Curriculum Vitae
Rafael D’Andrea
Employment
2020-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University
2016-2020: Postdoctoral Research Associate., Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mentor: James Patrick O'Dwyer
2012-2016: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Supervisor: Annette Ostling
2010, 2011, 2014: Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
2008-2010: Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Stony Brook University
Education
2016 Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan. Supervisor: Annette Ostling
2010 M.A. Physics: Stony Brook University
2008 M.S. Physics: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005 B.S. (cum laude) Physics: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Publications
R. D'Andrea, J. O'Dwyer (2021). “Competition for space in a structured landscape: the effect of seed limitation on coexistence under a tolerance-fecundity tradeoff ”. Journal of Ecology
R. D'Andrea, Theo Gibbs, James P. O'Dwyer (2020) Emergent neutrality in consumer-resource dynamics. PLoS Computational Biology
G. Barabás, R. D'Andrea (2020) Chesson's coexistence theory: reply. Ecology
R. D'Andrea, J. Guittar, J. O'Dwyer, H. Figueroa, J. Wright, R. Condit, A. Ostling (2020). “Counting niches: Abundance-by-trait patterns reveal niche partitioning in a Neotropical forest”. Ecology
R. D’Andrea, M. Riolo, A. Ostling (2019). “Generalizing clusters of similar species as a signature of coexistence under competition” PLoS Computational Biology, biorXiv
G. Barabás, R. D’Andrea, S. Stump (2018). “Chesson’s coexistence theory”. Ecological Monographs, GitHub
R. Rael, R. D’Andrea, G. Barabás, A. Ostling (2018). “Emergent niche structuring leads to increased differences from neutrality in species abundance distributions”. Ecology
R. D’Andrea, A. Ostling, J. O’Dwyer (2018). “Translucent windows: how uncertainty in competitive interactions impacts detection of community pattern”. Ecology Letters, arXiv.
R. D’Andrea, A. Ostling (2017). “Biodiversity maintenance may be lower under partial niche differentiation than under neutrality” Ecology 98 (12): 3211-3218. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2020
R. D’Andrea, J. O’Dwyer (2017). “Can editors save peer review from peer reviewers?” PLoS ONE 10: 1-10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186111
R. D’Andrea, J. O’Dwyer (2017). “The impact of species-neutral stage structure on macroecological patterns” Theoretical Ecology 10: 433-442. doi: 10.1007/s12080-017-0340-5
G. Barabás, R. D’Andrea, (2016). “The effect of intraspecific variation on community pattern and robustness” Ecology Letters 19.8: 977-986.
R. D’Andrea, A. Ostling (2016). “Challenges in Linking Trait Patterns to Niche Processes” Oikos 125: 1369-1385. doi: 10.1111/oik.02979
R. D’Andrea, A. Ostling (2015). “Can clustering in genotype space reveal ‘niches’?” American Naturalist 187: 130-135
R. D’Andrea*, G. Barabás*, A. Ostling (2013). "Revising the Tolerance-Fecundity Trade-Off; or, On the Consequences of Discontinuous Resource Use for Limiting Similarity, Species Diversity, and Trait Dispersion." The American Naturalist 181.4: E91-E101. *Authors contributed equally to this work.
G. Barabás, R. D’Andrea, R. Rael, G. Meszéna, A. Ostling (2013). Emergent Neutrality or Hidden Niches?” Oikos 122: 1565-1572.
G. Barabás*, R. D’Andrea*, A. Ostling (2012). "Species packing in nonsmooth competition models." Theoretical Ecology 6.1: 1-19. *Authors contributed equally to this work.
Manuscripts in Review
J. O'Dwyer, R. Chisholm, R. D'Andrea. "Neutral Ecology and Beyond". Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
L. Ginzburg, R. D'Andrea. "Trophic Levels". Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
M. Umarani, D. Wang, J. P. O'Dwyer, R. D'Andrea, "Quantifying spatial niche differentiation in tropical trees"
A. Senthilnathan, R. D'Andrea, "Niche theory for competition in a conditionable environment"
Popular Science
R. D'Andrea (2019). Trait-Based Clustering As An Indicator Of Species Competition. Science Trends.
J. Brock (2017). Strategies to sidestep selfish peer reviewers. Nature Index.
Awards
Rackham One Term Dissertation Fellowship, University of Michigan (2016)
Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan (2014-2015)
Conferences, Workshops, Invited Talks, Research Visits
Do competing species coexist via differences or via similarities? Models and data say it’s not so simple. Webinar. Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University 2021.
