🐟NEW FISH!
Very proud to have been a co-author on an article on Gondwanan Research with Paulo M. Brito as lead author showing the first Loricaridae from Africa #catfish #Siluriformes  
@LE_CR2P Science & recherche au Muséum Denegrir @UFRJ @synchrotronSOLEIL
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Erpetoichthys uCT scan from this weekend

A thread of every hummingbird I photographed in Ecuador starting with this sparkling violet ear 🌸

I think it's more accurate to say that fish are criminally understudied and that mammals are overrated 😎

Woah, it’s a fossil of homo floor-esiensis

Undergrads showcased their research from the newly established Zhang lab today!

In Friday’s Houston Chronicle, an article on page 2 featuring our #discovery of a new tiger beetle species from the Houston region name “Eunota houstoniana” - the Houston Tiger Beetle. Thanks, Octavia Johnson✍🏽 for sharing our lab’s work!

Rice evolutionary biologist Scott Egan and his research team unearthed a new species of tiger beetle, deemed Eunota houstoniana, honoring the Houston region where it predominantly resides. Kudos to Scott and his team for such a fascinating discovery! bit.ly/3U4OhCy

Houston has the honor of having a new beetle named after it, thanks to Rice University evolutionary biologist Scott P. Egan and his intrepid research team: bit.ly/3U4OhCy

Houston, meet your new bug: Eunota houstoniana.
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We got recognized in Texas Monthly for new tiger beetle discovery....and its not the Bum Steer Awards Thanks to the whole team for making this possible. I'd rather be in TM than the NYT!
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With this milestone, I have also left my tie in Valhalla . This is a special one, as it is stamped with the #newspecies I described and named after the bar.

Onwards we go!

Celebrating a major milestone: I've successfully defended my PhD and am now officially a doctor!
I am very grateful for the years of growth and achievement.

I am also thrilled to announce that I will now be joining the Kelly lab and The eDNA Collaborative as a postdoc🎉🔬 #PhDComplete +

He did it!!! Introducing . . .

Dr. Pedro Brandão Dias F. Pinto!!!

It is approaching so quickly!

There is still time to request me a link in private if you wish to learn a little about the ecology of eDNA 🧬 and eProteins.

A research team at Rice University recently unearthed a new species of tiger beetle believed to be threatened. They're calling it Eunota houstoniana in honor of the region where it resides. khou.com/article/life/a…

Our new #discovery featured on MSN ...

New Species of Tiger Beetle Found in Houston: Eunota houstoniana msn.com/en-gb/news/wor…

Dear World - Meet the Eunota houstoniana! A #NewSpecies of tiger beetle discovered & described from the region around Houston, Texas. Scientific Reports #biodiversity

Cleaning the office before defending includes my best attempt at finding a new home for some books