Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE Luciano Javier Avila Investigador Independiente Carrera del Investigador Científico y Tecnológico (CENPAT) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de Ecosistemas Continentales (IPEEC) Dirección actual: Centro Nacional Patagónico - CONICET Boulevard Almirante Guillermo Brown 2915. U9120ACD. Puerto Madryn (Chubut) Argentina. Formación Académica/Academic Background: 1) Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas. Orientación Zoología/PhD Zoology. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. 3 de Abril de 1996. 2) Licenciado en Ciencias Biológicas/Bachelor-Master in Biology Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. 2 de Marzo de 1990. 3) Postdoctorados/Postdoctoral: a-Interno: Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Argentina. Abril 1996 – Diciembre 1998. Director: Ricardo Armando Martori. Beca de Postdoctorado CONICET (1996-1998). b-Externo: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, EE.UU. Agosto 2000 – Febrero 2004. Director: Jack W. Sites, Jr. Beca de Postdoctorado Externo CONICET (2001-2003), Postdoctoral Contract BYU 2003-2004. CARGOS EN INVESTIGACIÓN/RESEARCH APPOINMENTS *2010-present. Investigador Independiente. CONICET. 1 de Junio 2010. Resol. Direc. 2505/10. *2014-2015. Associate Research Professor/Faculty. Department of Biology. Brigham Young University (Faculty June-December 2015). *2004-2010. Investigador Adjunto. CONICET. 1 de Junio de 2004. Resol. Direc. 00/2004. *2000-2004. Adjunct Research Professor. Department of Biology. Brigham Young University. *1998-2004. Investigador Asistente CONICET. 26 Enero 1998. Resol. Direc. 399/97. Principales áreas de interés: Zoología - Herpetología: sistemática, filogenia, bioecología, conservación, biogeografía y distribución geográfica, biodiversidad e inventarios biológicos. Main research interest: Zoology - Herpetology: systematic, phylogeny, bioecology, conservation, biogeography and geographic distribution, biodiversity and biological surveys. 1 PUBLICACIONES/PUBLICATIONS Artículos/Peer review journals 87-Olave M., L.J. Avila, J.W. Sites Jr. and M. Morando. Hidden diversity within the lizard genus Liolaemus: genetic vs morphological divergence in the rothi complex (Squamata:Liolaeminae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (en revision). 86-Medina, C.D., L.J. Avila, J.W. Sites, Jr & M. Morando. Phylogeographic study of the Patagonian lizard complex Liolaemus elongatus (Iguania: Liolaemini) based on mitochondrial and nuclear evidence (JZS.201600017) Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (en revision). 85-Escudero, P.C., D.B. Tucker, L.J. Avila, J.W. Sites, Jr & M. Morando. Population genetic structure of a population of Liolaemus xanthoviridis using microsatellite markers. South American Journal of Herpetology (en revisión). 84-Olave M., L.J. Avila, J.W. Sites Jr. and M. Morando. Detecting hybridization by likelihood calculation of gene tree extra lineages given explicit models. Systematic Biology (en revision). 83-Olave M., L.J. Avila, J.W. Sites Jr. and M. Morando. Statistical phylogeography of the South American lizard complexes boulengeri-rothi: testing hybridization hypothesis. Molecular Ecology (en revisión). 82-Gonzalez Marín, M.A., C.H.F. Pérez, I. Minoli, M. Morando & L.J. Avila. 2016. A new lizard species of the Phymaturus patagonicus group (Squamata: Liolaemini) from northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina. Zootaxa 4121 (4):412-430. 81-González Marín, M.A., M. Morando & L.J. Avila. 2016. Taxonomía Integral: Morfología lineal y geométrica en un grupo de lagartijas patagónicas del género Phymaturus (Squamata: Liolaemini). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87(2): 399–408. 80-Cacciali, P., M.A. Morando, Köhler, G. & L.J. Avila. 2016. On the distribution of the genus Teius Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae). Zootaxa (en prensa). 79-Escudero, P.C., Minoli, I., M.A. González Marín, M. Morando & L.J. Avila. 2016. Melanism and ontogeny: a study case in lizards of the Liolaemus fitzingerii group (Squamata: Liolaemini). Canadian Journal of Zoology 94: 199-206. 78-Minoli, I., M. Morando & L.J. Avila. 2015. Sexual dimorphism and interspecific head variation in the Liolaemus melanops complex (Squamata: Liolaemini) based on geometric morphometrics. Herpetological Journal 26:227-237. 77-Breitman, M.F., R. Neyro Martínez, L.J. Avila, J.W. Sites, Jr. & M. Morando. 2015. Phylogeography and morphological variation of the northernmost distributed species of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Liolaemini) from Patagonia. Amphibia-Reptilia 36:373- 387. 76-Breitman, M.F., M.F. Bonino, J.W. Sites, Jr., L.J. Avila & M. Morando. 2015. Morphology, niche modeling and phylogeography of four species of lizards of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section species (Liolaemini) from southern Patagonia. Herpetological Monographs 29(1):65-88. 