Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Conservation. University of Torino (Italy), 2010.
M.Sc. Biology - Animal Conservation and Biodiversity. University of Torino (Italy), 2006.
B.Sc. Biology. University of Torino (Italy), 2003.

Research Interests

• Research Design
• Data management and analysis
• Project/Program management
• R programming
• REDCap programming
• Biology
• Scientific writing
• Research Rigor, Reproducibility and Transparency

Fulton, C.R., Macagno, A.L.M., Dickinson, S.L., Calzone, K. (2024) Advanced practice nurse pharmacogenomics capacity and utilization. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 36: 361–369.

Hu, Y., Crabtree, J.R., Macagno, A.L.M., Moczek, A.P. (2024) Histone deacetylases regulate organ-specific growth in a horned beetle. EvoDevo 15: 4.

Chen, X., Dickinson, S.L., Macagno, A.L.M., Parker, C.M., Allison, D.B. (2023) Data sharing: putting Nature’s policy to the test. Nature 619: 698.

Becerra-Garcia L.E., Cohen A.D., Chen X., Dickinson S.L., Macagno A.L.M., Allison D.B. (2023) Incorrect analysis in “Effects of the application of a food processing-based classification system in obese women: A randomized controlled pilot study” has resulted in incorrect conclusions of demonstrated effects where no such effects have been demonstrated. Nutrition and Health. doi: 10.1177/02601060231194653.

Kriegel P., Vogel S., Angeleri R., Baldrian P., Borken W., Bussler H., Bouget C., Brin A., Cocciufa C., Feldmann B., Gossner M.M., Haeler E., Hagge J., Hardersen S., Hartmann H., Hjältén J., Kotowska M.M., Lachat T., Larrieu L., Leverkus A.B., Macagno A.L.M., Mitesser O., Müller J., Obermaier E., Parisi F., Pelz S., Schuldt B., Seibold S., Stengel E., Sverdrup-Thygeson A., Weisser W., Thorn S. (2023) Ambient and substrate energy influence decomposer community diversity differentially across trophic levels. Ecology Letters 26: 1157–1173.

Macagno A.L.M., Moczek A.P. (2022) Between-partner concordance of vertically transmitted gut microbiota diminishes reproductive output in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus. Physiological Entomology 48: 14–23.

Parker E.S., Moczek A.P., Macagno A.L.M. (2021) Reciprocal microbiome transplants differentially rescue fitness in two syntopic dung beetle sister species (Scarabaeidae: Onthophagus). Ecological Entomology 46: 946–954.

Macagno A.L.M., Edgerton T.J., Moczek A.P. (2021) Incipient hybrid inferiority between recently introduced, diverging dung beetle populations. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132: 931–944.

Rohner P.T., Macagno A.L.M., Moczek A.P. (2020) Evolution and plasticity of morph-specific integration in the bull-headed dung beetle Onthophagus taurus. Ecology & Evolution 10: 10558-10570.

Hardersen S.*, Macagno A.L.M.*, Chiari S., Audisio P., Gasparini P., Lo Giudice G., Nardi G., Mason F. (2020) Forest management, canopy cover and geographical distance affect saproxylic beetle communities of small-diameter beech deadwood. Forest Ecology and Management 467: 118152.

Crabtree J.R., Macagno A.L.M., Moczek A.P., Rohner P.T., Hu Y. (2020) Notch signaling patterns head horn shape in Onthophagus taurus. Development Genes and Evolution 230: 213–225.

Hu Y., Linz D.M., Parker E.S., Schwab D.B., Casasa S., Macagno A.L.M., Moczek A.P. (2020) Developmental bias in horned dung beetles and its contributions to innovation, adaptation, and resilience. Evolution & Development 22: 165–180.

Macagno A.L.M.*, Zattara E.E.*, Ezeakudo O., Moczek A.P., Ledón-Rettig C.C. (2018) Adaptive maternal behavioral plasticity and developmental programming mitigate the transgenerational effects of temperature in dung beetles. Oikos 127: 1319–1329.

Zattara E.E., Macagno A.L.M., Busey H., Moczek A.P. (2017) Development of functional ectopic compound eyes in Scarabaeid beetles by knockdown of orthodenticle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 114: 12021–12026.

Macagno A.L.M., Moczek A.P., Pizzo A. (2016) Rapid divergence of nesting depth and digging appendages among tunneling dung beetle populations and species. The American Naturalist 187: E143–151.