Diego Astúa de Moraes

I have a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences (Ecology) (UFRJ, 1995), a Master's degree in Ecology (Wildlife Conservation and Management) (UFMG, 1998), a PhD in Sciences (Zoology) (USP, 2004), with post-doctoral or sabbtical stays at UERJ (2005) and at the University of California, San Diego and San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research (2015-2016 - CAPES Senior Fellowship). I am a Full Professor in the Zoology Department and Curator of the Mammal Collection at UFPE, and a permanent member of the Graduate Program in Animal Biology (currently level 6 CAPES). I act as Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Mammalogy, and as Associate Editor of the journals Current Zoology, Journal of Zoology, Mastozoologia Neotropical, Biota Neotropica and Check List. I am a member of the New World Marsupials Specialists Group (SSC/IUCN) and serve on the Mammal Collections Committee of the Brazilian Society of Mammalogy. My research is in the area of Mammalogy (Mammal Zoology), more precisely with functional morphology and morphological evolution of mammals, morphometrics, ecomorphology, as well as ecology, evolution and diversity of mammals from Northeastern Brazil. I work with several groups of mammals, but my main focus and interest is in marsupials. I also collaborate with the Environmental Education and Science Communication Research Center (NUPEAC ), especially in the production of audiovisual material (videos and audio, including the science podcast Prosa com Ciência). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)