Fabian armando michelangeli

Institute of Systematic Botany

The New York Botanical Garden

2900 Southern Blvd.

Bronx, NY 10458-5126

(updated June 2016)

Phone: (718) 817-8199

Fax: (718) 817-8101

Webpage: http://www.nybg.org/science/scientist_profile.php?id_scientist=14

Ph. D. L. H. Bailey Hortorium. Cornell University. January 2000. Dissertation Title: Evolution, Ecology and Systematics of the myrmecophytic genus Tococa Aublet (Melastomataceae). Advisor: Eloy Rodriguez. Co-Advisor: Melissa Luckow.

Licenciado en Biología, Magna cum laude, Mención Ecología (Bachelor in Biology, Magna cum laude, Minor: Ecology). Universidad Central de Venezuela, December 1993. Thesis: Algunos Aspectos Ecológicos de un Litobioma del Roraima Tepuy (Some Ecological Aspects of the lithobiomes of the Roraima Tepuy). Advisor: Luís Bulla.
WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

October 2010-to present. Associate Curator. Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden.

June 2004-October 2010. Assistant Curator. Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden.

September 2002 to June 2004. Research Associate, Cullman Program for Molecular Systematic Studies, The New York Botanical Garden.

August 2000 to August 2002. Cullman Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History.

February 2000-July 2000. Postdoctoral Associate, L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University.

January 1996-August 1997. Research Assistant. Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant-Animal Interactions, L.H. Bailey Hortorium. Cornell University. Instructor for the MIRT-NIH program.

September 1994-December 1994. Research Assistant. Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant-Animal Interactions (Dr. Eloy Rodriguez), L.H. Bailey Hortorium. Cornell University.

February 1994-July 1994. High School Teacher (senior Biology). Colegio Emil Friedman, Caracas, Venezuela.

March 1993-October 1993. Researcher, Spectacled Bear Project. Provita, Caracas, Venezuela.

October 1992-July 1993. Proposal for a Tourist Trail in the summit of Roraima Tepuy, Canaima National Park, Venezuela. Work sponsored by the Terramar Foundation, for INPARQUES (Venezuelan National Institute of Parks). Co-authored with Francisco F. Herrera.

August 1991-September 1991. Laboratory Internship in the Toxicology and Phytochemistry Laboratory, University of California Irvine.

City University of New York, Graduate Center. Doctoral Faculty. 2005-Present

Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Adjunct Assistant Professor. 2006-Present

Other activities

Organization of Flora Neotropica, Commission Member. 2006-Present.

Scientific Advisor and On-Screen Scientist for the IMAX documentary “Lost Worlds. Life in the Balance”. Directed by Bayley Silleck. Produced by Primesco Productions (Montreal, QC). January 2000- May 2001.

Student representative to the council of the School of Biology. Universidad Central de Venezuela. January 1992-February 1994.

Student representative to the Curricular Commission, School of Biology, Universidad Central de Venezuela. October 1991- December 1993.

Member of the Board, Provita, Caracas, Venezuela (Provita is a Venezuelan NGO devoted to wildlife conservation, education and research). March 1991-March 1993.

Richard Lounsbery Foundation. A new era: Cuban/U.S. collaboration in biodiversity science. July 2016-June 2019.

National Science Foundation (IAA-1444192). “CNIC-Evolution of Functional Traits in the Melastomataceae”. Collaborative proposal with Ned Fetcher, Frank Almeda and Nathan Kraft. January 2015-December 2016.

Conselhho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq: Brazil) (MCTI/CNPQ/Universal 457510/2014-5). Estudos micro e macroevolutivos em Melastomataceae do Brasil. Collaborative proposal with Renato Goldenberg as PI. January 2015-December 2016.

National Science Foundation (DEB-1343612). “Dimensions US-BIOTA-Sao Paulo: A multidisciplinary framework for biodiversity prediction in the Brazilian Atlantic forest hotspot”. Collaborative proposal with Ana. C. Carnaval (City College of New York) as lead PI and Michael. J. Hickerson, Kyle McDonald and W. Wayt Thomas as Co-PIs. September 2013-August 2018.

