Enrique Sulbaran Romero

Guest Scientist

Project Group Ecological Epidemiology

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research -UFZ-

Department of Ecological Modelling -OESA-

Building 1.0, Room 214

Permoser Straße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany

Tlf: +49 (0)341 235 1715

• Ecology of Infectious Diseases
• Management-Oriented Chagas Disease Modelling
• Eco-Epidemiology of Chagas Disease
• Spatial Distribution of Vector Species

Since 2010: Guest Scientist Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research -UFZ-. Leipzig, Germany

2010-2013: PhD Scholarship Holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at UFZ and Leipzig University. Leipzig, Germany

2008-2009: Consultant for the Venezuela’s Health Ministry (Risk Factors and Transmission Dynamics of Chagas Disease Project)

03.2008-08.2008: Consultant for the UN Environmental Programme ("Paramo Andino" Project)

2006-2009: Graduate Student at the Environmental and Ecological Sciences Institute (ICAE) of Los Andes University (ULA). Degree: Master of Science on Tropical Ecology. Merida, Venezuela

2005-2006: Instructor at Merida’s Botanical Garden. Merida, Venezuela

2005: Biology Licentiate Degree, Biology Department, Sciences faculty,Los Andes University. Merida, Venezuela

2002-2009: Research Assistant at Entomology Laboratory "Herman Lent", Los Andes University. Merida, Venezuela

Papers in peer-review journals:

• Aldana, E., Abramson, C.I., Lizano, E., Vegas, R. and Sulbarán-Romero, E. 2008. Learning and orientation to odor in the bug Rhodnius prolixus Stål 1859 under laboratory conditions. Parasitological research. 103, Nº3: 587-594.
• Abramson, C. I., Aldana, E., and Sulbarán-Romero, E. 2006. Exposure to Citral, Cinnamon and Ruda Disrupts the Life Cycle of a Vector of Chagas Disease. American Journal of Environmental Sciences 3(1):7-8.
• J.E. Sulbaran and L. F. Chaves. 2006. Spatial complexity and the fitness of the kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus. Journal of Applied Entomology 130(1): 51-55.
• Abramson C. I., Aldana E., Sulbaran-Romero, E. & E. Lizano. 2006. Fifth Instar Experience Influences Attractiveness of the Plant Extract Ruda (Ruta graveolens) in the Triatomine Rhodnius prolixus Stål 1859. Journal of Vector Ecology 31(1): 196-197.
• Abramson, C. I., Sulbarán-Romero, E., Frasca, J., Fehr, R., Lizano, E., & Aldana, E. 2005. The psychology of learning: A new approach to study behavior of Rhodnius prolixus Stål under laboratory conditions. Psychological Reports 97: 721-731.

Monographs:

• Enrique Sulbarán Romero. 2009. Habitat Spatial Distribution Model of Triatomines and Risk Zones of Chagas Disease in Andrés Eloy Blanco and Morán Counties, Lara State, Venezuela. Ms.C on Tropical Ecology Thesis. Environmental and Ecological Sciences Institute, Sciences Faculty, Los Andes University, Mérida-Venezuela. Supervisors: Dr. Eulogio Chacón and Dr. Elis Aldana
• Enrique Sulbarán Romero. 2005. Learning Studies on R. Prolixus Stål 1859 (Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Under Laboratory Conditions. Undergraduate Thesis. Biology Department, Sciences Faculty, Los Andes University, Mérida-Venezuela. Supervisor: Dr. Elis Aldana