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| nationality = British
| field = [[Biological psychology]]<br/>[[Health psychology]]<br/>[[Tobacco control]]
| work_institution = [[University of Bristol]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]]<br/>[[University of Southampton]] 
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'''Marcus Robert Munafo''',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/the-perils-of-bite-size-science.html | title=The Perils of 'Bite Size' Science | work=New York Times | date=29 January 2012 | accessdate=7 October 2016 |author1=Bertamini, Marco |author2=Munafo, Marcus }}</ref> surname also written '''Munafò''', (born 23 January 1972)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96803485.html | title=Marcus Munafo, 1972- | work=Library of Congress | accessdate=7 October 2016}}</ref> is a British [[psychologist]] who has been a professor of [[biological psychology]] at the [[University of Bristol]]'s School of Experimental Psychology since 2010.<ref name=about>{{cite web | url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/expsych/people/marcus-r-munafo/about.html | title=About Professor Marcus Munafo | work=University of Bristol | accessdate=7 October 2016}}</ref> He became the [[editor-in-chief]] of ''[[Nicotine & Tobacco Research]]'' in 2015.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Munafo|first1=M.|title=A New Editor-in-Chief for Nicotine & Tobacco Research|journal=Nicotine & Tobacco Research|date=2 January 2015|volume=17|issue=1|pages=1|doi=10.1093/ntr/ntu222|pmc=4832972|pmid=25556174}}</ref>

==Education==
Munafo received his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] with honors from the [[University of Oxford]] in 1993, his [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] from the [[University of Southampton]] in [[health psychology]] in 1995, and his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in anxiety and surgery from the University of Southampton in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mrm/cv.pdf |title=Marcus Munafo CV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528145133/http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mrm/cv.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2016 |access-date=7 October 2016}}</ref>

==Research==
Munafo's research focuses on, among other things, the health and psychological effects of [[Health effects of tobacco|tobacco]] and [[Alcohol and health|alcohol]] use.<ref name=about/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/08/14/study-alcohol-does-make-other-people-more-attractive.html | title=Study: Alcohol Does Make Other People More Attractive | work=Fox News | date=14 August 2008 | accessdate=7 October 2016 | author=Choi, Charles Q.}}</ref> He has also researched scientific [[reproducibility]] for much of his career, starting when he was a student and failed to replicate findings he found in the literature.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nature.com/news/1-500-scientists-lift-the-lid-on-reproducibility-1.19970 | title=1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility | work=Nature | date=25 May 2016 | accessdate=7 October 2016 | author=Baker, Monya}}</ref> For example, a study he co-authored with Andrew Higginson found that incentivizing academics to produce a small number of highly cited studies also incentivized them to conduct many new, underpowered studies and fewer replication studies.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/09/the-inevitable-evolution-of-bad-science/500609/ | title=The Inevitable Evolution of Bad Science | work=The Atlantic | date=21 September 2016 | accessdate=7 October 2016 | author=Yong, Ed}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
In 2017 Munafo received the Presidents' Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge, an award given annually by the [[British Psychological Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2017/july/british-psychological-society-award.html|title=July: British Psychological Society award|website=www.bristol.ac.uk|publisher=University of Bristol|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-07-22|date=17 July 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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