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Curriculum Vitae

Experience

2022 - present

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Professor in Ecology

Forest Ecology and Restoraion lab (LERF)

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas (LCB)

Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz' (ESALQ)

2022 - 2022

POST-DOCTORATE RESEARCHER

Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB)

Montpellier, France

CESAB fellow

Topic: large-scale assessment of vegetation inventory data across Latin America (SynTreeSys project)

Coordinators: Jérôme Chave & Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert

2021 - 2022

POST-DOCTORATE RESEARCHER

Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia

Ilhéus, Brazil

WWF fellow

Topic: modelling the recovery of carbon and biodiversity in restored tropical forests

Coordinators: Luiz Magnago & Daniel Piotto

2018 - 2020

POST-DOCTORATE RESEARCHER

Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Leiden, The Netherlands

Marie Curie fellow

Topic: assessment of species conservation status using multiple IUCN criteria

Coordinator: Hans ter Steege

2015 - 2016

POST-DOCTORATE RESEARCHER

Laboratoire Evolution & Diversité Biologique (EDB)

Toulouse, France

FAPESP fellow (international mobility) 

Topic: DNA barcoding and community phylogenetic structure

 

Coordinator: Jérôme Chave

2013 - 2017

POST-DOCTORATE RESEARCHER

Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

São Paulo, Brazil

FAPESP fellow

Topic: Trait-environment effects on species abundances

Coordinator: Paulo Inácio Prado

Education

2009 - 2013

Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

PhD in Ecology.

São Paulo, Brazil

2004 - 2007

Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ)

MSc. in Forestry

Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

1999 - 2003

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Bachelor in Ecology.

Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil

Professional skillset

Forest ecology & restoration

Biodiversity conservation

Restoration monitoring

Statistical analysis

Scientific planning, execution and communication

R programming

Languages

Portuguese (native)

Spanish (advanced)

English (proficient)

French (proficient)

Italian (basics)

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