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ANANIAS A. ESCALANTE Professor, School of Life Sciences Arizona State University ANANIAS A. ESCALANTE Professor, School of Life Sciences Arizona State University CENTER FOR EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE AND INFORMATICS, THE BIODESIGN INSTITUTE & PHONE: (480) 965-3739 SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES FAX: (480) 965-6899 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY E-MAIL: [email protected] PO BOX 874501 SKYPE: VIVAXMAL TEMPE AZ 85287-4501, USA WEBPAGE:http://sols.asu.edu/faculty/aescalante.php PROFESSIONAL PROFILE I have built an international research program in ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. My program focuses on establishing bridges among anthropological, epidemiological, ecological, and evolutionary biology perspectives by interpreting genetic patterns from pathogens and integrating them with environmental or epidemiologic information. I have experience managing complex research and training projects that demand strong international collaborations. EDUCATION - POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW,Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. (1995-1997). - PH.D. IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine. (1995). Origin and Evolution of the genus Plasmodium. - M.SC. IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, USB, Caracas, Venezuela (1989). Dissertation: Study of an arthropod community associated with the fermentation of Pilosocereus lanoginosus. - LICENCIADO IN BIOLOGY,Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB), Caracas, Venezuela (1985). PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE MAY/10-PRESENT CORE FACULTY, CENTER FOR EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE AND INFORMATICS, THE BIODESIGNINSTITUTE AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. JUL/09-PRESENT PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. APR/97-PRESENT VISITING SCIENTIST, CENTRO DE CÁLCULO CIENTÍFICO,UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES, VENEZUELA. JAN/07-JUN/09 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA. Jan/05-July/09 Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University. Jun/05-Jun/09 Permanent Member of the Genetic Variation and Evolution Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health (2005-2009). May/04-May/07 Coordinator Latin American Network on Molecular Epidemiology (LANMEp), United Nations University- Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean (BIOLAC) program. Sep/97-Sep/06 Visiting Scientist, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA. Aug/98-Dec/04 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biology, PBEE, Emory University, Atlanta, USA. Apr/98-Dec/04 Researcher (Associate III), Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela. ACADEMIC AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS/HONORS - National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases Award, Public Health Epidemiology and Laboratory Research as part of the Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Team of the Malaria Branch (2008). - Researcher Promotion Program (Programa de Promoción al Investigador), FONACIT-Venezuela, N° 3060 (1997-2004). - “Pro Salud” award, shared with Dr. Raúl Isea (1999), Cámara Venezolana de Fabricantes de Cerveza, Venezuela. - TALVEN program, Venezuelan Embassy before UNESCO (1997). - Resident Postdoctoral Research Fellowship of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. (1995- 1997). - Cátedra Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, Venezuela, August (1996). - Sigma Xi Scientific Society, (1995). - Fellowship, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICIT)- Inter-American Development Bank. (1993-1994). - Tuition fellowship, University of California- Latin American Scholarship Program of America Universities (LASPAU) (1991-1992). - Fellowship, Fundación Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, Venezuela. (1989-1992). RESEARCH INTERESTS I am studyinghow host switches may lead to molecular adaptations in parasites/pathogens and how the demographic history of parasite/pathogen populations affects adaptive mutations such as those involved in drug resistance. My current projects are: i) the origin and spread of drug resistance in P. falciparum, ii) evolutionary history of P. vivax and related non-human malarial parasites, iii)the translation of evolutionary biology concepts into malaria control programs. GRANTS: ACTIVERESEARCH SUPPORT: TITLE: “EVOLUTION OF PLASMODIUM VIVAX AND ASIAN MACAQUE MALARIAS”, Project NIH/NIGMS R01GM080586 to A. Escalante as PI, 9/1/2008-8/31/2013 (5 years), total award: $1,242, 898.In collaboration with Lisa Jones-Engel (U. of Washington, UW) and Liwang Cui (Pennsylvania State University, PSU) as investigators.International collaborators in Afghanistan, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, China, Honduras, Indonesia, Korea, Madagascar, Malaysia,Pakistan, Peru, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, and Venezuela. TITLE: “EVOLUTION AND EMERGENCE OF SIMIAN RETROVIRUSES IN SOUTH ASIA”, Project NIH/NIAID R01AI078229 (Multiple Principal Investigators) to A. Escalante as the ASU-PI9/1/2008-8/31/2013 (5 Page 2 ESCALANTE, A. A. years). Total award: $3,630,175. Collaborators:Lisa Jones-Engel (UW), Nicholas W. Lerche (UC Davis), and Maxine L Linial (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center). International collaborators in Bangladesh and Singapore. TITLE: “INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR MALARIA RESEARCH: LATIN AMERICAN CENTER FOR MALARIA RESEARCH AND CONTROL”, project NIH 1U19AI089702. Principal Investigator:Socrates Herrera- Valencia, M.D. Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. 07/01/2010- 06/30/2017. Direct cost for A. Escalante as investigator: $615,539.International collaborators in: Colombia, Honduras, Panamá, and Perú. TITLE: “INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR MALARIA RESEARCH: MALARIA EVOLUTION IN SOUTH ASIA”, projectNIH U19AI089688. Principal Investigator: Pradipsinh Rathod, PhD. University of Washington, Seattle. 07/01/2010- 06/30/2017. COMPLETED GRANTS: TITLE: “A GLOBAL COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EVOLUTION OF ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE”, National Institute of Health (NIH), project NIH/NIGMS R01GM084320 to A. Escalante as Principal Investigator (PI), 6/1/2008-4/31/2013 (5 years), total award: $1,434,067. In collaboration with Drs. Yuseob Kim (ASU), Jesse Taylor (ASU), Christopher Plowe (U. of Maryland), and David Smith (U. of Florida) as investigators. International collaborators in Cameroon, Colombia, Indonesia, Kenya, Mali, Malawi, Peru, and Venezuela. TITLE: “BAYESIAN MODELS FOR DETECTING SELECTION IN MALARIA GENES”, project NIH/NIGMS grant R01GM072003 to Raquel Prado, UC Santa Cruz is the Principal Investigator with A. Escalante as subcontracted investigator, 4/1/2004-3/31/2010. As investigator, I assist Dr. Prado in evolutionary genetics and provide her suitable data sets for testing the models that she is developing. TITLE: “MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF P. FALCIPARUM AND P. VIVAX”, project NIH/NIGMS R01GM60740 to A. Escalante as PI. 2/2000- 1/2007.(Total award $598,057). TITLE:“LATIN AMERICAN NETWORK ON MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY (LANMEP)”. Sponsored by the United Nations University, BIOLAC program. 5/2004 - 8/2006. A. Escalante as PI.(Total award $90,000). I organized workshops in Molecular Epidemiology for Latin-American Students. TITLE: “RED NACIONAL DE ANÁLISISGENÉTICO POBLACIONAL, SISTEMÁTICA MOLECULAR Y BIOLOGÍA INTEGRATIVA".(A national network for population genetics, molecular systematics, and integrative biology). Project started on 1/1999- 12/2004. Project G97000634 sponsored by Consejo Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (CONICIT), Venezuela. A. Escalante as PI.(Total award $300,000). TITLE: “ESTUDIO DE LA VARIABILIDAD GENÉTICA DE PLASMODIUM VIVAX EN VENEZUELA: DESARROLLO DE HERRAMIENTAS PARA ESTUDIOS EPIDEMIOLÓGICOS Y DE VARIABILIDAD ANTIGÉNICA”(Assessing the genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax in Venezuela). Project S12000000537 sponsored by CONICIT, Venezuela. 1/2001- 12/2004.A. Escalante as PI.(Total award $90,000). TITLE: “GENÉTICA DE LA CONSERVACIÓN DE MAMÍFEROS Y REPTILES DE VENEZUELA” (Conservation genetics of mammals and reptiles in Venezuela)Project 98-003413 from CONICIT to M. Aguilera, USB as PI and the Wildlife Conservation Society toDr. I. Goldstein as PI, ended 1/2005.I provided basic expertise in evolutionary genetics that had applications in conservation. TITLE: “MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY NETWORK IN MALARIA”, CDC intramural, to Venkatachalam Udhayakumar of the Malaria Branch as Principal Investigator with A. Escalante as Investigator, 5/2011. Page 3 ESCALANTE, A. A. PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS, TOTAL 110 JOURNAL ARTICLES (NAMES UNDERLINED ARE UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE STUDENTS): 1. Taylor JE*, Pacheco MA*, Bacon DJ, Beg MA, Dantas-Machado RL, Fairhurst RM, Herrera S, Kim JY, Menard D, Póvoa MM, Villegas L, Mulyanto, Snounou G, Cui L, Zeyrek FY, Escalante AA (in press) The evolutionary history of Plasmodium vivax as inferred from mitochondrial genomes: parasite genetic diversity in the Americas. Mol Biol Evol.*=co-first author 2. Feeroz MM, Soliven K, Small CT, Engel GA, Pacheco MA, Yee JL, Wang X, Hasan MK, Oh G, Levine KL, Rabiul Alam SM, Craig KL, Jackson DL, Lee E, Barry PA, Lerche NW, Escalante AA, Matsen IV FA, Linial ML, Jones-Engel L (2013). Population dynamics of rhesus macaques and associated foamy virus in Bangladesh. Emerging Microbes & Infections (2013) 2, e29 3. Mantilla-Granados JS, Matta NE, Pacheco MA, Escalante AA, Gonzalez AD, Moncada LI.(in press) identification of Plasmodium (haemamoeba) lutzi (lucena, 1939) from Turdus fuscater (great thrush) in colombia. J Parasitol. 4. Griffing SM, Rachid Viana GM, Mixson-Hayden T, Sridaran S, Alam MT, Macedo de Oliveira A, Barnwell JW, Escalante AA, Povoa MM, Udhayakumar
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