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Bernardo F. Santos Bernardo F. Santos Richard Gilder Graduate School American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 Phone: 646.283.7080 [email protected] Education 2012 – Ph.D. in Comparative Biology Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History Thesis: Systematics and morphological evolution of cryptine wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) Advisor: James Carpenter 2009 – 2011 Master of Science in Biologia Animal [Animal Biology] Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo – UFES Vitória, Brazil Thesis: Phylogenetic and taxonomic revision of Messatoporus Cushman (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of sixty-seven new species Advisor: Alexandre P. Aguiar 2005 – 2008 Bachelor of Science in Ciências Biológicas [Biology] Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo – UFES, Vitória, Brazil Honors thesis: Phylogeny and taxonomy of Loxopus Townes and Baltazaria Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of ten new species Advisor: Alexandre P. Aguiar Peer-reviewed publications Articles published in scientific journals 1. Aguiar, A.P. & Santos, B.F. 2015. Revision of Melanocryptus Cameron (Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of seven new species. American Museum Novitates, 3836, 1–56. 2. Santos, B.F., Payne, A., Pickett, K.M. & Carpenter, J.M. 2015. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the paper wasp genus Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): implications for the overwintering hypothesis of social evolution. Cladistics, 31, 535–549. 3. Santos, B.F. & Aguiar, A.P. 2015. Review of Loxopus Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Natural History, 49(31-32), 1905–1935. 4. Santos, B.F. & Aguiar, A.P. 2013. Phylogeny and revision of Messatoporus Cushman (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of sixty five new species. Zootaxa 3634:1–284. 5. Aguiar, A.P. & Santos, B.F. 2012. Additions to the revision of Digonocryptus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with nine new taxa, new males and distribution maps for all known species. Zootaxa, 3828: 1–41. 6. Santos, B.F., Aguiar, A.P. & Tedesco, AM. 2012. Trigonalidae (Hymenoptera) from cacao agroforestry systems in northeastern Brazil, with two new species of Trigonalys Westwood. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 25: 19–33. 7. Santos, B.F. & Aguiar, A.P. 2012. Phylogeny and description of Eknomia, a morphologically unusual new genus of Neotropical Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae). Zootaxa, 3237: 35–52. 8. Aguiar, A.P. & Santos, B.F. 2010. Discovery of potent, unsuspected sampling disparities for Malaise and Möricke traps, as shown for Neotropical Cryptini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Journal of Insect Conservation, 14:199– 2010. 9. Scherrer, M.V., Santos, B.F. & Aguiar, A.P. 2010. Generic redefinition, key and two new species of Acorystus Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae). Zootaxa, 2721:28–38. 10. Santos, B.F., Aguiar, A.P. & Tedesco, A.M. 2009. Phylogenetic revision and the origin of Polyphrix Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 1934:30–39. 11. Aguiar, A.P. & Santos, B.F. 2009. Biological synopsis of Photocryptus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with eight new host records and fourteen new geographic records. Zootaxa, 2148:49–45. 12. Santos, B.F. & Aguiar, A.P. 2008. Phylogeny and reclassification of Distictus Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 1934:30–39. Book chapter Aguiar, A.P., Santos, B.F., Couri, M.S., Rafael, J.A., Costa, C. Ide, S., Duarte, M., Grazia, J., Schwertner, C.F., Freitas, A.V.L. & Azevedo, C.O. Insecta. In: Rocha, R.M. & Boeger, W.A. Estado da Arte e Perspectivas para a Zoologia no Brasil [State of Art and Perspectives to the Zoology in Brazil]. Editora UFPR, Curitiba, pp.131–155. Teaching experience American Museum of Natural History 2014 Teaching Assistant (T.A.) of “The Tree of Life and Invertebrate Zoology” – theoretical classes and lab practice Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo 2011–2012 Lecturer. Courses taught: Cell Biology, Paleontology (Biology program) and General Biology (Nursing program). 2010 T.A. of “Invertebrate Zoology I” – theoretical classes 2006 T.A. of “Invertebrate Zoology I” – lab practice. Synergistic activities • Invited talks: [1] “Next Generation Sequencing: systematics and evolutionary Biology at the age of genomes” – Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil. [2] “Phylogeny, morphological evolution and global patterns of diversification in ichneumonid wasps” – University of California Berkeley. • Mentor at the AMNH Science Mentorship Research Program, training two high school students in an original scientific project. 2015–2016. • Editor for Ichneumonoidea at journal Zookeys. • Journal referee: Zootaxa, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, EntomoBrasilis • Society Membership: International Society of Hymenopterists, Entomological Society of America, Society of Systematic Biologists, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology • Authored or co-authored six extended abstracts and eleven simple abstracts in Congresses and Symposia. • Attended twelve Congresses and Seminars between 2005–2013, including Brazilian Congress of Zoology, Willi Hennig Society, Entomological Society of America, Evolution, and Systematics Association Biennial meetings. • Collaborator for Ichneumonidae in the Brazilian federal government Taxonomic Catalog of the Brazilian Fauna • Member of Honors Thesis Committee: Maria Célia Lima Carreiro, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo: Monograph of the Asilidae (Diptera) of Reserva Natural Vale. • Student coordinator of executive commission of I Symposium of Genetics and Molecular Biology of Espírito Santo, 2008. Grants and awards [1] CanaColl Grant, Agriculture Canada (C$ 1,250). 2008. [2] Ernst Mayr Grant, Harvard University (U$ 1,500), 2010. [3] Jessup Arward, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (U$ 375), 2013. [4] Essig Museum Visiting Taxonomist Award, UC Berkeley (U$ 800), 2013. [5] Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant, American Museum of Natural History (U$ 1,900), 2013. [6] International Society of Hymenopterists Student Travel Award (U$ 500), 2014. [7] Mini-ARTS awards, Society of Systematic Biologists (U$ 1,500), 2014. [8] Annette Kade Graduate Fellowship, American Museum of Natural History (U$ 7,000), 2015 [9] Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation ($12,000), 2015 [10] Student Bursary to the Systematics Association Biennial, Linnean Society (£200), 2015 .
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