Education

• B.S. in Biology. Universidad Central de Venezuela. 1987
• M.S. University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA. 1991
• Ph.D. University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA.1996

Current research

• Systematics and Floristics

ONGOING RESEARCH

• Illustrated Flora of the Yucatan Peninsula.
• Neotropical Orchidaceae: Sistematics, phylogeny, biogeography and evolution of Encyclia (Laelinae: Orchidaceae).
• Neotropical Orchidaceae: Sistematics and Phylogeny of subtribe Catasetinae (Orchidaceae) with emphasis on Megamexican taxa.
• Neotropical Orchidaceae: Sistematics and phylogeny of Cryptocentum (Orchidaceae).
• Philogeography and conservation of selected taxa in xeromorphic forests with columnar Cactaceae in the northern half of the Yucatan Peninsula Biotic Province.
• Myrmecophila, Encyclia (pro-parte) and Notylia (Orchidaceae) for Flora Mesoamericana.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Carnevali, G., Tapia-Muñoz, J.L., Ramírez-Morillo, I.M. & Duno de Stefano, R. 2023. Pavonia paludicola (Malvaceae), a new record for Mexico. Pavonia paludicola (Malvaceae), un nuevo registro para México. Botanical Sciences. DOI: 10.17129/botsci.3265.
• Jost, L., Yanez- Muñoz, M.H., Brito, J., Reyes-Puig, C., Reyes-Puig, J.P., Guayasamín, J.M., Ron, S.R., Quintana, C., Iturralde, G, Baquero, L., Monteros, M., Freire-Fierro, A, Fernández, D., Mendieta-Leiva, G., Morales, J.F., Karremans, A.P., Vázquez-García, J.A., Salazar, G.A., Hágsater, E., Solano, R., Carnevali Fernández-Concha, G. & Arana, M. 2023. Eponyms are important tools for biologists in the Global South. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02102-z.
• Carnevali, G., 2023. Cryptocentrum Benth., pp. 724-729 in Dressler, R.L. (Coordinador de Orchidaceae) in Ulloa U., C., Hernández, H.M., Davidse, G., Barrie, F. & Knapp, S., 2023. Flora Mesoamericana 7 (2). Missouri Botanical Garden; Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México & Natural History Museum, London.
• Tamayo-Cen, I., Carnevali, G., Ramírez-Morillo, I.M.,Cetzal-Ix, W., Romero-González, G.A, 2022. From Megamexico to the Amazon: Phylogeny, systematics, and macroevolution of Clowesia (Orchidaceae: Catasetinae). Taxon. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12717.
• Carnevali, G., Tamayo-Cen, I., Méndez-Luna, C.E., Ramírez-Morillo, I.M., Tapia-Muñoz, J.L., Cetzal-Ix, W., Romero González, G.A., 2022. Phylogenetics and historical biogeography of Encyclia (Laeliinae: Orchidaceae) with an emphasis on the E. adenocarpos complex, a new species, and a preliminary species list for the genus. Org. Divers. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-022-00575-7.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 1997. Research Associate. Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium, Harvard University.
• 1997. Level I. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT
• 2009. Level II. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT
• 2017. Level III. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT
• 2021. Member. Academia Mexicana de las Ciencias.

RECOMMENDED WEB PAGES

• Technical summary – Systematics and Floristry : 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021. CICY Herbarium.
• http://go.to/orchid-specialist-group.
• Native Flora of the Yucatan Peninsula (Spanish).
• Endemic Flora of the Yucatán Peninsula (Spanish).