Assistant professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Rutgers University-Newark
195 University Ave, Newark, NJ 07102
Contact e-mail: m.gehara[at]rutgers.edu
Research interest
How speciation mechanisms work across the tree of life is a central part of my research program. To do that, I study non-model organisms, in the field and lab, integrating Population Genetics, Molecular Ecology and Historical Biogeography with the use of Genomics and Bioinformatics tools.
Education
Braunschweig Institute of Technology, Germany, Ph.D., 2013
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, M.S., 2009
Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil, B.S., 2005
Postdoctoral experience
Jun – Dec 2019 Gerstner Postdoctoral Fellow for Bioinformatics American Museum of Natural History – AMNH, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, Central Park West, 79th St., New York, NY
2015-2019 Post-Doctoral researcher at Frank Burbrink’s group
American Museum of Natural History – AMNH, Department of Herpetology, Central Park West, 79th St., New York, NY
2013-2015 Postdoc: Young Talent Postdoc fellowship (BJT-CAPES, Science without borders) at the Graduate Course in Systematics and Evolution, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brasil. Postdoc at Garda’s Lab
See my google scholar for a full list of publications