Office Location
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1598
RESEARCH
I am broadly interested in aspects of evolution, systematics, and biogeography. More specifically, how historical processes have shaped biodiversity present today. I use molecular approaches to better understand patterns of speciation, diversification, and evolution.
For both my master’s and PhD projects, I worked with Neotropical rodents to answer questions about their taxonomic status, phylogeography, population structure and evolution. Currently, I am part of the genetics laboratory studying the diet of barred owls in their native and invasive range.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Biology, Texas Tech University, 2024
M.S. Biology, Texas Tech University, 2017
B.S. Biology, Universidad de Valle, Cali, Colombia, 2014
Salazar-Bravo J., N. Tinoco, H. Zeballos, J. Brito, D. Arenas-Viveros, D. Marin-C., J. Ramírez-Fernández, A.R. Percequillo, T.H. Lee, Jr., S. Solari et al. 2023. Systematics and diversification of the Ichthyomyini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) revisited: evidence from molecular, morphological and combined approaches. PeerJ, 11:e14319.
Arenas-Viveros, D., P. Sánchez-Vendizú, A. Giraldo and J. Salazar-Bravo. 2021. A new species of Cynomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from the northwestern slope of the Andes. Mammalia, 85 (3): 273-286.
Stuhler, J., D. Arenas-Viveros, and J. Salazar-Bravo. 2020. Updated habitat suitability estimates and conservation implications for the short-tailed chinchilla Chinchilla chinchilla (Lichtenstein, 1830) (Rodentia: Chinchillidae). Boletim Do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi – Ciências Naturais, 15(3): 557-572.
Arenas, D. and A. Giraldo. 2013. Quirópteros del Parque Natural Regional El Vínculo y su zona de amortiguación (Buga, Valle del Cauca). Biota Colombiana, 14:51-56.