National Science Foundation (DEB-1140409), “Assessing phylogeny and biogeography in a megadiverse tropical plant family (Melastomataceae)”. Collaborative proposal with Darin S. Penneys (California Academy of Sciences) as PI, Frank Almeda and Peter Fritsch as co-PIs. June 2012-May 2015.

National Science Foundation (DEB-0818399), “PBI: A complete web-based monograph of the tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae)”. Collaborative proposal with Frank Almeda (California Academy of Sciences), Walter Judd (University of Florida), Renato Goldenberg (Universidade Federal de Paraná), and Melissa Tulig (NYBG) as co-PIs. April 2009-March 2017 [no-cost extension].

ECAT-GBIF, “MelList, a complete taxonomy of Melastomataceae sensu lato (Myrtales, eurosids, flowering plants) for the Electronic Catalogue of Names of Known Organisms”. Collaborative proposal with S. S. Renner (Munich Herbarium), F. Almeda (California Academy of Sciences), C. Ulloa (Missouri Botanical Garden), R. Goldenberg (Universidade Federal de Parana, Brazil) & H. Mendoza-Cifuentes (Instituto Humboldt, Colombia). March 2006-March 2007.

National Science Foundation (DEB-0515665), “A phylogenetic analysis of Miconieae (Melastomataceae) based on molecular and morphological characters". Collaborative proposal with Walter Judd (University of Florida) and Renato Goldenberg (Universidade Federal de Parana) as co-PIs. August 2005-July 2009.

Cullman Postdoctoral Fellowship for Animal-Plant interaction Studies. August 2000-August 2002. Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematic Studies, AMNH-NYBG

Cornell University Graduate School Travel Grant. August, 1999.

American Society for Plant Taxonomists Graduate Research Award. May, 1998

Agricultural Experiment Station. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Cornell University. May, 1998. A.W. Mellon Student Research Grant.

L. H. Bailey Hortorium Moore/Mellon Foundation travel grant for field research in Venezuela. Summer 1997, winter 1997, summer 1996

Graduate Teaching Assistant award. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Cornell University. May 1996

Terramar Foundation Fellowship for undergraduate research. Oct 1992 - July 1993

Systematics, Taxonomy and Evolution of Melastomataceae. UNICAMP. Brazil. February 2015. [week long intensive course taught with Renato Goldenberg]

Tropical Field Botany. (F&ES 30010). School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University. Spring 2015, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2006.

Vascular Plant Taxonomy, The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Fall 2009, 2007.

Guest Lecturer, Course OTS-2007-18. Tropical Plant Systematics (Spanish), Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. June 2007.

Guest Lecturer, Course OTS-2006-9. Tropical Plant Systematics (English), Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. July 2006.

Plant Systematics. Graduate Center, City University of New York. Fall 2005. (coordinated by Larry Kelly).

Coordinator Course OTS-2005-18. Tropical Plant Systematics (Spanish), Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. June-July 2005.

Current Topics in Plant Systematics. Graduate Center, City University of New York. Spring 2005. (coordinated by Larry Kelly).

Tropical Field Botany (5 lectures and leader of a 11 day field trip to Costa Rica) . Yale University. Coordinated by Andrew Henderson Spring 2004.

Co-coordinator Course OTS-2003-18. Tropical Plant Systematics (Spanish), Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. June-July 2003.

Guest Lecturer, Course OTS-2002-9. Tropical Plant Systematics (English), Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. June 2002.

Guest Lecturer, Course OTS-2001-18. Tropical Plant Systematics (Spanish), Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. July 2001.

Teaching Assistant. Biogeography (BioPl 453). Cornell University. Fall 1999.

Teaching Assistant, Diversity of Life. (BioG 202). Cornell University. Fall 1998.

Teaching Assistant, Introductory Biology (104). Cornell University. Spring 1998.

Teaching Assistant, Introductory Biology (103). Cornell University. Fall 1997.

Instructor, MIRT-NIH-Cornell University Program. January 1997-August 1997.

Instructor, MIRT-NIH-Cornell University program. January 1996-August 1996.

Teaching Assistant, Tropical Plant Families. Cornell University. Fall 1995-Winter 1996.

Teaching Assistant, Plants and Civilization. Cornell University. Spring 1995.

High School Instructor (Biology for High School Seniors). Colegio Emil Friedman, Caracas. Feb- July 1994.

