Principal investigator
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
I'm a professor at the Universidade Federal de Goiás since 1994, where I currently serving as
vice-rector (provost) of graduate studies. I've been a member of different committes in the
Brazilian Agency for Graduate Studies (CAPES) and I’m 1A Level Producivity Researcher of the
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). I'm also a fellow of the
Linnean Society, London (FLS) and, in 2014, I was elected as a member of the Brazilian
Academy of Sciences. My research interests are mainly related to ecology and evolutionary
biology, with an emphasis in macroecology, geographical ecology, phylogenetic comparative
methods and genetics. I have served as associated and handling editor in several journals,
including “Natureza & Conservação”, “Global Ecology and Biogeography”, “Ecography”, “Journal
of Biogeography”, “Revista Chilena de Historia Natural”, “Insect Diversity and Conservation”, e
“Revista Brasileira de Entomologia”.
Plataforma Lattes Undergraduate Program in Ecology and Evolution
Colleague
Fabricio Villalobos
My research interests comprise a broad array of topics related to the fields of macroecology, biogeography, community and theoretical ecology, ecophylogenetics, phylogenetic comparative methods and conservation biology. I’m particularly interested in studying geographic patterns of biodiversity and the structure of ecological communities as well as understanding the causes that originate, maintain and alter such patterns. I focus mainly on vertebrates, especially mammals, but have work with other taxa including amphibians and birds, and currently have projects involving insects and plants. Currently, I integrate ecological and evolutionary approaches to study biogeographic and phylogenetic patterns, their relationship with the environment and the application of such studies to informed conservation assessments and actions. Aside from doing research, I love to travel, practice different sports and get my hands/ears on various kinds of music from all parts of the world.
Email: fabricio.villalobos at gmail.com
Personal website: sites.google.com/site/fabriciovillalobos
PhD Students
Davi Mello Cunha Crescente Alves
My main interest is to understand processes that shapes current biodiversity patterns of bats in a macroscale. Specifically, I´m interested in how macroevolutionary (e.g. speciation and extinction), biogeographical (e.g. range expansion and contraction) and ecological features (e.g. abiotic conditions) could determine the spatial distribution of biodiversity components such as species richness and traits (e.g. geographic range or body size). I'm also very interested in capoeira!
Email: davimello22 at gmail.com
Hauanny Rodrigues
I work with geographical and population genetics to understand how ecological and evolutionary processes shapes species geographic distributions as well as the emergence of species richness patterns at broad scales. And, to better understand these biogeographical patterns, I use ecological niche models.
Email: hauannyoliveira@gmail.com
Leila Meyer
I work with plant ecology and I’m interested in plant diversity patterns in broad geographic scale, diversity and structure of plant communities, and structure of plant populations. During the doctorate, I’ll investigate diversity patterns of the tribe Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae), and the ecological and evolutionary processes generating these patterns.
Email: leilameyer08 at gmail.com
Lucas Jardim
In my research, I am looking for understanding how knowledge shortfalls and biased information could smudge established macroecological patterns and macroevolutionary studies. I am also interested about fragmentation effects and ecological modelling.
Email: lucas.jardim at bol.com.br
Jesús Nazareno Pinto Ledezma
I’m a bolivian ornithologist interested in macroecology, macroevolution and spatial analysis. At this time I’m working and trying to explain the geographic patterns of diversification in the neotropics using passerine birds as model. Also, I like birding, football (huge fan and partner of Oriente Petrolero), and drink beer!
Email: jesuspintoledezma at gmail.com
João Fabrício Mota Rodrigues
My current interest is to understand the factors (ecological and historical) responsible for generating biodiversity patterns, relating them to latitudinal diversity gradient, diversification rates, ecomorphological rules and community assembly. I am also interested in biology and ecology of turtles and in general questions that could be addressed using reptiles as models.
Email: fabriciorodrigues303 at gmail.com
Welma Souza Silva
I am botanist, doing the doctorate in Genetics and Molecular Biology at the Universidade Federal de Goiás. My main interest is in the use of molecular phylogenetics and comparative phylogenetic methods to seek better understanding of the evolutionary processes underlying a range of biodiversity patterns of Neotropical flora, mainly in Amazon Rainforest. Currently, my Phd research is on a clade of spiny palms. I also like to travel and cycling.
Email: welmabio at gmail com
Master Students
Cleiton Santos
I'm a graduate student in Environmental Science and Health, and, in my undergraduate course, I tried to overcome the Wallacean shortfall on the geographic distribution of amphibians in Goiás, Brazil. Now, I'm using Ecological Niche Modeling to detect localities in Brazil with high probability of human accidents caused by snakes from the genus Viperidae
Email: cleiton.costa.santos@gmail.com
Juliana Silva Prado
I'm a biologist. Now I'm a graduate student in Genetics and Molecular Biology at the Universidade Federal de Goiás, and biomedical student from the same university.
My main research topic is to understand geographic gradients in human populations by using models of evolutionary genetics and spatially explicit techniques (We will use craniometric data from W.W Holwees 1973, 1989 and 1995). I'm a dreamer and I love traveling!
E-mail: julianaprado.bio@gmail.com
Wanderson Santos
I'm a graduate student in Genetics and Molecular Biology at the Universidade Federal de Goiás. My main research topic is to understand how the genetic component of body size drives the island rule. I'm using a simulation model to solve this task.
Email: wanderson2santos@gmail.com
Former students
MSc
Kelly Souza
Lorena Mendes Simon
Ueric José Borges de Souza
Nayara Pereira Rezende de Souza
Mariana Rocha dos Santos
Mary Joice Ribeiro
Guilherme de Oliveira
Dilermando Pereira Lima Junior
Gabriela Cristina Cantisani Pádua
Marcel Muller da Silva
Thiago F L V B Rangel
Matheus Ribeiro
Natália Mundim Torres
Larice de Fátima Machado Couto
Márcio Cândido da Costa
Marcos Vinicius Carneiro Vital
Priscilla de Carvalho
Márcia Christianne de Souza
Daniel Blamires
Artur Borba Valgas
Fernanda Silva Bonfim
Flávia Melo Rodrigues
Leandro Silveira
Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo
Yeda Soares de Lucena Bataus
Cleiber Marques Vieira
Carlos Eduardo Ramos de SantAna
Edilson Divino de Araújo
PhD
Vanessa G. Staggemeier
Thiago Santos
Matheus Lima Ribeiro
Sidney Gouveia
Ricardo Dobrovolski
Olívia Penatti Pinese
Natalia Mundim Torres
Guilherme de Oliveira
Levi Carina Terrible
Fernanda Cassemiro
Daniel Blamires
Teresa Cristina da Silveira Anacleto
Cleiber Marques Vieira
Marilda Schwart Pasquali
Daniela Melo e Silva
Daniela Cunha Coelho
Flávia Melo Rodrigues
Carlos Eduardo Ramos de SantAna
PostDocs
Debora Medeiros
Ricardo Dobrovolski
Guilherme de Oliveira
Dayani Bailly
Victor Leme Landeiro
Fernanda Aparecida da Silva Cassemiro
Thiago Fernando Lopes Valle de Brito Rangel
Renata Alves da Mata
Leandro Silveira
Vanessa Graziele Staggemeier
Marcelo Weber
