Erika Hingst-Zaher

Graduated in Biological Sciences at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), got the MSc in Ecology at UFRJ, PhD in Biological Sciences (Genetics) at UFRJ with a CAPES sandwich at City University of New York (CUNY and American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). Young researcher FAPESP at the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo (MZUSP) from 2001 to 2006. In 2009, got a specialisation degree in Scientific Dissemination at ECA/USP.Scientific Researcher at Instituto Butantan, in the Museu Biológico, elaborating and coordinating research projects with vertebrates, conservation, one health and also scientific dissemination.As a zoologist, works mainly in field inventories, monitoring, taxonomy, morphometrics and conservation of vertebrates. Conducted faunistic inventories in protected areas in the Atlantic Forest, Cerrado and Amazon, and participated in the elaboration of several Management Plans for National ad State Parks. Responsible for the continuous monitoring of birds and mammals for the detection of pathogens in the Amazon and the Atlantic Forest. Also works in museums and with scientific dissemination, setting up exhibitions related to vertebrates and biodiversity conservation. Member of the Brazilian Society of Mammalogy since 1991, and editor of the Brazilian Journal of Mammalogy. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)