Marcos Soares Barbeitos

BSc. in Biological Sciences (1997), Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), MSc. in Zoology (2000), National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and PhD in Biological Sciences (2007), State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA. My research focuses on molecular phylogenetics using RNA secondary structures of ribosomal genes, ancestral state reconstruction and systematics and biogeography of cnidarians, with emphasis on scleractinian corals. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)