Welcome Tiago, new HUH Research Fellow!
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Tiago Vieira to the Herbaria as our newest HUH Research Fellow!
Tiago is an Evolutionary Biologist interested in plant systematics and taxonomy, molecular phylogenetics, biogeography, and Neotropical orchid flora. He recently completed his Ph.D. at the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana in Brazil where he worked on the systematics of the Neotropical orchid genus Prosthechea.
At the HUH Tiago will be mentored by Dr. Charles Davis and will focus his research on the taxonomy and systematics of the Prosthechea vespa complex (a species complex distributed throughout the Neotropical region) focusing on the Andean, Central America, and West Indies taxonomic entities of it. Plant morphology, geometric morphometrics, and molecular phylogenetics will be the tools for his studies. The general goal is to provide contributions and advances on the taxonomy and systematics of this enigmatic species complex, representing a further step toward unraveling the processes of evolution and diversification in Neotropical Orchidaceae.