C.V.

PEDRO AUGUSTO DA POS RODRIGUES
E-mail: rodrigues.pap@gmail.com

ACADEMIC EDUCATION
2016 – PhD degree in Entomology and Insect Sciences, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona – USA (advisor: Dr. Diana E. Wheeler). Dissertation title: “Bacterial symbionts at the colony and individual levels: integration through behavior and morphology in a social insect”.

2009 – Master degree in Ecology, State University of Campinas -Brazil (advisor: Dr. Paulo S. Oliveira). Thesis title: “The spatial orientation mechanisms used by the arboreal neotropical ant Odontomachus hastatus (Ponerinae)”.

2007 – Bachelor degree in Biology, University of São Paulo – Brazil (advisor: Fabio S. Nascimento, co-advisor Ronaldo Zucchi). Course conclusion paper title: “Review: The role of cuticular hydrocarbons in ants”.

COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION
2015- Software Carpentry Workshop – Shell commands, R and version control systems such as Git and Github; University of Arizona, USA
2013- Short-term internship (Basic training in Bioinformatics) at Jacob Russell’s Laboratory, Drexel University, USA
2010- The Ant Course, Borneo, Malaysia
2005- III Entomology Summer Course, University of São Paulo -Brazil
2003- Basic Immunology Course, University of São Paulo -Brazil; Toxic Plants Course, University of São Paulo -Brazil

1999-2001- Technician degree in Business Management by the SEBRAE Management Technical School of Minas Gerais State -Brazil (length: 1966h)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2016- (Spring) Teaching Assistant in TRAD 104: “Insects & Culture”, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ- USA
2014- (Fall) Teaching Assistant (Instructor) in ECOL 181L: “Introductory Biology”, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ- USA
2013- (Spring) Teaching Assistant in TRAD 104: “Insects & Culture”, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ- USA
2012- (Fall) Teaching Assistant in ECOL 181L (Instructor): “Introductory Biology”, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ- USA
2012- (Spring) Teaching Assistant in TRAD 104: “Insects & Culture”, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ- USA
2011- (Fall) Teaching Assistant (Instructor) in ECOL 181L: “Introductory Biology”, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ- USA
2011- (Spring) Teaching Assistant (Instructor) in ECOL 182L: “Introductory Biology”, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ- USA
2010- (Fall) Teaching Assistant in ENTO 310: “Living in Symbiosis”, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ – USA
2007- V Summer Course in Entomology (invited speaker), University of São Paulo –Brazil
2004-2005- Mentor of a variety of undergrad courses at the University of São Paulo -Brazil

ORGANIZATION OF EVENTS
2011-2014- Arizona Insect Festival – (organization committee of the “Social Insects”
2008- Participation in the organization committee of ‘Bioforum -Lectures in Ecology’, State University of Campinas -Brazil

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2015- Best Oral Presentation Award, XXII Simpósio de Mirmecologia – An International Ant Meeting, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
2015- The Center for Insect Science (U. of Arizona) Travel award (US$ 500)
2015- GPSC Travel Award – U. of Arizona(US$ 691.10)
2014- The Center for Insect Science (U. of Arizona) Research Support (US$ 2000)
2014- NAS-IUSSI Travel Award (US$ 2000)
2013- The Center for Insect Science (U. of Arizona) Travel award (US$ 600)
2013- GPSC Travel Grant Award – U. of Arizona (US$ 500)
2012- Graduate Assistantship- GIDP EIS (US$ 1500)
2010- Graduate Assistantship – GIDP EIS (US$ 6100)
2010- Travel Award – Center for Insect Sciences (U. of Arizona) (US$ 2100)
2009- Graduate Assistantship (Department of Entomology, University of Arizona – US$ 16000)
2009- Travel Award (The Animal Behavior Society – US$ 360)
2007- Master’s Fellowship by FAPESP (The State of São Paulo Research Foundation – US$ 10000) and CNPq (The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development -US$ 2000).

ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES
2015- Research assistant (Spring)
2014- Travel Grant Judge for the GPSC (U. of Arizona)
2013-2014- Peer-reviewer for PLOS One
2013-2014- Research assistant
2012- Peer-reviewer for “Inheringia: Série Zoologia”
2011- Research assistant (Summer)

PUBLICATIONS

2016 Maes, P., Rodrigues, P.A.P.; Oliver, R., Mott, B., Anderson, K.E. “Diet related gut bacterial dysbiosis correlates with impaired development, increased mortality and Nosema disease in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)”. Molecular Ecology [accepted]

2016 Anderson K.E., Ricigliano, V., Snyder, L.A., Maes, P., Corby-Harris, V., Sheehan, T, Fitz, W., Rodrigues, P.A.P., Mott, B.M. “Held at arm’s length: Honey bee fungal communities revealed by ITS amplicon sequencing, qPCR, culturing and microscopy”. FEMS Microbiology Ecology [submitted; in review]

2016 Lanan, M.C*, Rodrigues, P.A.P.*, Agellon, A., Jansma, P., Wheeler, D.E. “A bacterial filter protects and structures the gut microbiome of an insect”. The ISME Journal, advance online publication 12 February 2016; DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.264
* co-first authors

2015 Anderson, K.E.*, Rodrigues, P.A.P.*, Mott, B.M., Maes, P., Corby-Harris, V. “Ecological succession in the honey bee gut: shift in Lactobacillus strain dominance during early adult development”. Microbial Ecology, online first, DOI: 10.1007/s00248-015-0716-2
* co-first authors

2015 Docherty, K.M., Borton, H., Espinosa, N., Frost, G., Gebhardt, M., Gil-Loaiza, J., Gutknecht, J.L.M., Maes, P.W., Mott, B.M., Parnell, J., Rodrigues, P.A.P., Walser, O., Gallery, R.E. “Key edaphic properties largely explain temporal and geographic variation in soil microbial communities across four biomes”. PLoS ONE 10 (11): e0135352. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135352

2014 Rodrigues, P.A.P. and Oliveira, P.S. Visual navigation in the Neotropical ant Odontomachus hastatus (Formicidae, Ponerinae), a nocturnal canopy-dwelling predator of the Atlantic rainforest. Behavioral Processes, 109: 48-57

2008 Arantes, J.P., Rodrigues, P.A.P., Nascimento, I.C.T., Nascimento, F.S. Divisão do trabalho e flexibilidade comportamental entre operárias de Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1881 (Formicidae, Ponerinae) [in Portuguese: Task allocation and flexibility among workers of Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1881 (Formicidae, Ponerinae)]. Revista Brasileira de Zoociências, 10, 115- 119.