Sarnat, Eli Michael

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
University of California, Davis Davis, CA 95616 (530) 752-9977 ndemik@yahoo.com www.fijiants.org www.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/PIAkey Research Interests Explore novel solutions to the conservation of biological diversity by cultivating relationships between people and their ecosystems. I specialize in the taxonomy and systematics of the ants in order to document, study, and conserve a keystone component of terrestrial biological diversity. My thesis research characterizes the ant diversity of the Fijian archipelago through space and time by describing new species, inferring evolutionary relationships and analyzing biogeographic patterns. Professional Preparation 2005 – Present University of California at Davis. Ph.D. Program in Entomology. 2003 University of California at Davis. M.S. in Entomology. 2000 University of California at Berkeley. B.S. in Conservation and Resource Studies. 1999 Duke University, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. Undergraduate Semester Abroad

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * Lucky, A. and E. M. Sarnat. 2008. New species of Lordomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southeast Asia and Fiji. Zootaxa 1681: 37-46.


 * Lucky, A. and E. M. Sarnat. 2009. Biogeography and diversification of the Pacific ant genus Lordomyrma Emery. Journal of Biogeography. 1-11.


 * Sarnat, E. M. 2006. Lordomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Fiji Islands. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Bickel, D.J. (eds.), Fiji Arthropods. IX.Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 90: 9-42.


 * Sarnat, E. M. 2008. A taxonomic revision of the Pheidole roosevelti-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Fiji. Zootaxa 1767:1-36.


 * Sarnat, E.M. & Moreau, C.S. 2011. Biogeography and morphological evolution in a Pacific island ant radiation. Molecular Ecology 20: 114-130.