ANDREA CAROLINA ENCALADA, Ph.D. 

IMAR Institute of Marine and Aquatic Research, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004 517 Coimbra, Portugal
Local address: Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Quito - Ecuador
Tel: +593-2 (2893-347); e-mail: andreae@usfq.edu.ec

CURRENT POSITION:  

Feb 2005 - until now: Post-Doctoral Research Associate IMAR, Institute of Marine and Aquatic Research,   Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004 517 Coimbra, Portugal AND Research Associate Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.

EDUCATION:

·         Ph.D. on Freshwater Ecology. January 2005. Department of Entomology. Cornell University. USA. Academic Advisor:  Dr. Barbara Peckarsky, Professor Cornell University. Committee members: Dr. Cole Gilbert, Dr. Alex Flecker, Dr. Nelson Hairston.

·         Licentiate in Biology. January 1997. Department of Biology.  Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. Thesis Advisor:  Dr. Dean Jacobsen, Associate Professor University of Copenhagen Denmark.

Special Training and Courses

 August 2004. Course on "Litter breakdown and decomposition". IMAR, Institute  of Marine and Aquatic Sciences. University of Coimbra, Portugal. (full training grant by IMAR)

October 2002. Course on "Concepts of Ecological Effects Assessments". IMAR, Institute  of Marine and Aquatic Sciences. University of Coimbra, Portugal. (partial training grant by IMAR)

 January 2001. Teacher's Professional Development Workshop. Graduate School. Cornell University. (sponsored by Cornell University)

 January-March 1998. "Tropical Ecology and Conservation" course. OTS Organization of Tropical Studies. Costa Rica.  (full scholarship by OTS)

 November 1997. "Ecology of Aquatic Plants" intensive graduate course. University of Antioquia.Medellín, Colombia. (sponsored by DANIDA Grant 104.Dan8/630)

 April 1997. "Writing papers in Biological Science" course. EcoCiencia, Ecuadorian Foundation for Ecological Sciences. Instructor Dr. Peter Feisinger. Quito, Ecuador. 

 April-May 1996. Internship Freshwater Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen. Under the supervision of Dr. Dean Jacobsen.. Hillerod, Denmark. (sponsored by DANIDA Grant 104.Dan8/630)

HONORS AND AWARDS

 April 2004. Outstanding TA in Entomology and Stream Ecology awarded by the Department of Entomology and the Graduate School.  Cornell University Ithaca NY.

 March 2002. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant from NSF (National Science Foundation USA Title of Proposed Project:  "Patterns, mechanisms and consequences of oviposition behavior for recruitment of the mayfly, Baetis bicaudatus".  Grant DDIG#0206095.

 August 2001. Mellon Grant. For the project: Patterns, mechanisms and consequences of oviposition behavior for recruitment of the mayfly Baetis bicaudatus. 

August 2000. Edna Bailey Sussman Funds.  Internship program for the project:  "Can Availability of           Oviposition Sites Predict Recruitment of the Mayfly Baetis bicaudatus?". 

 August 2000. Rawlins Funds, Cornell University.  Project at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory: "Can Availability of Oviposition Sites Predict Recruitment of the Mayfly Baetis bicaudatus?". 

 August 2000.  Snyder Award, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory.  Project on the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory:  "Can Availability of Oviposition Sites Predict Recruitment of the Mayfly Baetis bicaudatus?".

 August 1999. Sigma Xi Funds for Research.  Project at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory:"Selective Oviposition Behavior of the mayfly Baetis bicaudatus in Colorado High-altitude streams". 

 August 1999. Griswold Funds, Cornell University. Project at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory:  "Selective Oviposition Behavior of the mayfly Baetis bicaudatus in Colorado High-altitude streams". 

 1998 - 2003. Academic Fellowship for four years of graduate study by the Ecuadorian Foundation for Science and Technology (FUNDACYT). 

 January-March 1998. Scholarship for the Tropical Ecology and Conservation Course.  OTS, Organization of Tropical Studies.  Costa Rica. 

 1995-1996. Award for Licentiate dissertation. Project title:  "Diversity and abundance of stream macro-invertebrate and their relationship to physical-chemical parameters in two highland streams of Ecuador: lake outlets and drainage streams". Grant 104.Dan8/630 funded by DANIDA (Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs), and University of Copenhagen, as part of the project: Environmental Status of Tropical Streams in Ecuador". 

 PUBLICATIONS

  ·         Encalada, A.C. and B.L. Peckarsky. 2006. Selective oviposition behavior of the mayfly Baetis bicaudatus. Oecologia 148:526 - 537.

  ·         Encalada, A.C. and B.L. Peckarsky. 2006. A comparative study of the costs of alternative mayfly oviposition behaviors. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.  In Press.

