CURRICULUM VITAE

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EDUCATION
2014-pres         PhD, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Integrative Biology
2010-2014       BA, University of California, Berkeley, w/honors, CA, Integrative Biology
                           BA, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Anthropology

AWARDS AND HONORS
Pinto Fellowship ($7,735), University of California, Berkeley (2015-2017)
Chancellor’s Fellowship ($75,000), University of California, Berkeley (2015-2017)
Desmond Clark Graduate Fellowship ($1,300), Human Evolution Research Center (2018)
Desmond Clark Graduate Fellowship ($1,974), Human Evolution Research Center (2017)
Pollitzer Student Travel Award ($500), American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Honorable Mention, NSF GRF Program in Biological Anthropology (2016)
Great Lakes National Scholarship ($2,500) (2016)
Desmond Clark Graduate Fellowship ($2,500), Human Evolution Research Center (2016)
Desmond Clark Graduate Fellowship ($3,000), Human Evolution Research Center (2015)
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award ($500), Univ. of Cal., Berkeley (2015)
Power Award ($2,000), University of California, Berkeley (2014)
Dean’s Honors, University of California, Berkeley (2011, 2012)
Berkeley Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley (2010-2011, 2013-2014)
Helen Howe Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley (2010-2011, 2013-2014)
Henriette Fialon Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley (2011-2014)
Institute of European Studies Department Award, Univ. of California, Berkeley (2010-2013)
Arthur Ferreira Pinto Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley (2010-2011)
Estha M. Rodkey Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley (2010-2011)

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Integrative Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley (2015-pres)
Undergraduate research assistant, Hlusko Laboratory, Univ. of California, Berkeley (2012-2014)
Undergraduate research assistant, University of California Museum of Paleontology (2014)

RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS
Human Evolution Research Center, University of California, Berkeley (2015-pres)
University of California Museum of Paleontology, Univ. of California, Berkeley (2014-pres)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of Physical Anthropologists (2013-pres)
The European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (2018-pres)
American Anthropological Association (2018-pres)

RESEARCH GRANTS
National Science Foundation DDRIG ($19,060) (2017)
     Title: Skeletal Morphology of Early Modern Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Leakey Foundation Research Grant ($2,340) (2017)
     Title: Skeletal Morphology of Early Modern Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Portuguese Studies Program Student Research Award, University of California, Berkeley ($2,950) (2017)
     Title: Skeletal Morphology of Early Modern Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Integrative Biology Summer Research Award, University of California, Berkeley ($1,750) (2017)
     Title: Skeletal Morphology of Early Modern Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Pre-Dissertation Research Grant, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley ($5,000) (2016)
     Title: Skeletal Morphology of Early Modern Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Palaeontological Scientific Trust Grant ($2,167) (2015)
     Title: Developing a Quantitative Approach for Identifying Paleo Species in the South African Fossil Record of Old World Monkeys (co-author)

PUBLICATIONS
     Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

      Published Abstracts

  • Schmitt CA, Cooke SB, Brasil MF, Monson TA, Hlusko LJ. 2018 Abstract. Genetically patterned dental phenotypes show evidence for diet-related evolutionary change in platyrrhine primates. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Austin, TX.
  • Brasil MF, Monson TA, Schmitt CA, Hlusko LJ. 2017 Abstract. Plio-Pleistocene hominid diversity interpreted through the genetic mechanisms that pattern the dentition. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. New Orleans, LA
  • Brasil MF, Monson TA, Stratford DJ, Hlusko LJ. 2016 Abstract. A reevaluation of taxonomic divisions within South African Parapapio. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Atlanta, GA. 
  • Monson TA, Brasil MF, Stratford DJ, Hlusko LJ. 2016 Abstract. Phenotypic integration of the cranium and face in fossil Cercopithecidae with implications for interpreting species in the Old World Monkey fossil record. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Atlanta, GA. 
  • Hlusko LJ, Brasil MF, Clay S, Höhna S, Huelsenbeck J, Huffman M, Monson TA, Takenaka R, Schmitt CA, Yoo S, Mahaney M. 2016 Abstract. Genetic and phenotypic modularity in the mammalian dental arcade. International Congress on Vertebrate Morphology. Washington, DC. 
  • Huffman M, Monson TA, Brasil MF, Hlusko LJ. 2016 Abstract. Discerning genetic architecture from phenotypic covariance in human dentitions. International Congress on Vertebrate Morphology. Washington, DC. 
  • Brasil MF, Monson TA, Hlusko LJ. 2015 Abstract. South African fossil monkey mandibles in the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontology. Stanislaus, CA.
  • Monson TA, Brasil MF, Hlusko LJ. 2015 Abstract. South African fossil baboons and evolutionary changes in Papio postcanine dentition. Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontology. Stanislaus, CA.
  • Monson T, Brasil M, Gutierrez S, Holroyd P, Roth K, Hlusko LJ. 2014 Abstract. Fossil monkeys from South Africa in the University of California’s Museum of Paleontology collections. American Association of Physical Anthropology. Calgary, Alberta.

