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Curriculum vitae Andreina I. Castillo Siri ______

School of Life Sciences

Arizona State University Cell phone: (480) 721-1715

PO BOX 874601 E-mail: [email protected]

Tempe, AZ 85287-4601 ______

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

I’m interested in studying genome evolution of parasitic organisms acting as causal agents of infectious diseases in humans and wildlife. My main focus is the evolution of multigene families as a potential mechanism for evolutionary adaptations; particularly, those involved in parasite- host interaction. Parasites of the genus Plasmodium spp. represent an ideal model organism for these studies due to their importance as a human health pathogen, complex life cycle and wide range of vertebrate hosts as wells as mosquito vector preferences.

EDUCATION

2010-Present PhD. Candidate Evolutionary Biology Program (12-03-2013)

School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Advisor: Dr. Ananias Escalante

Committee: Dr. Jesse Taylor, Dr. James Collins and Dr. Michael Rosenberg

Dissertation project: Effects of host-parasite interaction on the evolution of Plasmodium spp. multigene families

2002-2008 B.S. Biology

Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Graduate School, Arizona State University:

From Fall, 2011 until Fall, 2014

BIO345, Organic Evolution, Teaching Assistant

From Fall, 2010 until Spring, 2011

BIO100, The Living World, Teaching Assistant

Undergraduate School, Central University of Venezuela:

Spring, 2007 1211, Conservation of Biodiversity, Teaching Assistant

Fall, 2006 1316, Ecology II Laboratory (Animal), Teaching Assistant

Spring, 2006 1314, Ecology I Laboratory (Plants), Teaching Assistant

Fall, 2005 1032, General Biochemistry Laboratory, Teaching Assistant

PROFESIONAL EMPLOYMENT:

Summer, 2014 Molecular Evolution and Epidemiology Laboratory, Research Assistant

2009 Data collection on Venezuelan hummingbird communities, Project: Phylogenetic community structure of hummingbirds in tropical hummingbird communities.

2009 Collaboration on the editing of theoretical and graphical content for the Project: Monitoring of Migrant and Resident Birds of Paso Portachuelo, National Park Henri Pittier.

VOLUNTEER WORK:

2013-2014 Answering of evolutionary and parasitic related inquiries performed via the Ask a Biologist (http://askabiologist.asu.edu/) website. October, 2008 Project: Monitoring of Migrant and Resident Birds of Paso Portachuelo, National Park Henri Pittier

October, 2006 Project: Monitoring of Migrant and Resident Birds of Paso Portachuelo, National Park Henri Pittier

HONORS

2014 School of Life Sciences Graduate Programs Travel Award (400USD).

2008 Second highest undergraduate average score

2008 Outstanding Academic Performance Recognition

EVENTS ATTENDED:

November, 2014 63rd Annual Meeting American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (November 2nd-6th). New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

June, 2014 Ninth annual EuPathDB workshop (June 15th-18th). University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, USA.

August, 2013 International Conference on Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife (August7th-11th). Nature Research Centre and Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania. Poster.

March, 2012 SMBE Satellite Symposium on Phylomedicine (March 23rd - 24th, 2012), Center for Evolutionary Medicine & Informatics and the Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Poster: Preliminary results on the evolutionary history of MSP-7 gene family on species closely related to Plasmodium vivax.

July, 2009 First Venezuelan Congress of Ornithology and IV Sessions of Ornithology and Conservation of Venezuelan Birds, Ornithological Venezuelan Union (UVO, by its Spanish acronym) and the Group of University Rangers, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Oral presentation: Prevalence of haemoparasites of neotropical birds: geographic and taxonomic variation patterns.

March, 2009 Fifth Argentinean Congress of Parasitology, Parasitological Association of Argentina (March 25th to 28th, 2009) La Plata, Buenos Aires-Argentina. Poster: Prevalence and intensity of haemoparasites of birds of mountain areas of Venezuela

October, 2007 XVIII Latin American Congress of Parasitology, Latin American Federation of Parasitology (FLAP, by its Spanish acronym) and Venezuelan Parasitological Society, Margarita-Venezuela. Poster: Possible Haemoproteus sp. in Thraupis cyanocephala (Passeriformes) from mountainous environments of Monagas October, 2007 Role of synanthropic wildlife in enzootic and zoonotic transmission, XVIII Latin-American Congress of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Zoology, Graduate Studies of School of Sciences, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas-Venezuela.

SKILLS:

Management of the following software and databases:

 Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis software (MEGA v6)

 DNA sequence polymorphism software (DNAsp).

 Identification of ortholog groups for eukaryotic genomes (OrthoMCL).

 Selection of nucleotide substitution models (Jmodeltest01 for PC).

 Phylogenetic inferences using Maximum Likelihood (PhyML).

 Phylogenetic Analysis Using Parsimony (PAUP).

 Bayesian inference of phylogenetic trees (MRBAYES).

 Recombination Detection Program (Rdp3).

 Hypothesis Testing Using Phylogenies (HyPhy).

 Codeml program from the Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood (PAML) package.

 Basic programing language R, PERL and Phyton.

 Publicly available EupathDB.

 Microsoft Office environment: Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point.

Laboratory:

 Application of PCR amplification and cloning protocols.

OTHERS:

Domain of English and French language

COURSEWORK

Arizona State University: Principles of Evolution, Populations Evolution Genetics, Emerging Infectious Diseases: Ecology and Evolution, Topic: Introduction to PERL for Biologists, Stochastic Modeling in Biology, Biometry, Theoretical Ecology, Innovative Instruction, Topic: Conflicts of Interest, Landscape Ecology, Analyzing Complex Experimental Data in R, Research Areas in Evolution, Topic: Principles of Programming for Biologists. Research Areas of Evolution. Phylogenetic Biology & Analysis. Topic: Evolution in Medicine. Topic: Evolutionary Biology of Parasites and Pathogens.