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Bruno A. S. De Medeiros, Ph.D. Dept Bruno A. S. de Medeiros, Ph.D. Dept. of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology Harvard University 26 Oxford St, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge – MA 02138 [email protected]; www.brunodemedeiros.me RESEARCH INTERESTS I am an evolutionary biologist interested in understanding how species interactions create and maintain diversity, specifically using insects and plants as model systems. My research involves fieldwork, systematics, natural history, ecology, and evolutionary genomics. EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2018- PostdoCtoral Fellow, Dept. of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Faculty Advisor: Brian D. Farrell Project: Population genomics of mosquito vectors of bird malaria in the Atlantic Forest Funding: Climate Change Solutions Fund, Harvard University 2018 Ph.D. in OrganismiC & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University. Thesis: The Evolution of Syagrus palms and their insect pollinators Faculty Advisor: Brian D. Farrell 2011 M.Sc. in Zoology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Thesis: Phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the genus Anchylorhynchus Schoenherr, 1836 (Curculionidae: Derelomini), using discrete and continuous morphological characters Faculty Advisor: Sergio A. Vanin 2008 B.Sc. in BiologiCal SCienCes, University of São Paulo Thesis: Insect attraction to artificial lighting, focusing on Coleoptera Faculty Advisor: Sergio A. Vanin PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed Research 1. Church SH, Donoughe S, de Medeiros BAS, Extavour CG. 2019. Insect egg size and shape evolve with ecology but not developmental rate. Nature 571:58-62. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1302-4 2. Church SH, Donoughe S, de Medeiros BAS, Extavour CG. 2019. A dataset of egg size and shape from more than 6,700 insect species. Scientific Data 6:104. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0049-y 3. Valente RM, da Silva PAL, de Medeiros BAS. The first Cotithene Voss (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) from Amazon forest, with notes on its function as pollinator of Evodianthus funifer (Cyclanthaceae). Zootaxa 4576:461-482. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.3.3 4. de Medeiros BAS, Núñez-Avellaneda LA, Hernandez AM, Farrell BD. 2019. Flowers visitors of the licuri palm (Syagrus coronata): brood pollinators coexist with a diverse community of antagonists and mutualists. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126:666-687 DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz008 5. de Medeiros BAS, Farrell BD. 2018. Whole-genome amplification in double-digest RADseq results in adequate libraries but fewer sequenced loci. PeerJ 6:e5089. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5089. 4. McKenna DD, Clarke Dj, Anderson R, Astrin jj, Brown S, Chamorro L, Davis SR, de Medeiros BAS, et al. 2018. Morphological and molecular perspectives on the phylogeny, evolution, and classification of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea): Proceedings from the 2016 International Weevil Meeting. Diversity 10:64. DOI: 10.3390/d10030064 5. Kim S, de Medeiros BAS, Byun BK, Lee S, Kang jH, Lee B, Farrell BD. 2018. West meets East: How do rainforest beetles become circum-Pacific? Evolutionary origin of Callipogon relictus and allied species (Cerambycidae: Prioninae) in the New and Old Worlds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 125:163–176. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.019. 6. de Medeiros BAS, Barghini A, Vanin SA. 2017. Streetlights attract a broad array of beetle species. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 61:74–79. DOI: 10.1016/j.rbe.2016.11.004. 7. de Medeiros BAS, Bená DC, Vanin SA. 2014. Curculio Curculis lupus: biology, behavior and morphology of immatures of the cannibal weevil Anchylorhynchus eriospathae G. G. Bondar, 1943. PeerJ 2: e502. 8. Vanin SA & de Medeiros BAS. 2013. A new species of Sicoderus Vanin from Bolivia (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Otidocephalini). Zootaxa 3734: 81–85. DOI: 10.11646/ zootaxa.3734.1.9 9. Valente RM, de Medeiros BAS. 2013. A new species of Anchylorhynchus Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Amazon, with a record of a new host palm for the genus. Zootaxa, 3709(4), 394–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.6 10. de Medeiros BAS, Núñez-avellaneda LA. 2013. Three new species of Anchylorhynchus Schoenherr, 1836 from Colombia (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Curculioninae; Acalyptini). Zootaxa, 3636(2), 394–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3636.2.10 11. Barghini A, de Medeiros BAS. 2012. UV radiation as an attractor for insects. Leukos 9(1):47-56. doi:10.1582/LEUKOS.2012.09.01.003 12. Barghini A, de Medeiros BAS. 2010. Artificial lighting as a vector attractant and cause of disease diffusion. Environmental Health