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

 * [[Media:Economo et al 2015 Pheidole.pdf|Economo, E. P.; Klimov, P.; Sarnat, E. M.; Guénard, B.; Weiser, M. D.; Lecroq, B.; Knowles, L. L. 2015. Global phylogenetic structure of the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole reveals the repeated evolution of macroecological patterns. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B 282:20141416, 10 pp.]]
 * [[Media:Economo sarnat 2012.pdf|Economo, E. P.; Sarnat, E. M. 2012. Revisiting the ants of Melanesia and the taxon cycle: historical and human-mediated invasions of a tropical archipelago. American Naturalist 180(1):E1-E16.]]
 * [[Media:Hita Garcia, F., Sarnat, E.M. & Economo, E.P. 2015 Revision of the ant genus Proceratium Roger in Fiji.pdf|Hita Garcia, F., Sarnat, E.M. & Economo, E.P. 2015. Revision of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Proceratiinae) in Fiji. ZooKeys 475: 97–112.]]
 * [[Media:Lucky 2008.pdf|Lucky, A. & Sarnat, E.M. 2008. New species of Lordomyrma from Southeast Asia and Fiji. Zootaxa 1681: 37-46.]]
 * [[Media:Lucky Sarnat 2009.pdf|Lucky, A. and E. M. Sarnat. 2009. Biogeography and diversification of the Pacific ant genus Lordomyrma Emery. Journal of Biogeography. 1-11.]]
 * [[Media:Sarnat 2006.pdf|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.]]
 * [[Media:Sarnat 2008.pdf|Sarnat, E. M. 2008. A taxonomic revision of the Pheidole roosevelti-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Fiji. Zootaxa 1767:1-36.]]
 * [[Media:Sarnat et al 2013.pdf|Sarnat, E. M.; Blanchard, B.; Guénard, B.; Fasi, J.; Economo, E. P. 2013. Checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Solomon Islands and a new survey of Makira Island. ZooKeys 257:47-88. [2013-01-13]]]
 * [[Media:Sarnat - economo 2012.pdf| Sarnat, E. M.; Economo, E. P. 2012. The ants of Fiji. University of California Publications in Entomology 132:1-384.]]
 * [[Media:Sarnat, E.M. & Economo, E.P. 2013. Pristomyrmex tsujii sp. n. and P. mandibularis Mann (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Fiji.pdf|Sarnat, E.M. & Economo, E.P. 2013. Pristomyrmex tsujii sp. n. and P. mandibularis Mann (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Fiji. ZooKeys 340, 43-61.]]
 * Sarnat, E.M.; Fischer, G.; Guénard, B.; Economo, E.P. 2015. Introduced Pheidole of the world: taxonomy, biology and distribution. ZooKeys 533:1-109.
 * [[Media:Sarnat, E.M., Hita-Garcia, F. et al. 2019. Ready species one (10.1093@isd@ixz005).pdf|Sarnat, E.M., Hita-Garcia, F., Dudley, K., Liu, C., Fischer, G., Economo, E.P. 2019. Ready species one: Exploring the use of augmented reality to enhance systematic biology with a revision of Fijian Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 3(6): 6; 1–43]].
 * [[Media:Moreau C Sarnat E 2011.pdf|Sarnat, E.M. & Moreau, C.S. 2011. Biogeography and morphological evolution in a Pacific island ant radiation. Molecular Ecology 20: 114-130.]]