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Matías Cafaro

University of Puerto Rico--Mayaguez

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Puerto Rico Water Resources and Environmental Research Institute

NoneMatías Cafaro is currently serving as a Puerto Rico Water Resources And Environmental Research Institute faculty at University of Puerto Rico--Mayaguez.

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Matías Cafaro

University of Puerto Rico--Mayaguez

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microbiology entomology biology ecology symbiosis evolutionary biology fungus avian biology microorganisms microbial ecology fungal ecology insect science ima fungus phylogenetics microbiome microbial consortium systematics fungal genetics environmental microbiology invertebrate pathology animal science ecological entomology systematic entomology gut microbes tropical plant pathology host-microbe interactions soil biology systematic palaeontology applied entomology plant-microbe interactions biotic interactions fungal biology fungus-growing ants arthropod gut fungi host-parasite relationships fungal symbiosis parasite control plant-insect interactions mutualistic interactions fungal diversity industrial mycology diagnostic mycology terrestrial crustaceans clinical mycology food mycology project-based learning student engagement metatranscriptomics evolutionary microbiology microbial systematics microbial diversity integrative learning science policy faculty professional development college pipeline higher education policy student success phylogenetic analysis mutualistic filamentous bacteria sympatric species actinomycete bacteria leaf-cutting ant-microbe symbiosis low host-pathogen specificity passalid beetles puerto rico tropical trichomycetes multiparasite infections individual colonies leaf-cutter ants biosynthetic potential microscale diversity

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Seasonal Niche Complementation of Stachylina Lentica and Stachylina Grandispora (Harpellales) Gut Fungi in Bloodworms From Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science (2025)

tropical plant pathologysymbiosispathogensmicrobiomemicrobiologyfungal ecologyparasitologyfungusbiologyinvertebrate pathologyentomologyima fungusmicroorganismsecologyneglected tropical diseasesmedical entomologyinsect science

Board 312: Implementing an Ecosystem to Expand Capabilities and Opportunities for Stem-Scholars. (2024)

technologyexpand capabilitiesopen sciencehigher educationresearch policyscience policyscience and technology studieseducationfaculty professional developmentcommunity-engaged researchintegrative learningstem educationboard 312

Growing Our Pearls and Assets Through a Support Ecosystem for Low-Income Academically Talented Students. (2024)

support ecosystemundergraduate researchhigher educationservicelearningcollege pipelinestudent successsocial scienceseducationhigher education policylow-income academicallyeducational managementeducational research

Benchmarking Assembly Free Nanopore Read Mappers to Classify Complex Millipede Gut Microbiota via Oxford Nanopore Sequencing Technology. Journal of Biological Methods (2023)

microbiomegut microbesmicrobial pathogenesisbiological engineeringmetagenomicsapplied microbiologyenvironmental microbiologyclinical microbiologymicrobial ecologynature methodsystems biologybiomedical analysismicrobial cell factorymicroorganismsbacteriamicrobial consortiummicrobiology

Biogeography and Microscale Diversity Shape the Biosynthetic Potential of Fungus-Growing Ant-Associated Pseudonocardia. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2019)

Bradon R. McDonaldMarc G. ChevretteJonathan L. KlassenHeidi A. HornEric J. CalderaEvelyn Wendt-PienkowskiMatias J. CafaroAntonio C. RuzziniEthan B. Van ArnamGeorge M. WeinstockNicole M. GerardoMichael PoulsenGarret SuenJon ClardyCameron R. Currie

biogeographymicrobial ecologymicroscale diversityecologybiosynthetic potential

Five New Escovopsis Species From Argentina. Mycotaxon (2019)

paleobiologypaleontologysystematic palaeontologybiogeographysystematicsspanishevolutionary biology

Taxonomic Survey of Anadenobolus Monilicornis Gut Microbiota via Shotgun Nanopore Sequencing. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2019)

microbiomegut microbesmicrobial diversitytaxonomic surveymetagenomicsbiologymicrobial ecologyevolutionary microbiologyima fungusbacteriamicrobial consortiummicrobiologymetatranscriptomicsmicrobial systematics

