I am a Doctor of Natural Sciences and a Peruvian evolutionary biologist. My research is based at the Laboratory of Entomology of the Argentine Dryland Research Institute (IADIZA, CCT CONICET Mendoza).
My research centers on the systematics and taxonomy of Neotropical and Andean rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). I integrate fieldwork, morphology, molecular biology, and phylogenetic analysis to investigate their evolutionary relationships and species diversity.
My PhD thesis investigated the evolution of myrmecophily and termitophily in the Neotropical Philonthina rove beetles.
Authors: Rodríguez-Melgarejo, M.E.; Marvaldi, A.E. & Chani-Posse, M.R.
Journal: Zootaxa, 5750(3), 400–414.
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Authors: Rodríguez-Melgarejo, M.E.; Ramírez-Salamanca, J.M. & Chani-Posse, M.R.
Journal: Invertebrate Systematics, 39(11), 1–25.
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Authors: Chani-Posse, M.R.; Rodríguez-Melgarejo, M.E. & Ramírez-Salamanca, J.M.
Journal: Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny, 83, 331–352.
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Achieved the title of Doctor of Natural Sciences at the National University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina.
Presented a talk at Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, UNMSM, Lima, Peru.
Received third place in the Viralizoo Science Communication Contest at the XXXVI Brazilian Congress of Zoology, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.
Presented a talk at the XXXVI Brazilian Congress of Zoology and III Conference on Zoology in Industry, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.
Published a paper in Zootaxa describing the myrmecophilous rove beetle genus Termitoquedius.
Published a paper in Invertebrate Systematics describing two new brachypterous rove beetle genera: Andinolonthus and Brachylonthus.
Presented a talk at Science Week, Mendoza, Argentina.
Completed a workshop on Scientific Journalism.
Presented a talk at the 12th Argentine Congress of Entomology, Tucumán, Argentina.