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Curriculum Vitae NEFTALÍ RÍOS LÓPEZ Catedrático Asociado Curriculum Vitae NEFTALÍ RÍOS LÓPEZ Catedrático Asociado Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao Call Box 860, Humacao, Puerto Rico, 00792 Correo Electrónico: [email protected] PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of Birth: June 24, 1969 Residential Postal Address: Bairoa Golden Gate 1, E-7 Calle C, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00727 EDUCATION 2007 Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras Campus. Thesis: ‘The Structuring of Herpetofaunal Assemblages in Human-Altered Coastal Ecosystems’. Research Mentor Dr. J. P. Richard Thomas. 1999 M.S. in Science, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras Campus. Thesis: ‘Variation in Reproductive Biology, Physiology, and Morphology of Eleutherodactylus coqui (Anura: Leptodactylidae) Along an Altitudinal Gradient’. Research Mentor Dr. Rafael L. Joglar. 1995 B.S. Biology, Natural Sciences College, University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras Campus. GRADUATE AND SUBJECT-SPECIFIC COURSES Topics in Tropical Ecology; Population Ecology; Community Ecology; Bioconservation and Advanced Ecology; Landscape Ecology: Diversity, Patterns, and Processes; Ecosystem Ecology: Decomposition Processes; Ecotoxicology; Topics in Ecophysiology; Biology of Fresh Water and Land Invertebrates from Puerto Rico; Herpetology; Animal Behavior; Taxonomy of Flowering Plants; Scientific Writing; Biometry; Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Communities. WORKSHOPS/PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Certified, Amphibian Ark’s Captive Care and Management of Amphibians–Husbandry Workshop. Sponsored by Amphibian Ark, Toledo Zoo, and Parque Zoológico Nacional–Dominican Republic. 2012. Aerial surveys of marine mammals and sea turtles. Certified by the Florida Marine Research Institute, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2000. COMPUTER SKILLS Mac and PC systems: word processors, spreadsheet, and data management; statistical packages (Statistix 7.0, PC–ORD 4); graphics, image editing, and presentations (SigmaPlot 4.0, Power Point, Keynote); acoustic analyses (Adobe Audition, Audacity); web pages. LANGUAGES Spanish (first language); English RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS N. Ríos-López, CV, updated June-2016, p. 2 2015–Present UPR-Humacao/USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry–Joint Venture Agreement: Herpetofaunal Dynamics in Response to a Prescribed Burn Experiment in a Subtropical Moist Forest Site, Southern Puerto Rico. 2013 ‘Fondos para la Investigación’ (FoPI), research grant from UPRH. 2012–2013 Amphibian Ark Seed Grant. 2006–2007 NASA Space Grant Fellowship, Puerto Rico Space Grant Consortium, Resource Center for Science and Engineering, University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras Campus. 2005 Research Grant, Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (Crest-Catec), University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras Campus. 2003–2005 National Science Foundation–Educational Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF–EPSCoR) Graduate Fellowship, University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras Campus. 1998–1999 ‘Fondos Especiales para la Investigación’ (FEPI) scholarship, University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras Campus. 1994 Summer Research Program Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2013–Present Associate Professor, Department of Biology, UPRH. 2007–2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, UPRH. Courses taught include: General Ecology, Ecology of Tropical Terrestrial Communities, Evolution-Fundamental Concepts (co-teaching course). Laboratories taught include: General Biology, General Ecology, Botany, Biology of Terrestrial Vertebrates from Puerto Rico, Ecology of Tropical Terrestrial Communities, Wildlife Management. 2005–2006 Teaching Assistant for General Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras Campus. 1999 Professor of General Biology; Teaching Assistant for Zoology laboratory; Technician for Botany and Zoology laboratories. Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras Campus. 1995 Teaching Assistant for General Biology Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras Campus. