PhD candidate

Gehrmann Building, Level 8

School of Biological Sciences – UQ

St Lucia QLD 4072

Australia

T: +61 7 33659753

p.rachellodolmen@uq.edu.au

CV

Research interests

Molluscs, Corals, Sponges taxonomy and relating community structure to spatial, environmental and temporal processes.

Current project

Historical changes in marine molluscan assemblages from subtropical Moreton Bay Marine Park, Queensland (Australia)

Qualifications

MSc in Biology  –  Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands

BSc in Biology – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

Publications

• Xavier, J.R., Rachello-Dolmen, P.G., Parra-Velandia, F., Schönberg, C.H., Breeuwer J.A., Van Soest, R. W. 2010. Molecular evidence of cryptic speciation in the “cosmopolitan” excavating sponge Cliona celata (Porifera, Clionaidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56:13-20.
• Marijnissen, S.A.E., M., Ellinor, Kamermans, M., Bosch, K., Kars, M., Cleary, D.F.R., van Loon, E.E., Rachello-Dolmen, P.G., Menken, S.B.J. 2008. Ecological correlates of species differences in the Lake Tanganyika crab radiation. Hydrobiologia.  615:81–94.
• Cleary DFR, L. DeVantier, Giyanto, L. Vail, P. Manto, N.J., de Voogd, P.G. Rachello-Dolmen, Y. Tuti, A. Budiyanto, J. Wolstenholme, B.W. Hoeksema, Suharsono. 2008. Relating variation in species composition to environmental variables: a multi-taxon study in an Indonesian coral reef complex. Aquatic Sciences, 70 (4): 419-431.
• Rachello-Dolmen, P.G. and Cleary, D.F.R. 2007. Relating coral species traits to environmental conditions in Jakarta Bay/Pulau Seribu reef complex. Estuarine coastal and shelf science 73:816-826.
• Gracia, A.C., Ardila, N.E., Rachello, P., Díaz, J.M. 2005. Additions to the Scaphopod Fauna (Mollusca: Scaphopoda) of the Colombian Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science. Vol. 41:328-334.
• Ardila, N.E. and Rachello, P. 2005. Opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) collected by the cruises Invemar-Macrofauna II in the Colombian Caribbean (20-150 m). Avicennia 17:57-66.