
Dr Juliano Morimoto
CStat FLS FRSA FRES MRSB
Lecturer
- About
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Room 202 – Second floor of the Zoology Building
Biography
- BSc in Biological Sciences – Federal University of Paraná (Brazil) (2009-2013)
- DPhil in Zoology – University of Oxford (UK) (2013-2016)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney (Australia) (2016-2017)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Macquarie University (Australia) (2017-2019)
- Research Fellow / Lecturer (Grade 7), University of Aberdeen (UK) (2020 – current )
External Memberships
- Member of the Royal Society of biology (MRSB)
- Elected Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS)
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (FRES)
- Chartered Statistician by the Royal Statistical Society (CStat)
- Elected Member of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland
Latest Publications
Intersectionality of social and philosophical frameworks with technology: could ethical AI restore equality of opportunities in academia?
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, vol. 9, no. 1, 203Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01223-3
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Machine Learning models identify gene predictors of waggle dance behaviour in honeybees
Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 2248-2261Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing Anatomical Changes in Male Reproductive Organs in Response to Larval Crowding Using Micro-computed Tomography Imaging
Neotropical EntomologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-022-00976-5
‘Holey’ niche! finding holes in niche hypervolumes using persistence homology
Journal of Mathematical Biology, vol. 84, 58Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDensity-by-Diet Interactions during Larval Development Shape Adult Life History Trait Expression and Fitness in a Polyphagous Fly
American Naturalist, vol. 199, no. 5, pp. E170-E185Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/718910
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Prizes and Awards
Member of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland
Riemann Fellowship by the Institute for Differential Geometry (2022)
Young Researcher in Entomology Award VISTA Foundation (2022)
Royal Entomological Society Early Career Entomologist Award 2021
Rachel Carson Award 2020 (shortlisted)
- Research
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Research Overview
- Nutritional Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Statistics applied to Animal Biology
Current Research
Nutrition is key to animal fitness and is a major factor underpinning evolution. My research aims to better understanding how animals interact with their food and the physiological, behavioural, and evolutionary consequences of these interactions to individuals, groups, and species. I am particularly interested in insects. There are three streams of research that I develop in my group: theoretical, empirical, and applied. I am also heavily involved in Outreach activities in Latin America, with opportunities to expand to other countries and continents (see below).
1) Theoretical
I develop new frameworks to analyse multidimensional nutritional data. To do this, I employ different statistical methods such as Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, and Vectors.
2) Empirical
My empirical research is based on testing and expanding previous theoretical models in evolutionary ecology. My main model organism for empirical work is the fly Drosophila melanogaster, although I am interested in the biology of most animals (especially insects).
3) Applied
In 2020, I started a new stream of research focusing on policies to guarantee food security and ecosystem health using insects as the study case. New projects include (but are not limited to) (i) revisiting worldwide ecosystem conservation policies in relation to insects and (ii) developing practical apparatus for insect larval growth for feeding livestock.
Please contact me if you have an interesting idea and I will be happy to discuss personalised projects
Outreach
My goal is to support people to realise their dreams. To do that, I coordinate several outreach projects in Brazil aimed to stimulate at-risk and/or low-income students to apply and succeed at the University.
Most of my outreach projects have been funded by the Brazillian Research Council (CNPq). In 2016, the outreach teams visited more than 10 low-income schools in the South of Brazil, engaging with more than 500 pre-university students. In 2019, we launched our first e-book Geometria Poética (Poetic Geometry) to help students learn geometrical concepts in a easy and unorthodox way.
If you want to make an impact in the world, join us. I am always willing to discuss new ideas for ways in which we can influence people.
Knowledge Exchange
Geometria Poetica ebook: www.geometriapoetica.com
Supervision
PhD candidates
Marjori Fritola (Dentistry, Brazil)
Solomon Yeboah (Biology, UoA)
MSc students
Kangbo Chan (Statistics, Linkoping University, Sweden) (with Krzysztof Bartoszek)
Funding and Grants
BBSRC Responsive Mode (2022-2025) - £880,000
Royal Society Grant (2021-2022) – £20,000
KEC University of Aberdeen (2020-2021) – £5,000
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
BI3505 Behavioural Biology
BI2510 Comparative Physiology I
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
Race Equality Spotlight Series
Tutoring and Mentoring UG and PG students
BI3010 Statistical Analysis of Biological Data (Guest Lecturer and Assessment on Data Storytelling)
- Publications
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Intersectionality of social and philosophical frameworks with technology: could ethical AI restore equality of opportunities in academia?
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, vol. 9, no. 1, 203Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01223-3
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Machine Learning models identify gene predictors of waggle dance behaviour in honeybees
Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 2248-2261Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing Anatomical Changes in Male Reproductive Organs in Response to Larval Crowding Using Micro-computed Tomography Imaging
Neotropical EntomologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-022-00976-5
‘Holey’ niche! finding holes in niche hypervolumes using persistence homology
Journal of Mathematical Biology, vol. 84, 58Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDensity-by-Diet Interactions during Larval Development Shape Adult Life History Trait Expression and Fitness in a Polyphagous Fly
American Naturalist, vol. 199, no. 5, pp. E170-E185Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/718910
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Current conservation policies in the UK and Ireland overlook endangered insects and are taxonomically biased towards Lepidoptera
Biological Conservation, vol. 266, 109464Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe transcriptomic signature of physiological trade-offs caused by larval overcrowding in Drosophila melanogaster
Working Papers and Discussion Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.07.475433
Sugar-rich larval diet promotes lower adult pathogen load and higher survival after infection in a polyphagous fly
Working Papers and Discussion Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.16.473033
Editorial: Applications of Machine Learning to Evolutionary Ecology Data
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 9, 797319Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.797319
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Larval densities of the protected Striped lychnis moth Shargacucullia lychnis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Buckinghamshire
Working Papers and Discussion Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.25.470005