Ph.D. Candidate, Case Western Reserve University
Email: hmrbio@gmail.com

Case Western Reserve University
Department of Biology
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Department of Invertebrate Zoology
1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle
Cleveland, OH 44106-1767, USA

Professional Preparation
BS, Biology, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, 2011
MSc, Zoology, Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia, 2013
PhD student, Biology, Case Western Reserve University, 2015- present

Research Interests
My primary research focus is on taxonomic revision and phylogenetic studies of Neotropical praying mantids. At the moment, I am revising some genera of the Neotropical subfamily Stagmatopterinae and plan on investigating the phylogenetic relationships of the subfamily with other Neotropical groups. I am also interested in morphological variation and evolution of male and female genitalia. I believe these structures merit a more throughout investigation because they can be an important source of information for both the evolutionary history of the order and the identification of the different species.