Marcelo Coelho Miguel Gehara
Curriculum Vitae
May 2015
Curriculum Vitae
Full name: Marcelo Coelho Miguel Gehara
Name used in Bibliographic Citations: GEHARA, M.; GEHARA, M.C.M.
Gender: Male
Birth: 29/03/1982 - Juiz de Fora/MG – Brazil
Professional Address:
Pos-Graduaçao em Sistematica e Evoluçao
Centro de Biociências – DBEZ
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Campus Universitário - Lagoa Nova
59078-900 - Natal, RN - Brasil
Contact e-mail: [email protected]
Alternative e-mail: [email protected]
Formal Education
Oct 2009 – Jan 2013 PhD in Naturwisenschaft (Zoologie) at the Evolutionary Biology department,
Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.
Thesis: Molecular analysis and phylogeography of neotropical amphibians.
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Miguel Vences
Scholarship: Katolischer Akademisher Ausländer-Dienst - KAAD
March 2007 – Feb 2009 Master in Zoology at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande
do Sul, PUC RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Thesis: Phylogeography of the Southern Sea Lion, Otaria byronia (Mammalia, Carnivora,
Otariidae).
Advisor: Dr. Sandro Luiz Bonatto
Scholarship: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CNPq
Feb 2001 – Jun 2005 Graduate in Biological Sciences at the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora,
UFJF, Juiz De Fora, Brazil
Advisor: Artur Andriolo
2000 – 2001 High School: 3rd year at “Opção Vestibulares” School
1998 – 2000 High School: 1st and 2nd years at “Stella Matutina” School
1986 – 1997 School at: Colegio Cristo Redentor – Academia de Comércio
Complementary Education
2008 – 2008 Short Term Course: Sailing for adults (50 hours)
Escola de Vela Barra Limpa – Clube dos Jangadeiros, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2008 – 2008 Short Term Course in Conservation Biology of Fur Seals and Sea lions (16 hours)
Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Aquáticos do Rio Grande do Sul, GEMARS, Porto Alegre,
RS, Brazil
2004 – 2004 Short Term Course in Neotropical Mastozoology. (7.5 hours)
Universidade de Brasília, UNB, Brasília, Brazil
2003 – 2003 Short Term Course in Animal Welfare. (20 hours)
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz De Fora, Brazil
2003 – 2003 Short Term Course in Macroecology of Neotropical Mammals. (5 hours)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, PUC Minas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2003 – 2003 Short Term Course: Topics in biogeography of vascular plants. (20 hours)
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz De Fora, Brazil
2002 – 2002 Short Term Course in Pollution and Contamination of Hydric resources. (20 hours)
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz De Fora, Brazil
2002 – 2002 Short Term Course in Conservation Biology. (12 hours)
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz De Fora, Brazil
2001 – 2001 Short Term Course in Tropical and Sub-tropical forests. (8 hours)
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz De Fora, Brazil
2001 – 2001 Short Term Course in Zoological Illustrations. (20 hours)
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz De Fora, Brazil
Professional experience
Postdoctorate
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN, Brasil.
2014 – Current
Activities: Teaching and Researching
Grantee of: Young Talent Researcher Grant (BJT), Science Without Borders Program,
CAPES.
Major Area: Biological Sciences / Área: Genetics / Subarea: Population genetics.
2013 – 2014
Activities: Teaching and Researching
Grantee of: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – CAPES (3
months); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CNPq ,Brasil (6
months).
Major Area: Biological Sciences / Área: General Biology / Subarea: Phylogeography
2013 – Current
Lectures for the Graduate Program on Evolution and Systematics, UFRN
First Semester: Molecular Phylogenetics
Second Semester: Population Genetics and Phylogeography
Trainee
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora – UFJF
2004 – 2005
Working hours (weekly): 20
Activities: Scientific Initiation
Scholarship: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
Research Project: Popular Knowledge of the genus Mazama at the surroundings of the
Ibitipoca State Park, MG, Brazil.
