Claudio Manuel Monteza Moreno, M.Sc.
Curriculum Vitae
Claudio M. Monteza M.
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Website: www.monteza-claudio.com
EDUCATION
|
2020 - |
Ph.D. |
Max Planck Institute of
Animal Behavior – University of Konstanz |
|
2017-19 |
M.S. |
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, DAVIS, CA Animal Behavior Grad Group Major Professor: Margaret Crofoot, Ph.D. |
|
2008-13 |
B.Sc. |
UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA, PANAMA CITY Program in Biology with orientation in Animal Biology |
EXTRACURRICULAR EDUCATION
|
2010-11 |
iGEM |
INTERNATIONAL GENETICALLY ENGINEER MACHINE COMPETITION |
|
2007-08 |
English Program |
TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA, PANAMA CITY
|
LANGUAGES
Spanish – native | English – professional | Portuguese – fluent
PUBLICATIONS
- Monteza-Moreno, C.M., Dogandžić, T., McLean, K.A., Castillo-Caballero, P.L., Mijango-Ramos, Z., Del Rosario-Vargas, E., Crofoot, M.C., & Barrett, B.J. (2020). White-Faced Capuchin, Cebus capucinus imitator, Hammerstone and Anvil Tool Use in Riparian Habitats on Coiba Island, Panama. International Journal of Primatology, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-020-00156-5.
- Monteza-Moreno, C., Crofoot, M., Grote, M. and Jansen, P. 2020. Increased terrestriality in a Neotropical primate living on Islands with reduced predation risk. Journal of Human Evolution, 143, 102768. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102768.
Barrett, B. J., Monteza-Moreno, C. M., Dogandžić, T., Zwyns, N., Ibañez, A., & Crofoot, M. C. 2018. Habitual stone-tool aided extractive foraging in white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus. R. Soc. Open Sci, 5 2018 5(181002): 1-18; DOI: 10.1098/rsos.181002.
- Agha, M., Batter, T., Bolas, E.C., Collins, A., Gomes da Rocha, D., Monteza-Moreno, C. M., Preckler-Quisquater, S., and Sollmann, R. 2018. A review of wildlife camera trapping trends across Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 56(4):694-701; DOI: 10.1111/aje.12565
- Santos Murgas, A., Abrego, J., Lopez, O., Monteza-Moreno, C., Osorio, M., Guardia, R., Alvarez, E., Quiroz, K., Añino, Y., Carranza, R., and Villarreal, C. 2018. Abejas de las orquídeas (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) del Parque Nacional Darién, Panamá. Tecnociencia, 20(2): 59-69.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
|
Research Fellowship (2013-2017) |
STRI – TEAM Network Tropical Ecology and Assessment Monitoring, TEAM Network I was the crew leader for the terrestrial vertebrate protocol for five years now. We use camera traps to assess in two protected areas how mammals’ communities change in abundance and composition over the years. PI: Dr. Patrick Jansen |
|
Naturalist Guide (2012 – 2017) |
BARRO COLORADO ISLAND (BCI), PUBLIC VISITOR PROGRAM I guided people from all around the world and explain them about research on BCI (past and present), ecology of our fauna and flora and history of the Smithsonian Institution, STRI and Panama Canal. |
VOLUNTEERING ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
|
Student’s Representative April – Dec 2011 |
University of Panama, Faculty General Committee of Auto Evaluation I represented the students on a faculty committee along with professors and university’s authorities to discuss the needed improvements in my faculty’s careers, as well as for the university. |
AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS
2021 |
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Scholarship to cover studies in the IMPRS, Konstanz, hosted in MPI-AB and the University of Konstanz. |
|
2018 |
Secretary of Science (SENACYT), Panama. Scholarship to cover tuition fees and stipend at UC-Davis. |
|
2018 |
Hemispheric Institute on the America – Summer Travel Award 2018. |
|
2016 |
Secretary of Science (SENACYT), Panama. Training program award to do an internship in the Wageningen University, The Netherlands. |
|
2015 |
STRI Travel Award. To attend the XIX International Conference of the SMBC in Mexico. |
|
2015 |
STRI Short Term Fellowship. To conduct my project called: “The Impact of Fear Crocodile Predators on Wildlife Movements in Lake Edge Habitats on Barro Colorado Island.” |
CONFERENCES PRESENTATIONS
Monteza, C.M, Barrett, B., Crofoot, M. Habitual stone-tool aided extractive foraging in white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus. XVII Biannual National Conference of Science and Technology, Panama, October, 2018
Monteza, C.M, and Jansen, P. "Consequences of isolation on the community of terrestrial mammals on Coiba National Park. XVII Biannual National Conference of Science and Technology, Panama, October, 2018
Monteza, C.M, Jansen, P. and Crofoot, M. Expansion into the Terrestrial Niche by an Arboreal Neotropical Primate on Predator-free Islands. 55th Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society, Wisconsin University, August, 2018.
Monteza, C.M, Liefting, Y., Hall, J. Yanguas, E. & Jansen, P. Terrestrial Vertebrates of Plantations in Panama Canal Watershed. XIX Conference of Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation, Mexico. August, 2015
Extra information
I am a field biologist interested in behavior, ecology and natural history of forest mammals. I study the dynamics of biodiversity and the effects of disconnected habitats caused by anthropogenic change. By assessing the occupancy of community of forest mammals in the Panama Canal area, I aim to identify the degree of landscape connectivity across plantation mosaics that are disconnecting forests.
• Landscape Connectivity • Conservation • Coffee • Capuchins