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Silvia Pavan serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt, where she conducts fieldwork and collections-based research focused on Neotropical mammal biodiversity, systematics, and evolutionary patterns.
Her academic credentials include:
- PhD in Biology (2016) from City University of New York, USA
- MS in Zoology (2009) from Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi/Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil
- BS in Biology (2007) from Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
Dr. Pavan's research integrates morphological analysis of museum specimens with genomic sequencing of historical materials to investigate speciation, biogeography, and phenotypic evolution in small mammals. Her work emphasizes Neotropical marsupials (particularly Monodelphis opossums) and rodents, utilizing both traditional anatomical methods and cutting-edge museomics approaches to resolve taxonomic uncertainties and evolutionary histories.
Her publication record demonstrates consistent contributions to mammalian systematics, with recent work revealing cryptic diversity in tree squirrels through genomic analysis and advancing understanding of adaptive radiation in short-tailed opossums through integrated morphological and molecular datasets.
Dr. Pavan actively mentors graduate researchers including Pricilla Ceja (starting Fall 2023) and teaches ZOOL 356 Mammalogy, maintaining an active research program based in Science C 106 at Cal Poly Humboldt.