2002 – 2003
Working hours (weekly): 12
Activities: apprenticeship
Research Project: Entomological Fauna of the Santa Candida Municipal Forest Reserve, Juiz
de Fora, MG, Brazil
2002 – 2003
Working hours (weekly): 12
Activities: Teaching
Scholarship: Universidade Fedaral de Juiz de Fora – UFJF
Project: Teaching Science and Zoology, integrating schools and UFJF Zoology department
Macro Ambiente Tecnologia Ambiental – MATA
2003 – 2003
Working hours: 20
Activities: Environmental consulting for Vista Alegre Farm, MG, Brazil, 350 hectares.
Research Fields
Phylogeography
Population Genetics
Phylogenetics
Taxonomy
Herpetology
Languages
Portuguese: Understands, Reads, Speaks, Writes (native)
English: Understands, Reads, Speaks, Writes (fluent)
Spanish: Understands, Reads, Speaks (basic)
German: Understands, Reads, Speaks (basic)
Skills
Molecular techniques experience
DNA extraction
- Standard salt extraction
- Standard Phenol Chloroform extraction
- Quiagen DNA extraction tissue kit
Polymerase chain reaction – PCR
PCR product purification
- Through precipitation
- Enzymatic: ExoSap
General informatics
Basic knowledge of Linux Ubuntu Operational System.
Basic knowledge of remote Unix access
Intermediate knowledge of R programing
Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office and Libre Office Packages, Mendeley and Endnote.
General propose molecular analyses
MEGA
Bioedit
FinchTV
CodonCode Aligner
SeaView
BLAST
Substitution model fitting
jModelTest
Partitionfinder
Population Genetics Analysis
Pegas R-package
Phyclust R-package
DNAsp
Arlequin
Migrate-n
Lamarc
IMa2
Structure
Structurama
Geneland R-package
Phylogenetic Analysis
Ape R-package
Phangorn R-package
Phytool R-package
BAMMTools
Beast package
MrBayes
Landscape Genetics, Ecology and GIS
ArcGIS
Geneland R-package
Circuitscape
Maxent through R environment
Raster R-package
adehabitatHR R-package
MapTools R-package
Coalescent Simulation and Model based analysis
ABC R-package
Hudson's ms coalescent simulator through phyclust R-package
msABC coalescent simulator
Simcoal 2 coalescent simulator
Fast Simcoal coalescent simulator
Splatche 2 - Spatially Explicit Coalescent Simulator
Committees
Masters Defense
2015 Institution: Universidade Federal do Pará - UFPA, Brasil.
Graduate Program in Zoology
Dissertation: Filogeografia Multi-Locus de Kentropyx calcarata Spix 1825 (Reptilia:
Teiidae) na Amazônia Oriental.
Candidate: Áurea Aguiar Cronemberger
Advisor: Dra. Teresa Cristina Sauer de Ávila Pires
Cometee: Dr. Péricles Sena do Rêgo (UFPA), Dra. Lilian Giugliano (UNB), Dr. Fernando
Mendonça d'Horta (INPA), Dr. Marcelo Gehara (UFRN)
2014 Institution: Universidade Federal do Pará - UFPA, Brasil.
Graduate Program in Zoology
Dissertation: Filogeografia de Gonatodes humeralis (Reptilia: Sphaerodactylidae) no baixo
curso dos rios Amazonas e Tocantins
Candidate: Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima Filho
Advisor: Dra. Teresa Cristina Sauer de Ávila Pires
Cometee: Dra. Maria Iracilda da Cunha Sampaio (UFPA), Dr. Péricles Sena do Rêgo
(UFPA), Dra. Fernanda de Pinho Werneck (INPA), Dra. Ana Carolina Oliveira de
Queiroz Carnaval (CUNY), Dr. Marcelo Gehara (UFRN).
Masters Qualifying Exam
2014 Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN, Brasil
Graduate Program on Evolution and Systematics
Dissertation: Relação entre a divergência de nicho e as características fenotípicas de
Canídeos da America do Sul.
