Tiago Quental

Research Interests

I have a broad interest in behavioral ecology and evolution, but I am particularly interested in understanding the evolution of secondary sexual characters and the importance of sexual selection in the speciation process. I am currently working on a molecular phylogeny of the Neotropical lycaenid butterfly tribe Eumaeini to test several hypotheses regarding the evolution of male secondary sexual characters, sexual selection and the speciation process.

Education

2002-

PhD, Biology. Harvard University

2000-2002

MSc, Ecology. Universidade Estadual de Campinas à UNICAMP (Campinas State University).

1994-1999

BSc, Biology. Universidade Feredal do Rio de Janeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro): .

Awards and fellowships

2005-2006

Graduate Teaching Fellow Cerificate of Distinction, Harvard University

2004-2005

Collecting Grant, Putnam Expedition Fund

2004-2005

David Rockerfeller Centre for Latin American Studies Term-time Research Travel Grant.

2004

Mini-PEET award for students, postdoctoral fellows or faculty to enhance transfer of taxonomic knowledge, Society of Systematic Biologists

2000-2002

Government (CAPES- Ministery of Education) fellowship for the master program at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), advisor: Paulo S. Oliveira.

1995-1999

Government (FAPERJ) fellowship for undergraduate scientific project at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Laboratório de Ecologia de Populações, advisor: Fernando A.S. Fernandez.

Publications

Quental, T.B., Patten, M.M. and Pierce, N.E. (2007) Host plant specialization driven by sexual selection. American Naturalist 169: 830–836. pdf

Quental, T.B., Trigo, J.R. & Oliveira, P.S. (2005) Host-plant flowering status and sugar concentration of phloem sap: effects on an ant-treehopper interaction. European Journal of Entomology 102(2): 201-208.

Quental T.B., Fernandez F.A.S., Rocha F.S. & Dias A.T.C. (2001) Population dynamics of the marsupial Micoureus demerarae in small fragments of Atlantic Coastal Forest in Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17: 339-352. Abstract

Fernandez, F.A.S., A.S. Pires, D. Freitas, F.S. Rocha & Quental T.B. (1998) Respostas de pequenos mamíferos à fragmentação de habitats em remanescentes de Mata Atlântica. Anais do IV Simpósio de Ecossistemas Brasileiros - Volume 5 (Annals of the 4th Symposium of Brazlian Ecosystems). Águas de Lindóia, pp. 184-189. [in Portuguese]

Languages

Portuguese, Spanish and English