Profile

Biologist trained at UNICAMP, PhD in Ecology from USP, professor at UFPB since 2017. The trajectory runs through behavioural ecology, biogeography, interaction networks and, more recently, the interface between academic and Indigenous sciences.

Education

2015 – 2017
Postdoctoral research University of São Paulo
FAPESP/CAPES fellowship · full time
2011 – 2015
PhD in Ecology University of São Paulo
«Natural selection and the structure, dynamics and diversification of mutualistic species assemblages». Supervised by Paulo Roberto Guimarães Junior. FAPESP fellowship.

Thesis selected to compete for the 2016 CAPES Thesis Prize, Biodiversity area, representing the Ecology graduate programme at USP.
2008 – 2009
MSc in Ecology State University of Campinas
Predictive modelling of the geographic distribution of the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata and the tephritid fly Cecidochares connexa, used in its biological control. Supervised by Thomas Michael Lewinsohn.
1997 – 2000
BSc in Biological Sciences State University of Campinas
FAPESP fellowship

Further training

2012
Theory of Speciation University of Helsinki, Finland
3rd Helsinki Summer School on Mathematical Ecology and Evolution · 35h
2011
São Paulo Advanced Science School on Ecological Networks FAPESP
84h

Institutional trajectory

2025 – present
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) France
2024 – 2025
Federal University of Santa Catarina
2017 – present
Associate Professor — Federal University of Paraíba Department of Engineering and Environment, Campus IV
Civil servant · full time

Positions held

2023 – present
Coordinator, PPGEMA Graduate Programme in Ecology and Environmental Monitoring
2023 – present
Coordinator, IDEAL International Joint Laboratory Sustainability lab · IRD — UFPB cooperation agreement
2020 – 2023
Internationalisation Officer CCAE — Campus IV, UFPB
2019 – present
Deputy Coordinator, PPGEMA
2017 – present
Core Teaching Committee BSc in Ecology, UFPB

Awards and distinctions

2017
Visiting Fellowship Award Newcastle University, England
2017
Teaching Initiation Award 19th Teaching Initiation Meeting, UFPB
2016
Nomination, CAPES Thesis Prize Biodiversity area · Ecology graduate programme, USP

Editorial work

Editorial board

2020 – present
Journal of Animal Ecology

Ad hoc review

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, New Phytologist, Scientific Reports, npj Biodiversity, Oecologia, Oikos, Ecosystems, Behavioral Ecology, Ecological Modelling, Basic and Applied Ecology, PLoS ONE and PeerJ. Grant review for the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies.

Fields and languages

Ecology, community ecology, ecological interactions, theoretical ecology, applied ecology and biodiversity. Portuguese (native), English and Spanish.

Full record on the Lattes CV and ORCID.