MARCOS DE OLIVEIRA RAFAEL DA CRUZ
Department of Mammalogy Email: [email protected] Sam Noble Museum Phone: (405) 441- 2838
EDUCATION
2019 – present PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Oklahoma
2017 – 2019 Master’s in Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
2009 – 2014 Bachelor in Biological Sciences, Federal University of The State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2013 – 2019 Research in the Mammology sector of Brazil National Museum. Supervisor: Marcelo Weksler Molecular phylogenetics and species delimitation of rodents. DNA extraction and PCR Information cataloging of rodent tissue samples.
Sept 2011 – Apr 2012 Internship in the laboratory of Biochemistry and Physiology of Insects, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Supervisor: Dr Katia Calp Gondim Co-supervisor: Dr David Majerowicz DNA/RNA extraction and PCR methods.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
2019 da Cruz, M.O.R., Weksler, M., Lanier, H. Phylogenetic analysis of the family Cricetidae (Rodentia: Muroidea) based on the mitochondrial genome. Poster. Meeting of the Central Plains Society of Mammalogists.
2019 da Cruz, M.O.R., Weksler, M., Bonvicino, C.R., Bezerra, A. M. R., Prosdocimi, F., Furtado, C., Geise, L., Catzeflis, F., de Thoisy, B., de Oliveira, L.F.B., Silva, C., de Oliveira, J. A. (2019) DNA barcoding of the rodent genus Oligoryzomys(Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): mitogenomic-anchored database and identification of nuclear mitochondrial translocations (Numts), Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 30:5, 702-712, DOI: 10.1080/24701394.2019.1622692
2018 da Cruz, M.O.R. & Weksler, M. (2018) Impact of tree priors in species delimitation and phylogenetics of the genus Oligoryzomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 119, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.021.
2015 Weksler, M., da Cruz, M.O.R. Mixed model species delimitation in Oligoryzomys (Rodentia:Cricetidae) reservoirs of hantavirus. Poster. Evolution meetings. 2014 Weksler, M., da Cruz, M.O.R., Bonvicino, C.R., Oliveira, J. A., Oliveira, L.F.B., Bezerra, A.M.R Construction of DNA barcode library for the identification of brazilian Oligoryzomys species (Mammalia: Rodentia). Construção de biblioteca de códigos de barras de DNA para identificação de espécies brasileiras de Oligoryzomys (Mammalia: Rodentia). Brazilian Congress of Zoology.
2014 da Cruz, M.O.R., Weklser, M. Detection of Euryoryzomys macconnelli cryptic diversity based on DNA barcodes. Detecção da diversidade críptica de Euryoryzomys macconnelli (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) a partir de códigos de barra de DNA. VII Brazilian congress of mastozoology.
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND STIPENDS
July 2019 – Nov 2017 Master degree program scholarship paid by Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
October 2018 Master program committee recognition for best seminar research project presentation on the development of Cricetidae phylogenetics
Oct 2017 – Aug 2015 Research assistantship at the Program of Taxonomic Capacitation (PROTAX)
Aug 2014 – Dec 2014 Undergraduate scholarship at IC/UNIRIO
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Field work: Field work in Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos e Parque Nacional de Itatiaia
Collecting neotropical rodents Setting up Tomahawk and Sherman
Software: basic skills in:
RAxML, MrBayes, BEAST, Geneious, Seaview, R environment, python, bash and QGIS. Ubuntu and Windows
Language proficiencies: English and Portuguese.