Candidate: Juan Pablo Zurano
Advisor: Dr. Gabriel C. Costa
Cometee: Dr. Carlos R. Fonseca, Dr. Marcelo Gehara
2013 Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN, Brasil
Graduate Program on Evolution and Systematics
Title: Sistemática integrativa de dois ciclídeos (Perciformes:Cichlidae) do Nordeste do
Brasil
Candidate: Waldir Miron Berbel Filho
Advisor: Dr. Sérgio Maia Queiroz Lima.
Cometee: Dr. Gabriel C. Costa, Dr. Marcelo Gehara
PhD Qualifying Exam
2014 Institution: Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFP
Thesis: Sistemática e Biogeografia das Espécies de Proceratophrys do Complexo P.
cristiceps (Amphibia, Anura, Odontophrynidae).
Candidate: Sarah Mangia Barros
Advisor: Dr. Adrian Garda
Cometee Members: Dr. Marcelo Gehara, Dr. Márcio Bernardino da Silva.
2014 Institution: Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFP
Thesis: Filogeografia de Philodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870 (Squamata, Colubridae)
Candidate: Ricardo Rodrigues da Silveira Filho
Advisor: Dr. Adrian Garda
Co-advisor: Dr. Gustavo Henrique Calazans Vieira
Cometee Members: Dr. Marcelo Gehara, Dr. Márcio Bernardino da Silva.
Awards
2006 Section award at XII Seminário de Iniciação científica da UFJF: (Oral presentation)
Conhecimento popular no estudo de Cervídeos do Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca e no seu
entorno, MG. 2006. In: XII Seminário de Iniciação científica da UFJF, Brazil.
Scientific Journal Referee
2014 Scientific Reports (Nature publishing group)
2014 Biotropica
2012 BMC Evolutionary Biology (Online)
2011 Zootaxa (Auckland. Print)
2010 Herpetology Notes
Citation indexes from google scholar
Citations: 41
H-index: 4
Papers Published in peer reviewed Scientific Journals
Gehara, M; Crawford, AJ; Orrico, VGD; Rodríguez, A; Lötters, S; Fouquet, A; Barrientos, LS;
Brusquetti, F; De La Riva, I; Ernst, R; Urrutia, GG; Glaw, F; Guayasamin, JM; Hölting, M; Jansen,
M; Kok, PJR; Kwet, A; Lingnau, R; Lyra, M; Moravec, J; Pombal, JP;. Rojas-Runjaic, FJM;
Schulze, A; Señaris, JC; Solé, M, et al. . High Levels of Diversity Uncovered in a Widespread
Nominal Taxon: Continental Phylogeography of the Neotropical Tree Frog Dendropsophus minutus.
Plos One, v. 9, p. e103958, 2014.
Vences, M; Sanchez, E; Hauswaldt, JS; Eikelmann, D; Rodríguez, A; Carranza, S; Donaire, D;
Gehara, M; Helfer, V; Lötters, S; Werner, P; Schulz, S; Steinfartz, S. Nuclear and mitochondrial
multilocus phylogeny and survey of alkaloid content in true salamanders of the genus Salamandra
(Salamandridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Print), p. 208-216, 2014.
Hauswaldt, JS; Angelini, C; Gehara, M; Benavides, E; Polok, A; Steinfartz, S . From species
divergence to population structure: A multimarker approach on the most basal lineage of
Salamandridae, the spectacled salamanders (genus Salamandrina) from Italy. Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution (Print), v. 70, p. 1-12, 2014.
Gehara, M; Canedo, CC; Haddad, CFB; Vences, M . From widespread to microendemic: molecular
and acoustic analyses show that Ischnocnema guentheri (Amphibia: Brachycephalidae) is endemic
to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Conservation Genetics, p. 973-982, 2013.
Gehara, M; Summers, K; Brown, JL . Population expansion, isolation and selection: novel insights
on the evolution of color diversity in the strawberry poison frog. Evolutionary Ecology, v. 27, p.
797-824, 2013.