Teaching Assistant, Quantitative Ecology. U.C.V. March 1993-September 1993

Teaching Assistant, Evolution. U.C.V. September 1992-March 1993

Teaching Assistant, Sedimentology. U.C.V. March 1992-September 1992

Teaching Assistant, Genetics (laboratory). U.C.V. September 1991-March 1992

Teaching Assistant, Plant Ecology (laboratory). U.C.V. March 1991-September 1991

Teaching Assistant, Physical Chemistry. U.C.V. September 1990- March 1991

Teaching Assistant, Biostatistics. U.C.V. March 1990-September 1990

PEER REVIEWED Publications

Rocha, M. J. R., P. J. F. Guimaraes, F. A. Michelangeli & R. Romero. Phylogenetic placement and new circumscription Poteranthera (Melastomataceae). Phytotaxa: 263: 219-232. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.263.3.3.

Barbosa-Silva, R. G., P. H. Labiak, A. S. B. Gil, R. Goldenberg, F. A. Michelangeli, G. Martinelli, M. A. N. Coelho, D. C. Zappi, R. C. Forzza. Over the hills and far away: new plant records for the Brazilian Guayana Shield. Brittonia: DOI: 10.1007/s12228-016-9435-3 [published online April 14th 2016]

Aguirre-Santoro. J., D. W. Stevenson & F. A. Michelangeli . Molecular Phylogenetics of the Ronnbergia Alliance (Bromeliaceae, Bromelioideae) and insights about its morphological evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 1-20. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.007.

Goldenberg, R., F. A. Michelangeli, L .A. S. Aona & A. M. Amorim. Angiosperms and the Linnean shortfall: three new species from three lineages of Melastomataceae at one spot at the Atlantic Forest. PeerJ 4:e1824. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1824

Reginato, M. & F. A. Michelangeli. 2016. Primers for low-copy nuclear genes in the Melastomataceae Applications in Plant Sciences 4(1): 1500092. DOI: 10.3732/apps.1500092.

Reginato, M. & F. A. Michelangeli. 2016. Untangling the phylogeny of Leandra sensu str. (Melastomataceae, Miconieae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 96: 17-32. DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.11.015. [published online December 14, 2015].

Brazil Flora Group (BFG). 2015. Growing knowledge: an overview of Seed Plant diversity in Brazil. Rodriguezia 66: 1085-1113. DOI: 10.1590/2175-7860201566411.

Goldenberg, R., F. Almeda, K. Sosa, R. C. Ribeiro & F. A. Michelangeli. 2015. Rupestrea: A new brazilian genus of melastomataceae , with anomalous seeds and dry indehiscent fruits. Systematic Botany 40: 561-571. DOI: 10.1600/036364415X688862.[published online August 10, 2015]

Aguirre-Santoro, J. & F. A. Michelangeli. 2015. Two new species of Disteganthus (Bromeliaceae) from Suriname and French Guiana. Brittonia 67: 233-242. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-015-9378-0. [published online July 3^rd 2015].

Michelangeli, F. A., W. Carmenate Reyes & K. Sosa. 2015. A synopsys of Meriania (Melastomataceae) for the Greater Antilles with emphasis on the status of the Cuban species. Brittonia 67: 118-137. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-015-9366-4 [published online February 21^st 2015].

Majure, L. C., W. S. Judd, & F. A. Michelangeli. 2015. Taxonomic revision of the Pseudolima clade of Miconia (Miconieae: Melastomataceae). Brittonia 67: 11-18. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-014-9349-x. [published online August 19 2014]

Kriebel, R., F. A. Michelangeli & L. M. Kelly. 2015. Discovery of unusual characters in the evolutionary history of Conostegia (Melastomataceae, Miconieae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82: 289-313. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.021. Published online 19 Oct 2014.

Cardenas, L. A., J. M. Burke & F. A. Michelangeli. 2014. Five new species of Miconia (Melastomataceae) from the Central Peruvian Andes. Phytotaxa 188: 121-134. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.188.3.1.

