Julia Nader Acquaviva

PhD student in the Graduate Program in Ecology at the Institute of Biosciences of the University of São Paulo, she conducts research in Molecular Ecology and the Evolution of populations of passerine birds from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. She holds a Bachelors degree and teaching degree in Biological Sciences from the Institute of Biosciences of the University of São Paulo (2021) and a Masters degree in Ecology from the Institute of Biology of the University of Campinas (2025). She has experience in Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, and Theoretical Ecology, with a focus on ecological networks, mutualisms, and evolutionary modeling. She is currently dedicated to studying the diet and complex traits of populations of frugivorous and seed-dispersing birds. She was an undergraduate research fellow at the University of São Paulo, where she investigated niche breadth in cleaning symbioses between birds and large mammals, as well as avian natural history and the evolution of opportunism. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)