Resolving Relationships at the Animal-Fungal Divergence: A Molecular Phylogenetic Study of the Protist Trichomycetes (Ichthyosporea, Eccrinida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2017)

Nicole K. ReynoldsMatthew E. SmithEric D. TretterJustin GauseDustin HeeneyMatías J. CafaroJames F. SmithStephen J. NovakWilliam A. BourlandMerlin M. White

phylogeneticsavian biologyanimal sciencemolecular biologyanimal-fungal divergenceprotist trichomycetesmolecular phylogenetic studyevolutionary biology

Dna-Metabarcoding Uncovers the Diversity of Soil-Inhabiting Fungi in the Tropical Island of Puerto Rico. Mycoscience (2016)

tropical plant pathologysymbiosisfungal ecologyenvironmental dnametagenomicsfungusfungal geneticsmicrobial ecologyenvironmental microbiologygeobiologybiologyima fungusmicroorganismsecologymicrobial consortiummicrobiologysoil biology

Increasing Student Engagement Through the Development of Interdisciplinary Courses: Linking Engineering and Technology, the Sciences, and the Humanities. (2015)

humanitiestechnologyproject-based learninginterdisciplinary courseshigher educationengineering educationeducationeducational strategiesstudent engagementeducational technologystem education

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Matías Cafaro

University of Puerto Rico--Mayaguez

Affiliations

Puerto Rico Water Resources and Environmental Research Institute

NoneMatías Cafaro is currently serving as a Puerto Rico Water Resources And Environmental Research Institute faculty at University of Puerto Rico--Mayaguez.

Honors

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Matías Cafaro

University of Puerto Rico--Mayaguez

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Seasonal Niche Complementation of Stachylina Lentica and Stachylina Grandispora (Harpellales) Gut Fungi in Bloodworms From Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science (2025)

Board 312: Implementing an Ecosystem to Expand Capabilities and Opportunities for Stem-Scholars. (2024)

Growing Our Pearls and Assets Through a Support Ecosystem for Low-Income Academically Talented Students. (2024)

Benchmarking Assembly Free Nanopore Read Mappers to Classify Complex Millipede Gut Microbiota via Oxford Nanopore Sequencing Technology. Journal of Biological Methods (2023)

Biogeography and Microscale Diversity Shape the Biosynthetic Potential of Fungus-Growing Ant-Associated Pseudonocardia. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2019)

biogeographymicrobial ecologymicroscale diversityecologybiosynthetic potential

Five New Escovopsis Species From Argentina. Mycotaxon (2019)

paleobiologypaleontologysystematic palaeontologybiogeographysystematicsspanishevolutionary biology

Taxonomic Survey of Anadenobolus Monilicornis Gut Microbiota via Shotgun Nanopore Sequencing. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2019)

Resolving Relationships at the Animal-Fungal Divergence: A Molecular Phylogenetic Study of the Protist Trichomycetes (Ichthyosporea, Eccrinida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2017)

Nicole K. ReynoldsMatthew E. SmithEric D. TretterJustin GauseDustin HeeneyMatías J. CafaroJames F. SmithStephen J. NovakWilliam A. BourlandMerlin M. White

phylogeneticsavian biologyanimal sciencemolecular biologyanimal-fungal divergenceprotist trichomycetesmolecular phylogenetic studyevolutionary biology

Dna-Metabarcoding Uncovers the Diversity of Soil-Inhabiting Fungi in the Tropical Island of Puerto Rico. Mycoscience (2016)

Increasing Student Engagement Through the Development of Interdisciplinary Courses: Linking Engineering and Technology, the Sciences, and the Humanities. (2015)

humanitiestechnologyproject-based learninginterdisciplinary courseshigher educationengineering educationeducationeducational strategiesstudent engagementeducational technologystem education

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