  ·         Encalada, A.C. y Martínez, C. 2006. Integridad Ecológica de la Provincia de Cotopaxi, Ecuador. En: Atlas de la Provincia de Cotopaxi. C. Martínez (Ed.). EcoCiencia, Quito. pp 342.

  ·         Peckarsky, B.L. Hughes, J.M., Mather P.B. Hillyer, M. and Encalada A.C. 2005. Are populations of mayflies living in adjacent fish and fishless streams genetically differentiated? Freshwater Biology. 50: 42-51.

  ·         Encalada, A.C. y Martínez, C. 2005. Evaluación Ecológica de Paisaje de la Provincia de Cotopaxi. Informe Técnico, EcoCiencia, Quito.

  ·         Encalada, A.C. 2005. Patterns, mechanisms and consequences to population dynamics of selective oviposition behavior by Baetis bicaudatus (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae). Ph.D. Dissertation Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

  ·         Encalada, A. & B. Peckarsky. Submitted to Freshwater Biology.  Low egg mortality as a benefit of specialized oviposition behavior in the mayfly Baetis bicaudatus.

  ·         Encalada, A. & B. Peckarsky. Submitted to Ecology. The influence of recruitment on the population dynamics of the mayfly Baetis bicaudatus in fish and fishless streams.

  ·         Encalada, A. & B. Peckarsky. Submitted to Ecology. Large-scale manipulation of mayfly recruitment affects population size.

  ·         Jacobsen, D. & A. Encalada.  1998. The macroinvertebrate fauna of Ecuadorian highland streams in wet and dry seasons.  Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 142 (1), 53-70.

  ·         Jacobsen, D., R. Schultz & A. Encalada.  1997.  Structure and diversity of stream invertebrate assemblages: the influence of temperature with altitude and latitude.  Freshwater Biology, 38, 247-261.

  ·         Encalada, A. 1997.  "Estructura de las comunidades de macro-invertebrados acuáticos y su relación con factores físicos y químicos de ríos de drenaje y salientes de lagunas".  Licenciatura Thesis.  Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

·         Encalada, A. 1996.  Macro-invertebrate structure in relation to physical and chemical factors in highland streams of Ecuador.  In:  Jacobsen, D. (Ed.).  Ecology and Environmental Status of Tropical Streams in Ecuador.  DANIDA technical report.  Copenhagen.

WORK EXPERIENCE

March 2006 - until now.  Principal Researcher in the Project: "Leaf decomposition in tropical ecosystems:  structure and function" funded by FCT Portugal (POCTI/BIA/BDE/58297/2004) through IMAR (Institute of Marine and Aquatic Research), Universidade de Coimbra Portugal.

April - December 2005.  Scientific evaluator for the "Fernando Ortiz-Crespo Research Grants Program" funded by Conservation International and EcoCiencia.

February-April 2005: Scientific consultant for the Project "Ecological Evaluation of Cotopaxi Province in Ecuador. EcoCiencia. Quito, Ecuador.

1999 - 2004. Principal Researcher of the Project: Patterns, mechanisms and consequences to

population dynamics of selective oviposition behavior by Baetis bicaudatus (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae). Ph.D. Dissertation Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

August-December 2000.  Seminar Series Coordinator.  JUGATAE (Cornell Entomological Graduate

Student Association).  Department of Entomology.  Cornell University.

March-August 1998.  Associate Researcher at EcoCiencia Foundation (Ecuadorian Foundation for Ecological Sciences).  Quito, Ecuador.  Project title: Ecological analyses of the effects of cabuya (Furcraea andina) fiber waste on the Cachaco River in the Lita Montane Forest in the Northwestern Ecuador.

November 1996 to February 1998. Country Field Coordinator of the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Program in Ecuador. OIKOS Corporation. Quito, Ecuador.  .

1995-1996.  Research Assistant.  For the project entitled: "The macro-invertebrate fauna of Ecuadorian

highland streams and the influence of wet and dry seasons".  Part of grant 104.Dan8/630 funded by DANIDA (Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs), and University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

October 1994-July1995. Laboratory Assistant. Course entitled: "Lotic Ecology".  In charge of selection

and classification of benthic macro-invertebrates of many Ecuadorian streams. 

October 1991-July 1992. Curator Assistant at the Herbarium of the "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador" (Pontifical Catholic University of  Ecuador). Quito, Ecuador.

 1991.  Symposium Assistant. Symposium entitled "Descorriendo la Cortina Verde" (Opening the Green Curtain).  Smithsonian Institution, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, FECODES, EcoCiencia Foundation.  Quito, Ecuador.