Counting niches: Can spatial patterns reveal niche partitioning in tropical forests? Webinar. International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology 2021.
Competition and Biodiversity Patterns in Diverse Communities. Seminar. Biocomplexity seminar series, University of Illinois 2019.
Competition and Biodiversity Patterns in Diverse Communities. Seminar. Bradley University 2019.
Species clusters and ecological niches: Trait-abundance patterns reveal niche strategies in a Neotropical forest. Oral presentation. ESA 2018.
Research visit to Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Barro Colorado Island, Panama. 2018.
The new limiting similarity: clusters of similar species as a signature of niche differentiation. Poster. Boston University Theory in Biology Meeting 2018.
The new limiting similarity: clusters of similar species as a signature of niche differentiation. Oral presentation. Midwest Mathematical Biology Conference 2018.
The new limiting similarity: clusters of similar species as a signature of niche differentiation. Poster. Simons Conference on Theory & Biology 2018.
Trait clustering & niche assembly in a tropical forest. Invited talk. Kellogg Biological Station 2017.
The impact of demographic structure on macroecological patterns. Oral presentation. ESA 2017.
Trait patterns in stochastic niche assembly: species clusters appear across different mechanisms of niche differentiation. Oral presentation. ESA 2016.
Is there hope for general inference of niche assembly from trait patterns? Oral presentation. Workshop - Species traits: A functional approach to biodiversity. Université de Montreal 2015.
Trait patterning in niche models. Oral presentation. ESA 2015.
New metrics for linking trait patterns to niche partitioning. Oral presentation. ESA 2014.
Challenges in linking trait patterns to niche processes. Oral presentation. ESA 2013.
Challenges in linking trait patterns to niche processes. Oral presentation. Workshop - Biodiversity in a Changing World. Université de Montreal 2013.
The tolerance-fecundity model bears arbitrary levels of diversity. Or does it? Oral Presentation. ESA 2012.
Gordon Research Conference on Metabolic Ecology 2012
New metrics for trait-based investigations of niche assembly. Oral Presentation. ESA 2011.
Teaching
Applied Ecology and Conservation Biology (Spring 2021, 2022). Stony Brook University
Graduate Seminar in Population and Community Ecology (Spring 2022). Stony Brook University
Theoretical Biology + Models (guest lecturer, Fall 2019). University of Illinois
Community Ecology (guest lecturer, Fall 2018). University of Illinois
Theoretical Biology + Models (guest lecturer, Fall 2017). University of Illinois
Population and Community Ecology (guest lecturer, Fall 2014, Fall 2015). University of Michigan
General Ecology (TA, Winter 2012, Winter 2014). University of Michigan
Introduction to Biology Lab (TA, Fall 2010). University of Michigan
Undergraduate Physics Lab (TA, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009). Stony Brook University
Undergraduate Physics Lab (TA, Spring + Fall 2005), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Classical Mechanics (TA, Fall 2004). Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Journal Review Activities
Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution (Review Editor)
Theoretical Population Biology
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Theoretical Ecology
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Nature Communications
PLoS Computational Biology
Ecology Letters
American Naturalist
Ecology and Evolution
Journal of Ecology
Ecology
Journal of Theoretical Biology
Oikos
Plant Science Today
Outreach Activities
I coordinate the public science lecture series offered by Stony Brook University faculty.
My lab regularly mentors Long Island high school students in their AP Bio research projects.
I co-led the Women in Science and Engineering – Girls in Science and Engineering (WISE-GISE) Ecology focus group at the University of Michigan in 2012 and 2013. The program introduced high-school girls to science and engineering careers.
Internet
Twitter: @raf_dandrea