FIELD RESEARCH
Middle Awash Research Project, Ethiopia, paleontologist (2015-pres)
Archaeological excavation of a northern San Francisco Bay Area shellmound site (Tolay, Petaluma) (2013)
Archaeological excavation on the University of California, Berkeley campus (Historical Student Observatory) (2013)

MUSEUM/INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

  • Study of hominid and Old World monkey fossils from Middle Awash, Ethiopia, National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa (2016-pres)
  • Study of modern human skeletal variation in Early Horizon Native Californians, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (2016-pres)
  • Study of primate fossils from South Africa, University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley (2013-pres)
  • Study of skeletal variation in Egyptian and Jordanian modern humans, National Museum of Natural History (2018)
  • Study of skeletal variation in southern African (Zulu) modern humans, Raymond A. Dart Collection, University of the Witwatersrand (2018)
  • Study of skeletal variation in European modern humans, 21st Century Identified Skeletal Collection, University of Coimbra (2017)
  • Study of craniodental variation in extant New World and Old World monkeys, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC (2016)
  • Craniodental variation in South African Old World monkeys, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, Pretoria (2015)
  • Specimen photography and cataloguing for Comprehensive Olduvai Database Initiative, Natural History Museum, London (2014)

ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Graduate-level teaching colloquium in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley (2014) 
Geometric Morphometrics shortcourse, University of California, Berkeley (2013)

TEACHING
Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley
Integrative Biology 35AC: Human Biological Variation (Fall 2018) 
Integrative Biology C142L/Anthropology C103: Human Osteology (Spring 2018) 
Integrative Biology 35AC: Human Biological Variation (Summer 2017) 
Integrative Biology C185L/Anthropology C100: Human Paleontology (Spring 2017) 
Integrative Biology 140: Human Reproduction (Spring 2015)
Integrative Biology C130/Sociology C118: Human Fertility (Fall 2014) 

ADVISING
Undergraduate Researcher Advisor: Alyssa Case (UC Berkeley), Fiona Chatterjee (UC Berkeley), John Francis (UC Berkeley), Nicholas Shepetuk (UC Berkeley), Emma Thatcher (UC Berkeley)

SERVICE

  • Mentoring a high school student through completion of a museum collections-based research project for Saint Joseph’s biomedical sciences program, Oakland, CA (2018)
  • Participant in “Science Notebook” elementary school outreach program, Community Resources for Science, Berkeley, CA (2018)
  • Interview for “Ode to Evolution” podcast, “Physical Evidence for Evolution” episode (invited interviewee) (2017)
  • Research presentation and academic advising for high school seniors at Riverdale High School, California (invited guest lecture) (2017)
  • Logistics planning committee member for “Expanding Your Horizons” STEM conference for middle school-aged females, University of California, Berkeley (2016-2017)
  • Co-coordinator of graduate student ‘chalk talk’ series, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley (2016-2017)
  • Invited panelist for the biological sciences alumni panel in the Letters & Science 1 freshman course, University of California, Berkeley (2016)
  • Invited guest speaker for “Berkeley Connect” undergraduate course in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley (2016) 
  • Volunteer for “Be A Scientist” middle school outreach program, Community Resources for Science, Berkeley, CA (2015) 
  • Volunteer with the University of California Museum of Paleontology at California Academy of Sciences NightLife, San Francisco (2015)
  • Research presentation in the Fall 2015 semester “Chalk Talk” series for graduate students in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley (2015)
  • Guest lecturer for “Human Biological Variation” undergraduate course, University of California, Berkeley (2015) 
  • Volunteer at “Expanding Your Horizons” STEM conference, University of California, Berkeley (2015)
  • Guest speaker for “Writing in the Biological Sciences” undergraduate course, University of California, Berkeley (2015)
  • Student event coordinator for Dept. of Integrative Biology prospective student visit weekend, University of California, Berkeley (2015)
  • Academic peer advisor in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley (2013-2014)
  • Panelist for “Exploring Biology at Cal” undergraduate course, University of California, Berkeley (2013, 2014)
  • Volunteer at the Western Bioarchaeology Group Conference (WeBiG), University of California, Berkeley (2013)

COURSEWORK
Graduate Seminars: Paleontology, Vertebrate Evolution and Paleontology, Genetics and Evolution of the Skeleton, Advanced Studies in Hominid Paleobiology
Undergraduate Courses: Human Osteology, Mammalogy, Evolution, Evolution of the Vertebrates, Human Paleontology, Archaeology Field Course, Archaeology of Health and Disease, Analysis of the Archaeological Record, Historical Artifact Identification and Analysis, Statistics, Introduction to Archaeology, Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Graduate GPA: 4.0
Undergraduate GPA: 3.702; Integrative Biology GPA: 3.513; Anthropology GPA: 3.941

LANGUAGES
English (native), Portuguese (fluent)