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Curriculum Vitae
Felipe Sousa Barreto
Project Scientist
Marine Biology Research Division
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California – San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093
fbarreto@ucsd.edu
Ph: (949)433-5274
www.fsbarreto-ecoevo.com
EDUCATION
2009
PhD – Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA.
Major Advisor: Dr. John Avise.
2003
M.S. – Marine Biology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC.
Major Advisor: Dr. Michael McCartney.
2001
B.S. – Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT
Scripps Institution of Oceanography – UC San Diego
October 2009 - 2014 Postdoctoral Researcher – P.I.: Ronald Burton
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
2002-2003
Research Assistant - P.I.s: Michael McCartney and Carmelo Tomas
University of Florida - Florida Museum of Natural History
1998-2001
Field collection and curation assistant, Division of Ichthyology
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Scripps Institution of Oceanography – UC San Diego
2009-present Research Mentorship: Mentored 17 undergraduate students in experimental design, molecular
genetics, and bioinformatics for research in the Burton Lab.
Guest Lecturer: Intro to Marine Biology and Marine Molecular Ecology.
University of California – Irvine (15 academic quarters, 6 courses)
2005-2009
Teaching Assistant: Ecology and Evolution (3x); Biostatistics (1x); Experimental Biology (4x);
Ecology for non-majors (1x); From Organisms to Ecosystems (3x); Ornithology (3x)
University of Georgia (2 academic semesters, 2 courses)
2004-2005
Teaching Assistant: Evolutionary Biology; Introductory Biology
University of North Carolina – Wilmington (3 academic semesters, 2 courses)
2001-2003
Teaching Assistant: Animal Biology (2x); General Biology Lab (1x)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Genetics and genomics of hybridization and speciation.
Functional genomics of adaptations to marine environments.
Sexual selection and sexual conflict.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
16. Barreto FS, Schoville SD, Burton RS (In press) Reverse genetics in the tide pool: knock-down of target
gene expression via RNA interference in the copepod Tigriopus californicus.
Molecular Ecology Resources (Online early, Nov 2014); doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12359
15. Barreto FS, Pereira RJ, Burton RS (In press) Hybrid dysfunction and physiological compensation in gene
expression. Molecular Biology and Evolution (Online early, Dec 2014); doi:10.1093/molbev/msu321
14. Pereira RJ, Barreto FS, Burton RS (2014). Ecological novelty by hybridization: experimental evidence for
increased thermal tolerance by transgressive segregation in Tigriopus californicus.
Evolution 68: 204-215.
13. Barreto FS, Burton RS (2013) Elevated oxidative damage is correlated with reduced fitness in
interpopulation hybrids of a marine copepod. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 280:
20131521.
12. Burton RS, Pereira RJ, Barreto FS (2013) Cytonuclear genomic interactions and hybrid breakdown.
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 44: 281-302.
11. Barreto FS, Burton RS (2013) Evidence for compensatory evolution of ribosomal proteins in response to
rapid divergence of mitochondrial rRNA. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30: 310-314.
10. Burton RS, Barreto FS (2012) A disproportionate role for mtDNA in Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities?
Molecular Ecology 21: 4942-4957.
9. Schoville SD, Barreto FS, Moy GW, Wolff A, Burton RS (2012) Investigating the molecular basis of local
adaptation to thermal stress: population differences in gene expression across the transcriptome of the
copepod Tigriopus californicus. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 170.
8. Barreto FS, Moy GW, Burton RS (2011) Interpopulation patterns of divergence and selection across the
transcriptome of the copepod Tigriopus californicus. Molecular Ecology 20: 560-572.
7. Barreto FS, Tomas CR, McCartney MA (2011) AFLP Fingerprinting shows that a single Prymnesium
parvum harmful algal bloom consists of multiple clones. Journal of Heredity 102: 747-752.
6. Barreto FS, Avise JC (2011) The genetic mating system of a sea spider with male-biased sexual size
dimorphism: evidence for paternity skew despite random mating success. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 65: 1595-1604.
5. Barreto FS, Avise JC (2010) Quantitative measures of sexual selection reveal no evidence for sex-role
reversal in a sea spider with prolonged paternal care. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B
277: 2951-2956.