Perspectives 118(11):1503-1506. doi:10.1289/ehp.1002115 PRESENTATIONS Invited 2019 (UpComing) Using species delimitation to understand specialization in palm flower weevils Conference: Weevil workers meeting, Entomology 2019, St. Louis, MO 2019 The state of public biodiversity data at the onset of the genomic revolution Conference: Data as Development Workshop, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2016 Genomics and natural history in weevil evolution: a case study with palm weevils Conference: 2016 International Weevil Meeting, Orlando, USA Other Conference Talks 2019 (UpComing) Target enrichment using PCR-based probes: applications of a flexible and low-cost sequencing method Conference: Entomology 2019, St. Louis, MO 2019 Insect-plant antagonism is not associated with higher population differentiation in palm flower weevils Conference: Evolution 2019, Providence, RI 2017 Population divergences of palm flower weevils: Differences between mutualists and antagonists Conference: Entomology 2017, Denver, CO 2016 Effects of insect-host interactions on the diversification of palm weevils Conference: XXV International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, USA 2016 Genomics and natural history in weevil evolution: a case study with palm weevils Conference: 2016 International Weevil Meeting, Orlando, USA 2 2015 Effects of insect-host interaction on population genetic divergences in a community of palm weevils Conference: Evolution 2015, Guarujá, Brazil Posters 2019 How to stick thousands of insect eggs in a phylogenetic tree Conference: Evolution 2019, Providence RI 2011 An evaluation of methods of phylogeny reconstruction based on quantitative morphological characters Conference: 1st Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Ottawa, Canada SOFTWARE Matrix Condenser An interactive tool to visualize patterns of missing data in phylogenomic datasets. Available at: https://github.com/brunoasm/matrix_condenser TaxReformer A Python program to correct and update lists of species names based on online databases. Available at: https://github.com/brunoasm/TaxReformer TEACHING & ADVISING EXPERIENCE TeaChing Assistant for Term-Time Courses Responsibilities included developing new class materials, leading class discussions, supervising labs, grading all assignments, and meeting with students individually. • Biogeography OEB141 2015, Harvard University. 10 students. • Foundations of Biological Diversity OEB10 2012, Harvard University. 50 students. • Impacts of Artificial Lighting on the Environment 2010, online, University of São Paulo. 10 students • Evolutionary Biology 2010, University of São Paulo. 60 students • Invertebrates 2007, University of São Paulo. 120 students • Evolutionary Processes 2006, University of São Paulo. 120 students • Principles of Systematics & Biogeography 2004, University of São Paulo. 120 students • Workshop InstruCtor Gorongosa Phylogenetics Workshop 2016, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. 6 students. I was the sole instructor of this one-week long workshop, invited by the Gorongosa National Park. My responsibilities included designing the whole course, including lectures and computer labs. PedagogiCal Training 2015 Mentoring Workshop, Life Sciences Education Office, Harvard University. 2012 Derek Bok Center Fall Teaching Conference, Harvard Univerisity. 2009 Teacher Licensure in Biological Sciences, University of São Paulo. Advising ExperienCe 4 undergraduate students as lab assistants at Harvard University (2013-), currently advising one of them in a Senior thesis. 3 FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS Selected Fellowships 2016-2017 Jorge Paulo Lemann Fellowship for Research in Brazil, Harvard University 2009-2011 M.Sc. Fellowship, São Paulo Research Foundation, Brazil ResearCh Grants 2016-2018 National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant ($21,970) Dissertation Research: The phylogenetic consequences of mutualism and antagonism in the coevolution of palm flower weevils 2016- Climate Change Solutions Fund, Harvard University (co-written with advisor Brian D. Farrell, $150,000) 2014-2015 William F. Milton Fund, Harvard University (co-written with advisor Brian D. Farrell, $39,974) Collaborative Grants 2018- Senior Personnel in NSF Dimensions US-BIOTA-Sao Paulo Grant ($419,334) Collaborative Proposal: Traits as predictors of adaptive diversification along the Brazilian Dry Diagonal (Principal Investigator: Scott Edwards, Harvard University) Other grants and awards 2016-2018 Graduate Student Associate, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University 2012-2016 Travel Grants, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University ($6,000 total) 2013-2014 Putnam Expedition Grant, Harvard University ($10,000) 2015 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University RECENT FIELDWORK 2013-2016 Brazil. Main fieldwork for my PhD Thesis. Over 18,000 miles driven mostly through savannas (Cerrado) and dry forest (Caatinga)
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