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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Underegraduate studies in Biological Sciences at Université de Paris VII (1978) and PhD in Zoology at the Department of Zoology, Instituto de Biociências (1984). His major experience is with sistematic Herpetology. He is Full Professor at the Department of Zoology, University of São Paulo since 1996, was Director of the Museu de Zoologia, Universdade de São Paulo (1997-2001), head of Department of Zoology, Instituto de Biociências, University of São Paulo (2002-2007), Research Associate of the American Museum of Natural History, member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of Academy of Sciences of State of São Paulo. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Continuing the multidisciplinary inventory of biodiversity in the high mountains of the northern Amazon, the aim is to sample the region of the Tulu-Tuloi mountain complex, AM, around 200km east of Serra do Imeri, with support from the Army. The specimens and tissue samples obtained, added to those collected in the Pico da Neblina region and Serra do Imeri, will allow us to draw an overvi…
The description of the reproductive biology of reptiles has allowed formulating hypotheses about the evolution of life history, a better understanding of the forces of natural selection acting on particular species and more effective conservation strategies. The neotropical family Gymnophthalmidae comprises small to medium sized lizards which present high morphological and habitat divers…
Recent analyses of endemism and levels of antropic threat identified the so called hotspots targets for conservation. However, our knowledge about the origin and distribution of the biodiversity in those areas remains scarce. Such a deficiency limits our power of conservation with respect to the environmental changes caused by a man. One of the aims of this project is addressed to study t…
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The genus Enyalius (Squamata, Leiosauridae) comprises small to mid-sized lizards that occupy forested areas in eastern South America. Their distribution is mostly limited to the Atlantic Forest, however they are also found in other Brazilian biomes. Currently, eleven species are formally recognized in the genus, but the taxonomy of Enyalius is complex, especially due to the high variation…
The Amazonia is home to an immense number of species. However, such an outstanding biotic diversification is still poorly understood, as we lack basic data on the actual number and distribution of species occurring throughout its vast territory. Consequently, studies on Amazonian diversification have historically focused on model organisms less affected by these biodiversity data shortfal…
Understanding how past climate change have affected species and communities in tropical regions, where most biodiversity resides, is one of the most pressing ecological questions nowadays. Even mild variations in climate, both in time and space, can drive important eco-evolutionary processes in populations including local adaptation and population size changes. Our main goal is to investi…
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This research proposal aims to unravel the genomic basis of environmental adaptation in the Ihering's Green Lizard (Enyalius iheringii) across the Atlantic Forest, a biodiversity hotspot in South America. The project focuses on generating a high-quality, chromosome-level reference genome for E. iheringii and utilizing genomic tools to characterize spatial genomic variation across its rang…
Measuring and mapping phylogenetic diversity are paramount in order to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the interconnected evolution of species and ecosystems. However, quantifying this diversity dimension can be challenging, especially in megadiverse regions such as the Amazonia. In this region, any attempt to estimate biodiversity is hampered by the lack of basic data on the…
How and when did the evolution of biological megadiversity take place in the Amazon? This is one of the most contentious issues in neotropical biogeography, being discussed since the XIX century. Regarding reptiles and amphibians, one of the few consensual ideas on this subject is that the taxonomic diversity as currently described is underestimated. Phylogeographic analyses highlighted s…
In the middle course of the São Francisco River, inserted in the semiarid Caatingas of northeastern Brazil, there is an extensive field of continental paleodunes, in which a diverse fauna of psamophilic reptiles, with high proportion of endemism, was discovered. Based on the geomorphological, paleoclimatic, and distributional patterns congruent among different reptile lineages, a vicarian…
Neotropical lizards from Loxopholis percarinatum (s.n. Leposoma percarinatum) complex are intriguing because they present a unisexual reproductive mode, including individuals with dif-ferent ploidy numbers (2n and 3n). The origin and impacts of sex-independent reproduction and the increase of ploidy has long been fascinating evolutionary biologists. With the post-doctoral project (#2016/0…
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| 1 / 1 | Ongoing scholarships in Brazil |
| 61 / 28 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| 2 / 2 | Ongoing scholarships abroad |
| 10 / 10 | Completed scholarships abroad |
| 90 / 49 | All research grants and scholarships |
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