Current students
PhD Candidate (co-advisor)
Renato Azevedo
Determines how the environment is associated to termite functional diversity in the Amazonian rainforest. Also working on descriptions of new taxa in the region.
Contact
azevedo.inpa at gmail.com
PhD. Student (co-advisor)
Brena Gonçalves
Studies the biogeography and distribution of frogs in Amazonia. Trying to estimate where missing species are using theoretical models such as the neutral theory model.
Contact
brenasgoncalves at outlook.com
Masters Student
André Fleck
What is the problem with monocultures? I investigate how exotic forest plantations affect species diversity compared to native plantations and natural habitats in a long-term (+60 yrs) experiment.
Contact
Undergraduate
Prianka Santoro
Studies insect ecology, investigating how environmental variables, such as nutrients and soil composition, affect species distribution.
Contact
prisantoro26 at gmail.com
PhD Student
Felipe Cerezer
Investigates how diversification rates and biogeographic history determine the latitudinal gradient of diversity. Uses neutral and metabolic models.
Contact
cerezerfelipe at gmail.com
PhD Student (co-advisor)
João Oliveira
Study how species colonization and extinction create spatial beta diversity patterns over time
Contact
jraoliveira.bio at gmail.com
Masters Student (co-advisor)
Vitor Hugo Vargas
Studies how forest fragmentation affects bird singing from individuals (behavior) to populations (evolution) to communities (extinctions).
Contact
vitor.schunemann at gmail.com
Undergraduate
Ricardo Ruaro
Studies the ecology of insects, especially the richness and diversity of Amazonian insects, in addition to investigating possible factors that may affect their distribution
Contact
ricardo.spillari.ruaro at gmail.com
Masters Student
Samia Letícia
Investigates how life-history traits, such as those associated with ontogeny, metamorphosis, determine species diversity. One of the questions in my study is: can metamorphosis in frogs reduce competition and allow more species to coexist in a community?
Contact
samiac16 at gmail.com
PhD. Student
Lucas Colares
Investigates how the functional and trophic characteristics of arthropods respond to habitat fragmentation in Amazon
Contact
lucascolares at gmail.com
Former students
Masters Student
Gabriela Dri
Currently conducting Ph.D. at the University of Maine
Contact
gabrielafdri at gmail.com
Masters Student
Isadora Fluck
Conducting Ph.D. at the University of Florida
Contact
isaflucke at gmail.com
Masters student
Anita Herdina
Working as an independent entrepreneur
Contact
ani.herdina at gmail.com