Da Silva, M .F. O., P. J. F. Guimarães & F. A. Michelangeli. Nomenclatural novelties in tribe Melastomeae (Melastomataceae). Phytotaxa: 186: 222-228. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.186.4.6

Ocampo, G., F. A. Michelangeli & F. Almeda. 2014. Seed Diversity in the Tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae): Taxonomic, Systematic, and Evolutionary Implications. PLOS ONE 9(6): e100561. DOI.10.1371/journal.pone.0100561

Bécquer, E. R., F. A. Michelangeli & T. Borsch. 2014. Comparative seed morphology of the Antillean genus Calycogonium (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) as a source of characters to untangle its complex taxonomy. Phytotaxa 166: 241-258. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.166.4.1

Michelangeli, F. A. & R. Goldenberg. 2014. A new species of Graffenrieda (Melastomataceae) from the northern Amazon basin. Brittonia 66:170-173. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-013-9321-1. [published online September 10, 2013].

Michelangeli, F. A., C. Ulloa Ulloa & K. Sosa. 2014. Quipuanthus, a new genus and species of Melastomataceae from the foothills of the Andes in Ecuador and Peru. Systematic Botany 39: 533-540. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X680924

Michelangeli, F. A. 2014. Taxonomic notes on Myrmecophytic Melastomataceae: a new species, two new synonyms, and an old species reconsidered. Brittonia 66: 82-88. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-013-9317-x. [published online September 10, 2013].

Burke, J. M & F. A. Michelangeli. 2013. Lectotypification of Peruvian Melastomataceae described by Cogniaux from Weberbauer collections. Phytotaxa.125: 10-16. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.125.1.2 7.

Burke, J. M. & F. A. Michelangeli. 2013. Miconia galeiformis and Miconia neei (Miconieae: Melastomataceae), two new species from Bolivia. Brittonia 65: 171-180. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-012-9278-5

Goldenberg, R., F Almeda, M. K. Caddah, A. B. Martins, J. Meirelles, F. A. Michelangeli, M. Weiss. 2013. Nomenclator botanicus for the neotropical genus Miconia (Melastomataceae, Miconieae). Phytotaxa 106: 1-171. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.106.1.1

Goldenberg, R., C. N. de Fraga, A. P. Fontana, A. N. Nicolas & F. A. Michelangeli. 2012. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Merianthera (Melastomataceae). Taxon: 61: 1040-1056.

Kaehler, M., F. A. Michelangeli & L. G. Lohmann. 2012. Phylogeny of Lundia (Bignoniaceae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Taxon 61: 368-380.

Thomas, W. W., R. C. Forzza, F. A. Michelangeli, A. M. Giulietti-Harley & P M. Leitman. 2012. Large-scale Monographs and Floras – the Sum of Local Floristic Research. Plant Ecology and Diversity 5: 217-223. DOI:10.1080/17550874.2011.622306.

Trusty, J. L., A. Tye, T. M. Collins, F. A. Michelangeli, P. Madriz & J. Francisco-Ortega. 2012. Galápagos and Cocos Islands: so close and so distant. International Journal of Plant Sciences: 173: 36-53. DOI 10.1086/662657

Bécquer-Granados, E. R. & F. A. Michelangeli. 2011. Miconia walterjuddii (Miconieae: Melastomataceae), a new species from Cuba. Brittonia 63: 425-429. DOI 10.1007/s12228-011-9204-2

Michelangeli, F. A., A. Nicolas, M. E. Morales-P & H. David. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of Allomaieta, Alloneuron, Cyphostyla and Wurdastom (Melastomataceae), and the resurrection of the tribe Cyphostyleae. International Journal of Plant Sciences 172: 1165-1178.DOI 10.1086/662032.

Goldenberg, R., M. K. Caddah & F. A. Michelangeli. 2011. A new species of Miconia (Melastomataceae) from Amazonas, Brazil. Brittonia 63: 245-249. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-010-9157-x

Penneys, D. S., F. A. Michelangeli, W. S. Judd, & F. Almeda. 2010. Henriettieae (Melastomataceae): A new Neotropical berry-fruited tribe. Systematic Botany 35: 783-800. DOI: 10.1600/036364410X539862.

Michelangeli, F. A. 2010. An annotated list and key of Neotropical Myrmecophylous Melastomataceae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 4. 61 (9): 409-449.