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 1992–Present Captive care and maintenance of the threatened Puerto Rican frog, Eleutherodactylus portoricensis (2013–present) —Ecology of herpetofaunal (amphibians and reptiles) assemblages in upland forests (2013–present); —Ecology of herpetofaunal (amphibians and reptiles) assemblages in limestone and coastal wetland ecosystems (2001–2012); —Conservation of threatened/endangered herpetofaunal species and critical habitats (2005–present); —Acoustic ecology of Eleutherodactylus frogs (2005–present); —Restoration ecology of limestone herpetofaunal habitat (2000–2003); —Population ecology of Pterocarpus officinalis wetland forests (2000– 2007). —Captive care, breeding, and maintenance of native/endemic and exotic frogs: native/endemic species includes E. brittoni, E. cochranae, N. Ríos-López, CV, updated June-2016, p. 3 E. coqui, E. juanariveroi; Captive care of naturalized species included Osteopilus septentrionalis and Scinax rubra. (1992–2007). —Population ecology, reproductive biology, natural history, captive breeding, and conservation of Puerto Rican frogs with emphasis on Eleutherodactylus species from tropical montane could forests. (1992– 1999). —Reproductive ecology and population dynamics of the Puerto Rican cave–dwelling frog Eleutherodactylus cooki. (1992–1996) EXTRACURRICULAR AND INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES 2016–Present —Representative, ‘Junta Universitaria’-UPR 2015–Present —Chairperson, National Institutes of Health-Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), UPRH. —Chairperson Ad Hoc Academic Senate Green Campus Committee —Chairperson Ad Hoc Academic Senate Research Policy Reviewing Committee 2014–Present Academic Senate Representative, Biology Department, UPRH. 2014–Present Co-Coordinator, Wildlife Management Program, UPRH. 2012–Present Counselor, Association of Wildlife Management Students, UPRH. 2008–Present Reviewer: Applied Herpetology, Biotropica, Caribbean Naturalist, LIFE: The Excitement of Biology, IUCN-Red List of Threatened Species (Puerto Rican amphibians). 2010–2014 Chairperson, National Institutes of Health-Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), UPRH. 2009–2014 Coordinator, Wildlife Management Program, UPRH. 2010–2013 Departmental Representative for Institutional Assessment Program Committee, UPRH. GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE MENTORING 2011–Present —Graduate Committee Member for Daniel Dávila-Casanova, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus. 2009–Present —Research mentor of eight (8) undergraduate students (on average/semester) enrolled in “Problemas en Biología” at UPR- Humacao. Undergraduate research students has been sponsored by NIH-RISE program/UPRH, PR-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation/UPR-Río Piedras, BioMinds-AMGEN/UPR-Mayagüéz; Ronald McNair program/UPRH. PUBLICATIONS 2016 Ríos-López, N., J. D. Alicea-Ortíz, and E. Burgos-Aponte. 2016. Natural History observations in the Puerto Rican Dwarf Anole, Anolis occultus Williams and Rivero 1965 (Squamata: Dactyloidae): nectar-feeding, bird predation, and a review of the species’ natural history with implications for its conservation. Life: The Excitement of Biology. N. Ríos-López, CV, updated June-2016, p. 4 LEB 4(2):100–113. Ríos-López, N., E. Agosto-Torres, R. M. Hernández-Muñíz, and G. Ma Cao. 2016. Natural history notes on the reproductive biology of the Melodious Coqui, Eleutherodactylus wightmanae (Schmidt, 1920), the Whistling Coqui, E. cochranae (Grant, 1932), and the Mountain Coqui, E. portoricensis (Schmidt, 1927), (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae), from Puerto Rico. Life: The Excitement of Biology. LEB 4(1):3–10. 2015 Ríos-López, N., Y. M. Flores-Rodríguez, E. Agosto-Torres, C. Vicéns-López, and R. M. Hernández-Muñíz. 2015. Life history observations on the Melodious Coqui, Eleutherodactylus wightmanae (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from Puerto Rico: double clutches and adult predation by the Yellow-Shinned Anole, Anolis gundlachi (Squamata: Dactyloidae). LIFE: The Excitement of Biology 3(2):137–148. Ríos-López, N., R. L. Joglar, C. A. Rodríguez-Gómez, C. J. Díaz-Vázquez, and I. Rivera. 2015. Natural history notes on saurophagy: an update from the Puerto Rican vertebrate fauna. Life: The Excitement of Biology 3(2):118–136. Ríos-López, N., E. Agosto-Torres, R. M. Hernández-Muñíz, C. Vicéns-López, A. Bernardi- Salinas, W. N. Tirado-Casillas, and Y. M. Flores-Rodríguez. 2015. Conservation efforts for the Puerto Rican Mountain Coqui (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus portoricensis Schmidt, 1927): reproductive biology in captivity. Life: The Excitement of Biology 3(2):61–82. Herrera-Montes, A., B. Ríos-Droz, A. R. Puente-Rolón, D. Dávila-Casanova, and N. Ríos- López. 2015. Xenochrophis vittatus: Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review 46(1):64. 2014 Ríos-López, N. and D. Dávila-Casanova. 2014. Eleutherodactylus wightmanae: Reproduction, Parental Care, and Calling Sites. Herpetological Review 45 (4): 678–679. Ríos-López, N., Reyes-Díaz, M., Ortíz-Rivas, L., Negrón-Del Valle, J. E., and de Jesús- Villanueva, C. N. 2014. Natural History and Ecology of the Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Plains Coquí, Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi, (Amphibia: Anura: Eleutherodactylidae). LIFE: The Excitement of Biology 2(2): 69–93. 2013 Ríos-López, N. and L. J. Villanueva-Rivera. 2013. Acoustic characteristics of a native anuran (Amphibia)
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