 February- July 1990. Curator Assistant.  Vertebrate Zoology Museum, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

April 2006. Instructor in the course:  "Recent Topics in Freshwater Ecology". Organized by IMAR at University of Coimbra, Portugal (Other teachers in the course: Dr. Alan Covich, Dr. Alex Flecker, Dr. Tereza Ferreira, Dr. Arturo Elosegi and Dr. Michael Mutz).

 March 2006. Instructor in the course: Gestión Integrada de Recursos Hídricos". Organized by Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Other teachers in the course : Ing. Xavier Zapata and Ing. Rodny Peñafiel)

 October 2005. Teacher of "Biology and Biodiversity " for the National Course for Tourist Guides for Galapagos National Park (Puerto Ayora). Coordinated by ECOLAP, Universidad San Francisco de Quito.

 Spring  2001 and 2004.  Teacher Assistant of "Stream Ecology" class (ENTOM 456).  Cornell University.  Ithaca, USA.

 Spring 2000 and 2002. Teacher Assistant of "Aquatic Entomology" class (ENTOM 142). Cornell University.  Ithaca, USA.

 1996-1997. High School Teacher. Biology and Ecology Workshop.  Unidad Educativa América Latina.  Quito, Ecuador.

ATTENDANCE TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL WORSHOPS AND CONFERENCES

July 2005.  Plant Litter Processing in Freshwater Ecosystems (PLPF) Congress. Toulouse. France.

 June 2004.  NABS Meeting North American Benthological Society Meeting. Talk:  "Recruitment             limitation in Ephemeroptera".  Vancouver, Canada.

 November 2002.  I Congreso de Ecología y Medio Ambiente.  Talk:  "Reclutamiento  y Comportamiento de Oviposición de la Efímera Baetis bicaudatus en ríos de las Montañas Rocosas en Colorado".  Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador.

 October 2002.  Institute of Marine and Aquatic Sciences.  Seminar:  "Oviposition Behavior and Recruitment in Aquatic Insects".  University of Coimbra, Portugal.

 June 2002. NABS (North American Benthological Society) Congress.  Talk: Does local recruitment of the mayfly Baetis bicaudatus determine local larval abundance? Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA

 January 2002.  Ecology and Evolutionary Symposium. Talk: "Oviposition of the mayfly Baetis bicaudatus: Does local recruitment determine larval abundance?" Cornell University, USA.

June 2001. NABS (North American Benthological Society) Congress.  Talk: Can availability of oviposition sites predict recruitment of the mayfly Baetis bicaudatus". LaCrosse, USA.

 May 2000.  NABS Congress.  Talk:  "Selective Oviposition Behavior of the Mayfly Baetis bicaudatus  in Colorado Mountain Streams".  Keystone, USA.

 July 1997.  Lecturer of the Status Report of the GLOBE Program in Ecuador.  Second Annual GLOBE Conference.  Washington D.C., USA.

 November 1997.  GLOBE International Workshop.  Lecturer:  "The GLOBE Program in Ecuador". Miami, USA.

 November 1996.  XX Ecuadorian Biology Congress. Talk: "Diversity and abundance of stream macroinvertebrate in highland streams of Ecuador".  Ecuadorian Society of Biology.  Esmeraldas, Ecuador.

 SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

January 1997 until present. SIL. Societas Internationalis Limnologiae Theoreticae et Applicatae. 

 January 1999 until present. NABS.  North American Benthological Society. 

 November 2002 until present. ESA.  Ecological Society of America. 

 November 2004 until present. ESA.  Entomological Society of America.   

STUDENTS

 Ecuadorian Academic Advisor of Lcdo.Juan A. Calles. M.Sc. student of University of Amsterdam. (Dr. Michael Krak, Academic Advisor at Amsterdam).

 Ecuadorian Academic Advisor of M.Sc. Blanca Ríos. Ph.D. student of University of Barcelona, Spain (Dr. Narcis Pratt, Academic Advisor at Barcelona).

 Committee member of Carolina Arroyo, Bachelor student of Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador.

 LANGUAGES

Spanish - native speaker

English - fluent in written and spoken English

Portuguese - good in understanding and reading

REFERENCES

 Dr. Barbara Peckarsky (Stream Ecologist)
Department of Entomology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850
e-mail: blp1@cornell.edu
Campus phone: 607-255-7728
Fax: 607-255-0939

 Dr. Alex Flecker (Stream Ecologist in Tropical Systems)
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850
e-mail: asf3@cornell.edu

Dr. Nelson Haiston (Limnologist)
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850
e-mail: nhs7@cornell.edu

Prof. Dr. Manuel A.S. Graca (Stream Ecologist, Litter breakdown and water quality assessment)
IMAR Institute of Marine and Aquatic Research
Departamento de Zoologia
Universidade de Coimbra
3004-517 Coimbra - PORTUGAL
phone: +351.239.828071     
Fax: +351.239.826798.
e-mail: mgraca@ci.uc.pt