Gehring, P-S; Glaw, F; Gehara, M; Ratsoavina, FM; Vences, M . Northern origin and
diversification in the central lowlands? - Complex phylogeography and taxonomy of widespread
day geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar. Organisms Diversity & Evolution (Print), v. 13, p. 605620, 2013.
Vences, M; Hauswaldt, JS; Steifartz, S; O Rupp; A Goesmann S Künzel Orozco-Terwengel, P;
Vieites, DR; Nieto-Roman, S; Haas, S; Laugsch, C; Gehara, M. Bruchmann, S; Pabijan, M;
Ludewig, A; Rudert, D; Angelini, C; Borkin, LJ; Crochet, P; Crottini, A; Dubois, A; Ficetola, GF;
Galan, P; Geniez, P; Hachtel, M; , et al. ; Radically different phylogeographies and patterns of
genetic variation in two European brown frogs, genus Rana. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution (Print), v. 68, p. 657-670, 2013.
Rodríguez, A; Poth, D; ; Schultz, S; Gehara, M; Vences, M . Genetic diversity, phylogeny and
evolution of alkaloid sequestering in Cuban miniaturized frogs of the Eleutherodactylus limbatus
group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Print), v. 68, p. 541-554, 2013.
Fonseca, M; Carvalho, RMH; Lanna, F; Gehara, M.
Predation on Sibynomorphus neuwiedi (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) by Leptodactylus labyrinthicus
(Anura: Leptodactylidae) in southeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes, v. 5, p. 167-168, 2012.
Gehara, MCM; Ribeiro, GC;. Bisaggio, EL; Andriolo, A.
Conhecimento popular de moradores do entorno do parque estadual do Ibitipoca (MG, Brazil) sobre
o Gênero Mazama Rafinesque, 1817 (Cervidae). Sitientibus. Série Ciências Biológicas, v. 9, p.
122-128, 2009.
Accepted manuscripts
Miralles, A; Hipsley, CA; Erens, J; Gehara, M; Rakotoarison, A; Glaw, F; Müller, J; Vences, M .
Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata,
Scincidae). To be published in PloS One.
Submited manuscripts
Rodríguez, A; Börner, M; Pabijan, M; Gehara, M; Haddad, CFB; Vences, M . Genetic divergence
in tropical anurans: deeper phylogeographic structure in species from forest habitats. Under review
in Evolutionary Ecology
Menezes, L; Canedo, C; Batalha-Filho, H; Garda, AA; Gehara, M; Napoli, MF . Multilocus
phylogeography of the treefrog Scinax eurydice (Anura: Hylidae) reveals Plio-Pleistocene
diversification in the Atlantic Forest. Submitted to Journal of Biogeography
Participation/Abstract publication in events
Canedo, C; Gehara, M; Vences, M; Haddad, CFB
Molecular and acoustic analyses of Ischnocnema guentheri species complex (Anura:
Brachycephalidae). In: IX Congresso Latinoamericano de Herpetologia, 2011. Resumos do IX
Congresso Latinoamericano de Herpetologia, 2011, Curitiba, Brazil.
Hauswaldt, JS; Angelini, C; Benavides, E; Gehara, M; Polok, A; Steifartz, S
The genus Salamandrina (spectacled salamanders) from Italy: phylogeography and population
genetics. In: SHE European Congress of Herpetology. 2011. Luxembourg
Gehara, M; Canedo, C; Haddad, C; Vences, M
Molecular analysis of Ischnocnema guentheri highlights a complex of cryptic species. In: XI
Congreso Luso-Espanol / XV Congreso Espanol de Herpetología. 2010. Sevilla, Spain.
Gehara, M; Oliveira, LR; Majluf, P; Cárdnas, SA; Pavés, HJ; Bonatto, SL
(Oral presentation) - Filogeografia do Leão-Marinho-do-Sul, Otaria byronia (OTARIIDAE): Uma
comparação entre as populações dos oceanos Atlântico e Pacífico. In: XIII Reunión de Trabajo de
Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos de América del Sur, 2008, Montevideo, Uruguay.
