RODRIGO ALMEIDA
137 Mulford Hall
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
e-Mail: rodrigo@nature.berkeley.edu
Position Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Education B.S. December 1997. Agronomy. Universidade de São Paulo
M.S. August 1999. Entomology. Universidade de São Paulo
Ph.D. December 2002. Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Areas of interest
My research focuses on the role of insect vectors in the spread of plant diseases. Approaches range from field work on disease spread and vector ecology to basic molecular interactions between vector and pathogen. The ecology of hemipteran insects and associated bacteria (bacterial symbionts) is another area of interest.
Employment
08/99-07/02 - Graduate research assistant, University of California, Berkeley
08/02-12/02 – Junior research specialist, University of California, Berkeley
01/03-02/03 – Visiting scholar, University of California, Berkeley
03/03-12/05 – Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa
01/06-present - Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Awards
‘A’ Encarnado, 1997. Escola Superior de Agricultura ‘Luiz de Queiroz’, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Julius H. Freitag Memorial Award, 2002. University of California, Berkeley
Professional memberships
American Phytopathological Society
American Society for Microbiology
Entomological Society of America
Hawaiian Entomological Society