Ph.D. in Ecology and Natural Resources, UFSCar–São Carlos, SP, Brazil
(1994–1998).My general expertise includes marine ecology and coral reef ecology. I
have been working on reef systems along the Brazilian coast and in the Atlantic.
Ongoing collaborations span many levels of biological organization, including (but
not exclusive to) population and community dynamics as well as macroecology.
Collaborations involve a team of national and international scientists. I am willing to
supervise outstanding independent students who can bring their own research
questions, regardless they focus on specific organisms, general processes or holistic
scenarios that can help understanding reef systems functionality and support
conservation goals.

I live in a city on the rocky coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Arraial do Cabo (23ºS,
42ºW),where a unique fusion of tropical and subtropical marine biodiversity takes
place. While biodiversity flourish,the region has multiple uses and impacts with
protected areas yet to be established. This scenario is ideal for the development of
hypotheses concerned with human use of natural resources and their associated
impacts on biodiversity. Biodiversity is my passion and source of inspiration – as a
researcher who has been diving in this region for three decades I have unfortunately
witnessed tremendous loss of biodiversity.

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