Curriculum Vitae

Rafael D’Andrea

rafael.dandrea@stonybrook.edu



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.


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