Profile
A biologist trained at UNICAMP, with a doctorate in Ecology from USP, and a professor at UFPB since 2017. His trajectory spans behavioural ecology, biogeography, interaction networks and, more recently, the interface between academic and Indigenous sciences.
Academic background
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2015 – 2017
Postdoctoral research University of São Paulo
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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.
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2008 – 2009
Master's in Ecology State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
Predictive modelling of the geographic distribution of the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata and of the tephritid fly Cecidochares connexa, used for its biological control. Supervised by Thomas Michael Lewinsohn.
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1997 – 2000
BSc in Biological Sciences State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
Further training
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2012
Theory of Speciation University of Helsinki, Finland
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2011
São Paulo Advanced Science School on Ecological Networks FAPESP
Institutional trajectory
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2025 – present
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) France
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2024 – 2025
Federal University of Santa Catarina
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2017 – present
Associate Professor — Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) Department of Engineering and Environment, Campus IV
Roles and appointments
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2023 – present
Coordinator, PPGECOS Graduate Programme in Ecology and Sustainability
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2023 – present
Coordinator, LMI IDEAL International Joint Laboratory on Sustainability · IRD — UFPB agreement
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2020 – 2023
Internationalisation Advisor CCAE — UFPB Campus IV
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2019 – present
Deputy Coordinator, PPGECOS
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2017 – present
Core Teaching Staff Committee BSc in Ecology, UFPB
Awards and honours
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2017
Visiting Fellowship Award Newcastle University, England
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2017
Teaching Initiation Award 19th UFPB Teaching Initiation Meeting
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2016
Shortlisted, CAPES Thesis Award Biodiversity category · USP Graduate Programme in Ecology
Editorial work
Editorial board
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2020 – present
Journal of Animal Ecology
Ad hoc reviewing
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. Project review for the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies.