CURRICULUM VITAE ================ Personal information -------------------- * Full Name: Tomás Augusto Revilla Rimbach * Place and date of birth: September 16, 1973, Essen-Germany * Nationality: Venezuelan Education --------- * 1997 Licenciate in Biology Central University of Venezuela Caracas Venezuela * 2000 M.S. in Ecology Central University of Venezuela Caracas Venezuela * 2010 Ph.D. in Biology University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands Awards ------ * 2004 Doctoral grant from the European Union Programme of High Level Scholarships for Latin America (AlBan). Doctoral Programme. Declined * 2004 Doctoral tuition sponsored by the Computational Life Siences Programme of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). Work experience --------------- * 1993--1999 Teaching Assistant in Chemical Physics, Biostatistics, Evolution, and Population Ecology. School of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universidad Central de Venezuela * 1998--1999 Lecturer in Biostatistics, and Chemical Physics. School of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universidad Central de Venezuela * 2000-2001 Research Assistant in the Project Dynamics of Infectious Diseases in Heterogeneous Environments, CDCH PG 03-31-4336-1999, directed by Dr. Diego Rodríguez. Institute of Tropical Zoology, Faculty of Science, Universidad Central de Venezuela * 2001 Statistical Consultant for Organon Venezolana S.A (AKZO-NOBEL) * 2005--2009 Research Assistant in the Project The emergence of biocomplexity: a steady state between physical and biotic evolution?, NWO 432090, directed by Dr. Franz J. Weissing, Theoretical Biology Group, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Groningen * 2009--2010 Post-doctoral Research Assistant in the Project Testing the metabolic theory of ecology with the help of temperature controlled phytoplankton experiments, NWO 818.01.010, directed by Dr. Franz J. Weissing, Theoretical Biology Group, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Groningen * 2010--2011 Researcher and Lecturer. Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical (IZET). Faculty of Science, Universidad Central de Venezuela * 2015--present Researcher. Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic * 2018--present Lecturer. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia. Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic Publications ------------ * Galanthay T. E., Křivan V., Cressman R., & Revilla, T. A. (2023) "Evolution of aggression in consumer-resource models" Dynamic Games and Applications. Vol. 13, pp. 1049–1065 * Revilla, T. A. & Křivan, V. (2022) "Prey-predator dynamics with adaptive protection mutualism" Applied Mathematics and Computation. Vol. 433, p. 127368 * Pardikes, N. A., Revilla, T. A., Lue, C.-H., Thierry, M., Souto-Vilarós, D., Hrcek, J. (2022) "Effects of phenological mismatch under warming are modified by community context" Global Change Biology. Vol. 28(13), pp. 4013-4026 * Revilla, T. A., Marcou, T. & Křivan, V. (2021) "Plant competition under simultaneous adaptation by herbivores and pollinators" Ecological Modelling, Vol. 455, p. 109634 * Revilla, T. A. & Křivan, V. (2018) "Competition, trait-mediated facilitation, and the structure of plant-pollinator communities" Journal of Theoretical Biology. Vol. 440, pp. 42-57. * Revilla, T. A. & Křivan, V. (2016) "Pollinator foraging adaptation and the coexistence of competing plants", PLoS ONE. Vol. 11(8), pp. e0160076. * Revilla, T.A., Encinas-Viso, F. (2016), "Ecología y Evolución de la Endozoocoria", Acta Biologica Venezuelica. Vol. 35 pp. 187-215. * Revilla, T.A., Encinas-Viso, F. (2015), "Ecología y Evolución de la Endozoocoria", In: Modelos y Simulaciones Biológicas: Ecología y Evolución, Cipriani, R. & de Vladar, H. (ed.), Amazon Createspace. * Revilla, T.A. (2015), "Numerical responses in resource-based mutualisms: a time scale approach", Journal of Theoretical Biology. Vol. 378 pp. 39-46. * Revilla, T.A., Encinas-Viso, F. (2015), "Dynamical transitions in a pollination--herbivory interaction: a conflict between mutualism and antagonism", PLoS ONE. Vol. 10(2), pp. e0117964. * Revilla, T.A., Encinas-Viso, F. & Loreau, M. (2015), "Robustness of mutualistic networks under phenological change and habitat destruction", Oikos. Vol. 124(1) pp. 22-32. * Encinas-Viso, F., Revilla, T.A. & Etienne, R.S. (2014), "Shifts in pollinator population structure may jeopardize pollination service", Journal of Theoretical Biology. Vol. 352, pp. 24-30. * Encinas-Viso, F., Revilla, T.A., van Velzen, E. & Etienne, R.S. (2014), "Frugivores and cheap fruits make fruiting fruitful", Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Vol. 27(2), pp. 313-324. * Revilla, T.A., Encinas-Viso, F. & Loreau, M. (2014), "(A bit) Earlier or later is always better: Phenological shifts in consumer-resource interactions", Theoretical Ecology. Vol. 7(2), pp. 149-162. * Revilla T.A. (2013), "Changement climatique: synchronisation des espèces et modélisation", In Ariège, terre de science, Collection Petit Illustré. (19), pp. 16. La Dépêche du Midi / CNRS, 2013. * Encinas-Viso, F., Revilla, T.A. & Etienne, R.S. (2012), "Phenology drives mutualistic network structure and diversity", Ecology Letters. Vol. 15, pp. 198-208. * Revilla, T.A., Veen, G.F., M.B. Eppinga, M.B. & Weissing, F.J. (2012), "Plant-soil feedbacks and the coexistence of competing plants", Theoretical Ecology. Vol. 6(2), pp. 99-113. * Revilla, T.A. (2010), "Multispecies Resource Competition" PhD Thesis, University of Groningen. * Revilla, T.A. & Weissing, F.J. (2008), "Nonequilibrium coexistence in a competition model with nutrient storage", Ecology. Vol. 89, pp. 865-877. * Chaves, L.F., Hernandez, M.J., Revilla, T.A.,Rodriguez, D.J. & Rabinovich, J.E. (2004), "Mortality profiles of Rhodnius prolixus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), vector of Chagas disease", Acta Tropica. Vol. 92, pp. 119-125. * Revilla, T.A. & Garcia-Ramos, G. (2003), "Fighting a virus with a virus: a dynamic model for HIV-1 therapy", Mathematical Biosciences. Vol. 185, pp. 191-203. * Revilla, T.A. (2002), "Effects of Intraguild Predation on Resource Competition", Journal of Theoretical Biology. Vol. 214, pp. 49-62. * Revilla, T.A. (2000), "Resource Competition in Stage-structured Populations", Journal of Theoretical Biology. Vol. 204, pp. 289-298. Talks and Posters ----------------- * 1999 Talk: Competition for resources in stage-structured populations. III Venezuelan Congress of Ecology. Session: Mathematical Ecology and Statistics. Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. * 2000 Talk: Conditions for coexistence in food webs with omnivory: a three species model. L Annual Convention of the Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Science (AsoVAC). Session: Theoretical Biology. Caracas, Venezuela. * 2001 Talk: Fighting virus with virus: a dynamical model. V Venezuelan Congress of Ecology. Session: Theoretical Ecology and Models. Merida, Venezuela. * 2006 Talk: Multispecies resource competition: The variable storage model. Nederlandse Vereniging voor Theoretische Biologie annual meeting. Schorl, The Netherlands. * 2006 Poster: Integrating Resource and Metabolism Based Approaches to Ecology: Simple Food Chain Model. Gordon Research Conference on "The metabolic basis of ecology". Lewiston ME, United States of America. * 2006 Talk: Multispecies competition models with resource storage. CEES Symposium on "Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Biodiversity". Groningen, The Netherlands. * 2007 Talk: Stability properties of competition models: a comparison. Annual Verweij Meeting. Lunteren, The Netherlands. * 2007 Poster: Non-equilibrium dynamics of a resource competition model with nutrient storage. EPSRC/BICS Workshop "Mathematical Models and Experimental Microbial Systems: Tools for Studying Evolution". Bath, United Kingdom. * 2007 Talk: CEES Symposium on "Integrative Ecology at Different Organization Levels". Groningen, The Netherlands. * 2008 Poster: Non-equilibrium dynamics of a resource competition model with nutrient storage. NERN Annual Meeting 2008, Lunteren, The Netherlands. * 2009 Talk: Integrating metabolic and resource competition theories: simple modelling approaches. Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution 2009, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. * 2009 Poster: Plant-soil feedbacks and competition dynamics. 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque NM, United States of America. * 2011 Talk: Evolutionary ecology of seed dispersal by frugivores: From exploitation to mutualism. 96th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Austin TX, United States of America. * 2014 Talk: Robustness of mutualistic networks under phenological change and habitat destruction. 99th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Sacramento CA, United States of America. * 2014 Talk: Dynamical transitions in a pollination-herbivory interaction: a conflict between mutualism and antagonism. Joint Annual Meeting Société Française d'Écologie and British Ecological Society. Lille, France. * 2015 Talk: The Evolutionary Ecology of Endozoochory, BIOMATH 2015: International Conference on Mathematical Methods and Models in Biosciences, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. * 2015 Poster: Pollinator forraging flexibility and the coexistence of competing plants, Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution 2015, Paris, France. * 2015 Talk: Pollinator forraging flexibility and the coexistence of competing plants, 5th conference of the Czech Society for Ecology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. Other activities ---------------- * 1999 Member of the Local Committee for the Iberoamerican School of Astrobiology (IASA), Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA), Caracas Venezuela. Organized by The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, (Trieste - Italy). * 2000 Coordinator of the Theoretical Biology Seminar Session, L Annual Convention of the Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Science (AsoVAC), Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas. * 2002 Academic Visitor in the Theoretical Biology Laboratory of the Tropical Zoology Institute, Universidad Central de Venezuela. * Peer reviewer for the following journals: The American Naturalist, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Theoretical Population Biology, Ecology, Oikos, Journal of Biological Dynamics, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Ecological Modelling, Journal of Mathematical Biology and Axios Reviews. Skills ------ * Languages: Spanish (native), English (advanced), German (basic) * Computing: GNU/Linux, Unix. Programming in C, Matlab, Octave, R. Typesetting in LaTeX/LyX. * Other: Mathematical modelling, numerical analysis, statistics, teaching Personal references ------------------- * Dr. Franz J. Wessing, Professor, University of Groningen, Groningen [WWW](https://www.rug.nl/staff/f.j.weissing) * Dr. Rampal S. Etienne, Researcher, University of Groningen, Groningen [WWW](https://www.rug.nl/staff/r.s.etienne) * Dr. Michel Loreau, Professor, Station D'Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS à Moulis, France [WWW](http://www.cbtm-moulis.com/m-171-michel-loreau.html) * Dr. Vlastimil Křivan, Professor, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czechia [WWW](http://mathbio.prf.jcu.cz/en/krivan)