“Phylogeography of the Southern Sea Lion, Otaria byronia (OTARIIDAE): Comparing the
populations of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans”
Gehara, M; Oliveira, LR; Majluf, P; Cárdnas, SA; Bonatto, SL
Diversidade genética, estruturação populacional e status taxonômico do Leão-Marinho-do-Sul,
Otaria byronia (Otariidae). In: 53O Congresso Brasileiro de Genética, 2007, Águas de Lindóia, SP.
“Genetic Diversity, population structure and taxonomic status of the Southern sea lion”
Gehara, MCM; RIBEIRO, GC; BISAGGIO, EL; ANDRIOLO, A.
(Oral pesentation) - Conhecimento popular no estudo de Cervídeos do Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca
e no seu entorno, MG. 2006. In: XII Seminário de Iniciação científica da UFJF, Brazil.
“Popular Knowledge of the genus Mazama at the Surroundings of the Ibitipoca State Park”
Gehara, M; Bisaggio, EL; Ribeiro, GC; Andriolo, A
Popular Knowledge of the genus Mazama at the Surroundings of the Ibitipoca State Park, MG In:
AnnualMeeting of the Association for Tropical Biology And Conservation, 2005, Uberlândia,
Brazil.
Ribeiro, GC; Gehara, M; Bisaggio EL; Andriolo, A
Sightings of Mazama by local community at the surroundings of the Ibitipoca State Park, MG In:
AnnualMeeting of the Association for Tropical Biology And Conservation, 2005, Uberlândia,
Brazil.
Bisaggio, EL; Ribeiro, GC; Gehara, M; Andriolo, A
Vegetation composition and the occurrence of Mazama in the State Park of Ibitipoca and
Surroundings, MG In: Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation,
2005, Uberlândia, Brazil.
Mathias, AA; Gehara, M; Martins, GN; Andriolo, A
Análisa Preliminar dos atropelamentos de mamíferos na ES-060, Espirito Santo. In: XXV
Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia, 2004, Brasília.
“Preliminary analyses of the mammals dead caused by car run over on the ES-060 highway”
Brugiolo, SSS; Rezende, LS; Costa, RC; Gehara, MCM; Barbosa, JM
Diversidade de Artropodos da Reserva Minicipal Santa Cândida, Juiz de Fora, MG. In: XXV
Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia, 2004, Brasilia.
“Arthropods Diversity of the Santa Candida Municipal Forest Reserve”
Bisaggio, EL; Gehara, M; Ribeiro, GC; Andriolo, A
Uso de armadilhas fotográficas no estudo de aspectos ecológicos e comportamentais do Mazama SP
no Parque Estadual de Ibitipoca e seu entorno: Resultados Preliminares. In: XI Seminário de
Iniciação Científica da UFJF, 2004, Juiz de Fora, MG.
“Using camera traps to study ecology and behavior of the Mazama sp in the Ibitipoca State Park
and surroundings: preliminary results”
Gehara, MCM; Andrade, AJ; Romão, CR, Brugiolo, SSS
Levantamento da fauna entomológica da reserva biológica municipal Santa Cândida, Juiz de Fora,
MG In: XXVI Semana de Biologia, 2003, Juiz de Fora, MG “Entomological fauna of the Santa
Cândida Municipal Forest Reserve”
Rezende, LS; Gehara, MCM; Lima, SS
Dinamização do ensino de Ciências e de Zoologia. Integração Escolas e Departamento de Zoologia
In: V seminário de extenção da UFJF, 2003, Juiz de Fora, MG.
“Teaching Science and Zoology, integrating schools and UFJF Zoology department”
Andrade, AJ; Gehara, M; Costa, RC; Romão, RC, Brugiolo, SSS
Reserva Muinicipal Santa Cândida, Juiz de Fora/MG: Uma Amostragem da Artropodofauna In: IV
Encontro Nacional de Biólogos, 2002, Ouro Preto, MG.
“Santa Candida Municipal Forest Reserve: The Arthropod Sampling”