75-Morando, M., M. Olave, L.J. Avila, E. Baker y J.W. Sites, Jr. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the lizard clade Leiosaurae endemic to southern South America. Herpetologica 71(4):322- 331. 74-Medina, C.D., L.J. Avila, J.W. Sites Jr. & M. Morando. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the Liolaemus kriegi complex (Iguania, Liolaemini). Herpetologica 71:143-151. 2 73-Olave M., L.J. Avila, J.W. Sites Jr. and M. Morando. 2015. Model-based approach to test hard polytomies in the South American lizard genus Liolaemus (Liolaemini, Squamata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 174:169-184. 72-Avila, L.J., C.D. Medina, C.H.F. Pérez, J.W. Sites, Jr. & M. Morando. 2015. Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus elongatus clade (Iguania: Liolaemini) and a new species of lizard from an isolated volcanic peak in northern Patagonia. Zootaxa 3947(1):067– 084. 71-Minoli, I., M. Morando & L.J. Avila. 2015. Reptiles from central Patagonia, Argentina: richness, diversity, conservation status and geographic distribution maps. Zookeys 498:104- 126. 70-Minoli, I., M. Morando & L.J. Avila 2014. Integrative taxonomy in the Liolaemus fitzingerii complex (Squamata: Liolaemini) based on morphology analysis and niche modelling. Zootaxa 3856(4):501-528. 69-Breitman, M.F., I. Minoli, L.J. Avila, C.D. Medina, J.W. Sites, Jr. & M. Morando 2014. Lagartijas de la provincia de Santa Cruz (Argentina): distribución geográfica, diversidad genética y estado de conservación. Cuadernos de Herpetología 28(2):83-110. 68-Olave, M., L.E. Martínez, L.J. Avila, J.W. Sites, Jr. M. Morando. 2014. Multilocus phylogeny of the widely distributed South American lizard clade Eulaemus (Liolaemini, Liolaemus). Zoologica Scripta 43(4):323-337. 67-Medina, C.D., L.J. Avila, J.W. Sites Jr. & M. Morando. 2014. Multilocus phylogeography of the Patagonian lizard complex Liolaemus kriegi (Iguania: Liolaemini). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113(1):256-269. 66-Avila, L.J., C.H.F. Perez, I. Minoli, I. & M. Morando. 2014. A new lizard of the Phymaturus genus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from Sierra Grande, northeastern Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 3793(1):99-118. 65-Morando, M., C.D. Medina, L.J. Avila, C.H.F. Perez, A. Buxton A. & J.W. Sites Jr., 2014. Molecular phylogeny of the New World gecko genus Homonota (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae). Zoologica Scripta 43(3):249-260. 64-Minoli, I., C.D. Medina, N. Frutos, M. Morando & L.J. Avila. 2013. A revised geographical range for Liolaemus elongatus Koslowsky, 1896 (Squamata: Liolaemini) in Argentina: review of reported and new-data based distribution with new localities. Acta Herpetológica 8(2):159-162. 63-Camargo, A., F. Werneck, M. Morando, J.W. Sites and L.J. Avila. 2013. Quaternary range and demographic expansion of Liolaemus darwinii (Squamata: Liolaemidae) in the Monte Desert of Central Argentina using Bayesian phylogeography and ecological niche modeling. Molecular Ecology 22:4038-4054. 62-Breitman, M.F., L.J. Avila & M. Morando. 2013. Past and present taxonomy of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Liolaemidae): is the morphological arrangement hypothesis valid? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168:612-668. 61-Avila, L.J., L.E. Martinez & M. Morando. 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616(3):201–238. 60-Medina, C.D., L.J. Avila & M. Morando. 2013. Hacia una Taxonomía Integral: poniendo a prueba especies candidatas relacionadas a Liolaemus buergeri Werner 1907 (Iguania: Liolaemini) mediante análisis morfológicos. Cuadernos de Herpetología 27(1):27-34. 59-Avila, L.J., M. Olave, C.H.F. Pérez, D.R. Pérez & M. Morando. 2013. Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus rothi complex and a new species of lizard from Auca Mahuida Volcano (Squamata: Liolaemini). Zootaxa 3608(4):221–238. 58-Morando, M., L.J. Avila, C.H.F. Pérez, M. Hawkins & J.W. Sites, Jr. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the lizard genus Phymaturus (Squamata, Liolaemini): implications for species 3 diversity and historical biogeography of southern South America. Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution 66:694-714. 57-Hanna, N., D. Brown, L.J. Avila, J.W. Sites, Jr., M. Morando & F.M. Fontanella. 2012. Characterization of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the South American lizard Liolaemus fitzingerii with cross-amplification in L. chehuachekenk. Conservation Genetics Resources 4(1):105-107. 56-Breitman, M.F., L.J. Avila J.W. Sites, Jr. & M. Morando. 2012. How lizards survived blizzards: phylogeography of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus group (Liolaemidae) reveals multiple breaks and refugia in southern Patagonia, and their concordance with other co- distributed taxa. Molecular Ecology 21:6068-6085. 55-Avila, L.J., C.H.F. Pérez, I. Minoli & M. Morando. 2012.

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