 2020–2021
NIH T32 CETP; Advisor: Dr. Robert Duronio
Project: Defining the role of chromatin organization and the epigenetic landscape on genome replication.
Graduate Research Assistant, UW–Madison — 2014–2019
Advisor: Dr. Melissa M. Harrison
Project: Elucidating transcriptional mechanisms that control the Drosophila transcription factor Grainy head during embryogenesis.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, UW–Madison — 2010–2013
Advisor: Dr. Marvin Wickens
Project: Evolution of PUF RNA-binding protein specificity across Ascomycota (senior thesis project).

Crain A., Nevil M., Leatham-Jensen M., Reeves K., Matera A.G., McKay D.J., Duronio R.J. (2024). Genetics 228(1):iyae117.
Nevil M. PDB2MC: Bridging Biomolecules and Minecraft. In preparation. https://github.com/markus-nevil/mcpdb
Andreyeva E.N., Emelyanov A.V., Nevil M., et al. (2022). Elife 11:e81828.
Nevil M., Duronio R.J. (2021). Molecular Cell 81(8):1593–1595.
Nevil M., Gibson T.J., Bartolutti C., Iyengar A., Harrison M.M. (2020). Development 147(5).
McDaniel S.L., Gibson T.J., Schulz K.N., Fernandez Garcia M., Nevil M., et al. (2019). Molecular Cell.
Hamm D.C., Larson E.D., Nevil M., et al. (2017). PLOS Genetics 13(12):e1007120.
Nevil M., Bondra E.R., Schulz K.N., Kaplan T., Harrison M.M. (2017). Genetics 205(2):605–620.
Wilinski D., Qiu C., Lapointe C.P., Nevil M., et al. (2015). Nature Communications 6:8213.

SPIRE Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Co-director, UNC Chapel Hill — Summer 2023
COMPASS Program Student Mentor, UNC Pembroke — Fall 2022
RISE Program Mock Interviewer, UNC Pembroke — Fall 2021–Fall 2022
Mentorship in research (selected, names redacted for privacy):
- Undergraduate researcher — Summer 2022 (SPIRE SURF funding)
- Undergraduate researcher — 2021–2024 (UNC SURF funding)
- Post-baccalaureate scholar (UNC PREP) — 2020–2021
- Undergraduate researcher — 2018–2019
- Undergraduate researcher — 2017–2018
- Undergraduate researcher — 2016
- Madison Middle School Science Symposium student — 2016
- Undergraduate researcher (Wisconsin China Initiative) — Summer 2016
- Undergraduate researcher (Wisconsin China Initiative) — Summer 2015
- Undergraduate researcher (Wisconsin China Initiative) — Summer 2014

Chancellor’s Science Scholars Program, Reviewer, UNC Chapel Hill — 2023-2025
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) — 2020–2024 (CIRTL Associate)
IRACDA Conference workshops — 2020–2024
ChatGPT in the College Classroom (facilitator: Magdalena Mączyńska) — Oct 2023
AAAS Understanding the media: A starter guide for scientists — Sep 2023
Introduction to CUREs (Dr. Amy Springer) — Feb 2023
Ungrading: De-centering Letter Grades (Workshop Presenter) — Mar 2022
Genomics Education Partnership Faculty Training (GEP) — Dec 2021
Seminar on College Teaching (Dr. Brian Rybarczyk) — Fall 2021
Mental Health First Aid (The National Council for Mental Wellbeing) — Oct 2021
Effective Mentoring (Dr. Brian Rybarczyk) — Summer 2021
Flipped Classroom Workshop Series (Dr. Barbi Honeycutt) — Oct 2020

Poster Judge — 64th Annual Drosophila Research Conference — Mar 2023
Postdoc Panel — UNC Chapel Hill Office of Postdoctoral Affairs — Mar 2023
UNCP RISE — Invited Lecturer — Apr 2022
Out in STEM — Invited Speaker — Oct 2021, Nov 2024
UNC PREP — Invited Speaker — Jun 2020
Skype A Scientist — Invited speaker (various schools) — 2020–2024
Family Science Night, Science Alliance, UW–Madison — 2014–2019
Adult Swim Workshop, Madison Children’s Museum — 2016
Genome Editing Forum — Invited speaker — 2016
diyBio Madison — Invited speaker — 2016
Wisconsin Science Festival — 2015, 2016
Student Faculty Liaison Committee (UW–Madison) — Vice President (2016–2017), Science Outreach Chair (2015–2016)

Genomics Education Partnership Science Seminar Series — Oral presentation, 2023: “Drosophila histone gene replacements: a novel histone gene array for direct interrogation of histone post-translational modification function.”
IRACDA 2023 National Conference — Poster (Honorable Mention), 2023
Triangle Fly Symposium — Poster (Best Poster), 2023
64th Annual Drosophila Research Conference — Oral Presentation, 2023
UNC Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium (Presented by Toya Tanner) — 2022
IRACDA 2022 National Conference — Poster, 2022
Multiple invited departmental and symposium talks (2020–2021)