Reginato, M., F. A. Michelangeli & R. Goldenberg. 2010. Phylogeny of Pleiochiton A. Gray (Melastomataceae, Miconieae): Total evidence. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 162: 423–434. DOI 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.01022.x

Amorim, A. A., R. Goldenberg & F. A. Michelangeli. 2009. A new species of Physeterostemon (Melastomataceae) from Bahia, Brazil, with notes on the phylogeny the genus. Systematic Botany 34: 324-329. DOI 10.1600/036364409788606389.

Martin, C. V. & F. A. Michelangeli. 2009. Comparative seed morphology of Leandra (Miconieae, Melastomataceae). Brittonia 61: 175-188. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-008-9060-x

Galarda Varassin I., D. S. Penneys & F. A. Michelangeli. 2008. Comparative anatomy and morphology of nectar-producing Melastomataceae. Annals of Botany 102: 899-909. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn180.

Goldenberg, R., D. S. Penneys, F. Almeda, W. S. Judd & F.A. Michelangeli. 2008. Phylogeny of Miconia (Melastomataceae): initial insights into broad patterns of diversification in a megadiverse neotropical genus. International Journal of Plant Sciences 169: 963-979. DOI: 10.1086/589697.

Judd, W. S., J. D. Skean Jr., D. S. Penneys & F. A. Michelangeli. 2008. A new species of Henriettea (Melastomataceae) from the Sierra de Baoruco, the Dominican Republic. Brittonia 60: 217-227. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-008-9021-4.

Morales-Puentes, M.E., F. A. Michelangeli & F. González. 2008. Una nueva especie de Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) de Colombia. Brittonia 60: 228-234. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-008-9015-2.

Bécquer-Granados, E. R., K. M. Neubig, W. S. Judd, F. A. Michelangeli, J. R. Abbott & D. S. Penneys. 2008. Preliminary molecular phylogenetic studies in Pachyanthus (Miconieae, Melastomataceae).Botanical Review: 74: 37-52. DOI: 10.1007/s12229-008-9010-z.

Martin, C. V., D. Little, R. Goldenberg & F. A. Michelangeli. 2008. A phylogenetic evaluation of Leandra (Miconieae, Melastomataceae): a polyphyletic genus where the seeds tell the story, not the petals. Cladistics 24: 317-327. DOI 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00185.x

Davis, J.I., G. Petersen, O. Seberg, D.W. Stevenson, C.R. Hardy, M.P. Simmons, F.A. Michelangeli, D.H. Goldman, L.M. Campbell, C.D. Specht, & J.I. Cohen. 2006. Are mitochondrial genes useful for the analysis of monocot relationships? Taxon 55: 857-870. DOI: 10.2307/25065681.

Petersen, G., O. Seberg, J. I. Davis, D. H. Goldman, D. W. Stevenson, L. M. Campbell, F. A. Michelangeli, C. D. Specht, M. W. Chase, M. F. Fay, J. C. Pires, J. V. Freudenstein, C. R. Hardy, & M. P. Simmons. 2006. Mitochondrial DNA in Monocot Phylogeny. Pp 52-62. In: T Columbus, E. A. Friar, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince & M. G. Simpson [eds.] Monocots: Comparative Biology and Evolution (excluding Poales). Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens, Claremont, California, USA.

Michelangeli, F. A. 2006. Two new species of myrmecophytic Tococa (Melastomataceae) with unusually large floral bracts. Brittonia 58 (2): 151-155. DOI: 10.1663/0007-196X(2006)58[151:TNSOMT]2.0.CO;2

Michelangeli, F. A. 2005. Tococa (Melastomataceae). Flora Neotropica Monographs 98: 1-114.

Michelangeli, F. A. & E. Rodriguez. 2005. Absence of cyanogenic glycosides in the tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 33 (4): 335-339. DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2004.11.008.

Davis, J. I., D. W. Stevenson, G. Petersen, O. Seberg, L. M. Campbell, J. V. Freudenstein, D. H. Goldman, C. R. Hardy, F. A. Michelangeli, M. P. Simmons, C. D. Specht, F. Vergara-Silva, & M. A. Gandolfo. 2004. A phylogeny of the monocots, as inferred from rbcL and atpA sequence variation, and a comparison of methods for calculating jackknife and bootstrap values. Systematic Botany 29: 467-510. DOI: 10.1600/0363644041744365.