4. McCartney MA, Barreto FS (2010) A mitochondrial DNA analysis of the species status of the endemic
Waccamaw darter, Etheostoma perlongum. Copeia 1: 103-113.
3. Barreto FS, Avise JC (2008) Polygynandry and sexual size dimorphism in the sea spider Ammothea
hilgendorfi (Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae), a marine arthropod with brood-carrying males.
Molecular Ecology 17: 4164-4175.
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2. Barreto FS, McCartney MA (2008) Extraordinary AFLP fingerprint similarity despite strong assortative
mating between coral reef fish morphospecies. Evolution 62: 226-233.
1. Tatarenkov A, Barreto FS, Winkelman DL, Avise JC (2006) Genetic monogamy in the channel catfish,
Ictalurus punctatus, a species with uniparental nest guarding. Copeia 4: 735-741
INVITED SEMINARS
2014
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
University of California, San Diego, Department of Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, La Jolla, CA
University of Oregon, Department of Biology, Eugene, OR
University of Oregon, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Coos Bay, OR
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
Trinity University, Biomathematics Program, San Antonio, TX
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD
FUNDING AWARDS
2009
2009
2008
2007
2003
2003
Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, UC-Irvine
Miguel-Velez Graduate Fellowship, UC-Irvine
William Holcomb Graduate Scholarship, UC-Irvine
Grants-in-Aid-of-Research, Sigma Xi
Grants-in-Aid-of-Research, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Grants-in-Aid-of-Research, Sigma Xi
OUTREACH AND SERVICES
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Invited lecturer: “Ecology of Intertidal Organisms” for COSMOS (California State Summer School for
Mathematics and Sciences) Program.
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Invited lecturer: “Molecular Markers and Natural History” for CAMP (California Alliance for Minority
Participation) Program.
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Mentored students from underrepresented backgrounds via UCSD’s STARS (Summer Training
Academy for Research in the Sciences) program, aimed at increasing diversity in doctoral science
programs.
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Peer-reviewer for 12 journals:
Evolution; Current Biology; Molecular Ecology (Top Reviewer 2014); Genome Biology and Evolution;
PLoS One; Marine Ecology Progress Series; Invertebrate Reproduction and Development;
BMC Genomics; G3:Genes|Genomes|Genetics; Ecology and Evolution; Oecologia; Molecular Biology
and Evolution
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REPRESENTATIVE PRESENTATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (8 OF 14)
Oral presentations (*presenter)
2014 Barreto FS*, Pereira RJ, Burton RS. “Genome-wide patterns of regulatory disruptions during early
stages of speciation”.
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2013 Barreto FS, Burton RS*. “Mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress and fitness: mechanisms
underlying F2 hybrid breakdown in the copepod Tigriopus californicus”
Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting, Snowbird, Utah
2012 Barreto FS*, Burton RS. “Rapid evolution of mitochondrial ribosomal proteins”
Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada
2010 Barreto FS*, Burton RS. “De novo analysis of the transcriptome and estimates of interpopulation
divergence in the copepod Tigriopus californicus.”
Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon
2009 Barreto FS*, Avise JC. “The genetic mating systems of California sea spiders in the context of
sexual selection.”
Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting, Moscow, Idaho
2005 Barreto FS*, McCartney MA. “Strong color pattern based assortative mating despite widespread
genomic identity between members of a marine species flock.”
Western Society of Naturalists, Seaside, California (awarded Best Student Paper)
2004 Barreto FS*, McCartney MA.. “The
Role of Assortative Mating as a Barrier to Gene Flow in a Coral
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Reef Fish Species Flock.”
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, New Orleans, LA
2003 Barreto FS*, Burgess GH. “A New Species of Lantern Shark (Chondrichthyes:Etmopteridae) from
the Eastern Pacific off Central America.”
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Manaus, Brazil
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
- Ronald Burton – rburton@ucsd.edu
Relationship: Postdoctoral advisor
Institution: Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- John Avise – javise@uci.edu
Relationship: PhD advisor
Institution: Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of California, Irvine, CA
- Michael McCartney – mmccartn@umn.edu
Relationship: Masters thesis advisor
Institution: Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and
Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
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