Dr. Roberta Graboski
Talks
November 2020: II Scientific seminar PPGBE - Reassessing the systematics of the South American Leptodeira (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) based on molecular and morphological analyses.
February 2021: I SiMorf - Evolution patterns and cranial diversity in vertebrates.
August 2024: World Congress of Herpetology.
I was invited to participate in the "Fossorial Amphibians and Reptiles" symposium at WCH-10, which was a success!
Courses
August 2020: I successfully concluded the Summer 2020 SlicerMorph 3D Morphometrics Online Short Course.
Projects approved
November 2020: Two projects were approved by the Brazilian Federal funding agency (PROTAX - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico - CNPq) to work with the taxonomy and systematics of Amphisbaenia during 2021-2024. I am a collaborator of both proposals as a postdoctoral fellow. One proposal was approved by Dr. Síria Ribeiro (UFOPA) and the other by Dr. Ana L.C. Prudente (MPEG).
G1: Terra da Gente News
November 2022: I am thrilled to announce that I published a piece of news on a Brazilian newspaper (G1 terra da gente) about four new species of Amerotyphlops that I described. The link is here: https://g1.globo.com/sp/campinas-regiao/terra-da-gente/noticia/2022/11/25/serpente-descoberta-na-bahia-ganha-nome-em-homenagem-ao-cantor-caetano-veloso.ghtml
April 2024: I am thrilled to announce that I published a piece of news on a Brazilian newspaper (G1 terra da gente) about three new species of Micrurus that I described. The link is here: https://g1.globo.com/sp/campinas-regiao/terra-da-gente/noticia/2024/04/12/pesquisa-revela-3-novas-especies-de-cobra-coral-do-sudeste-e-nordeste.ghtml
Postdoctoral Fellowship
April 2022: I am thrilled to announce that I will begin a new postdoctoral at The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University in Israel. I will work with the hidden diversity of the Middle East Reptiles in Dr. Shai Meiri's Lab in collaboration with Dr. Aaron Bauer from Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA. The Gans Collections and Charitable Fund will fund this big and awesome project.
Award
March 2021: Very happy to receive Seal of Excellence for my Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowship submission in the field of Environmental Science. My proposal was scored as a high-quality project proposal in a highly competitive evaluation process. My project was not funded during this call, but this certificate motivates me to keep trying.
March 2023: Very happy to receive the Top Downloaded paper for 2021 from Zoologica Scripta. In this paper, we described a new species of snails from Brazil.
April 2024: Very happy to receive the Top cited paper for 2022-2023 from Zoologica Scripta. In this paper, we described a new species of cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira)
Visiting Collections
From November 2023 to March 2024, I will visit some European Museums of Natural History for the taxonomic work of Israeli reptiles. I will visit the Koening and Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Germany; The Natural History Museum in London, UK; and the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France.
Natural History Museum London
From March to May 2024, I will visit some American Museums of Natural History for the taxonomic work of Israeli reptiles. I will visit the Smithsonian, in Washington D.C.; California Academy of Science (CAS), in San Francisco; and Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), in Boston.
Smithsonian Natural History Museum