Luiz Ricardo Lopes de Simone
Mollusca Curator
Contact
Phone:
(55) (11) 2065-8129
E-mail:
Mailing address:
04263-000 São Paulo, SP, BRASIL
Profile
He has an undergraduate degree in Medicine from the Universidade de São Paulo (Ribeirão Preto) (1985), an undergraduate degree in Biology from the Universidade de São Paulo (1993), a master’s degree in Biological Sciences (Zoology) from the Universidade de São Paulo (1995), and a doctoral degree in Biological Sciences (Zoology) from the Universidade de São Paulo (2000). Postdoctoral Research by the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (2002) and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, USA (2004). He worked at the Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2002-2003). He is currently a full professor at the Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia, -He has experience in the area of Zoology, with emphasis on Systematics and Malacology, working mainly on the following themes: Mollusca, Systematics, Taxonomy, Palaeontology, Morphology, and Philogeny.
Line of research
Morphology, Paleontology, Systematics, and Evolution of Mollusca.
Academic activities
- Malacology Collection Curatorship
- Elective undergraduate course:
- Graduate degree courses:
- Malacology (Graduate Program in Zoology of IB/USP)
- Diversity and Evolution of Mollusca (Program in Systematics, Animal Taxonomy, and Biodiversity, MZUSP)
- Zoological Publications: Fundamentals and Practical Basis (Program on Systematics, Animal Taxonomy, and Biodiversity, MZUSP)
Alunos/Pós-doutores do laboratório
Daniel Abbate (pós-doutorando, MZUSP)
Fernanda dos Santos Silva (mestranda em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, MZUSP)
Jaime Alberto Jardim Gomes (doutorando em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, MZUSP)
Patricia Oristanio Vaz de Lima (pós-doutoranda, MZUSP)
Sandra Sariego Frómeta (doutoranda em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, MZUSP)
Natan Carvalho Pedro (mestrand em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, MZUSP)
Publicações selecionadas
Simone, L.R.L., 2006. Land and freshwater molluscs of Brazil. 1. ed. São Paulo: EGB. v. 1. 390p.
Simone, L.R.L., 2011. Phylogeny of the Caenogastropoda (Mollusca), based on comparative morphology. Arquivos de Zoologia 42: 161-163.
Simone, L.R.L.; Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R. 2015. Comparative anatomy of selected marine bivalves from the Florida Keys, with notes on Brazilian Congeners (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Malacologia 58: 1-127.
