I obtained my PhD in 1998 from the University of Southampton (National Oceanography Centre, UK) under the supervision of Profs. Paul Tyler and John Gage and worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Hawaii in 1999-2000 with Prof. Craig Smith. In 2000, I joined the University of São Paulo as an Assistant Professor, later becoming an Associate Professor after obtaining a Habilitation title from the same university. Now, as Full Professor since 2019, I have been teaching several biological oceanography courses and supervising many undergraduate and graduate students. During my career, I have worked on several aspects of the ecology of deep-sea benthic organisms in different ocean basins, such as the North and South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Northeast and Northwest Pacific and Southern Ocean. I participated in over 40 oceanographic cruises and dived in many research submersibles (Alvin, Johnson-Sea-Link, Shinkai 6500, Deep Rover) down to 4200 m depth. I am currently involved in projects dealing with the fauna of reducing environments, deep-water coral reefs and polymetallic nodule and crusts. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo (IO-USP) is a center of excellence in oceanographic education and research in Brazil, integrating biology, physics, chemistry, and geology in a marine context, taking into account the social implications of human-ocean interaction. With a robust infrastructure, IO-USP has a headquarters in São Paulo, divided into two departments -…
Global changes are inducing significant alterations in the biosphere, such as changing animal migration behavior or expanding/reducing habitat size. Forecast changes to future ocean conditions are expected to follow similar patterns to those induced by present-day atmospheric phenomena, albeit at a slower rate. These cause significant alterations in organism distribution and consequent ec…
This Project aims to support the development of research carried out within the scope of the Oceanographic Institute, considering the multi-user research structures at its headquarters in São Paulo, its Research Bases on the north and south coast and on its larger vessels: ships, medium boats and smaller vessels dedicated to the study of the marine environment. To meet some more specific …
The BIOTA/FAPESP program is an effort that has been mapping the biological diversity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in the State of Sao Paulo with extreme success. In marine areas, this effort has historically been concentrated in coastal ecosystems, leaving the deep ocean biota habitat - one of the largest global repositories of species - largely unknown. Evidence shows that organ…
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The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) appears to mainly act as a barrier to genetic connectivitybetween biological communities on either side of the Drake Passage in the Southern Ocean. Evidenceof periodic gene flow events following the establishment of the ACC during the Miocene ispotentially linked to changes in the speed, strength, and direction of this current due to climate changes…
Whale carcasses on the ocean floor have acted as sources of evolutionary innovation and adaptive radiation since whales began their diversification about 40 million years ago. Recent evidence suggests that these "organic islands" may have served as ecological or evolutionary stepping-stones for organisms adapted to chemosynthetic environments. This is corroborated by the typical co-occurr…
The Antarctic Peninsula is pointed out as one of the most heavily impacted areas by the global temperature increase, evidenced by the glacier retreat, one of the main consequences of this phenomenon. The benthic species colonization on the substrate exposed by glacier retreat or by the mortality of organisms caused by physicochemical changes in the seawater and increased occurrence of ice…
The deep ocean is the largest biome on the planet. Biodiversity hotspots found there, such as deep-sea corals, form essential three-dimensional habitats present in various parts of the globe, providing ecological niches for numerous species. Although the existence of these coral environments has been known for a long time, studies have been limited due to the difficulties of sampling in t…
The activities of the student will be together with the post-doc studentsof the BECOOL project, helping the necessary functions.All activities are related to marine invertebrates that will be collected from whale bones and wooden blocks. The student will participate in the field sampling. In addition,he will sort and identify the animals until the lowest taxonomic level possible, by using…
The activities of students will be together with the post-doc students of the BECOOL project, helping in part of the necessary functions. All activities are related to marine invertebrates that will be collected from whale bones and wooden blocks. The student of this project will participate in field sampling, if possible, and sort organisms from the most abundant groups. In addition, the…
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The deep sea is one of the biggest biomes on Earth and is also the lesser known.Among the distinct and specialized ecosystems of the deep sea, whale falls are a habitat prone to specialization and for the evolution of new species. The discovery of bone-eating polychaetes from the genus Osedax represent one of the most important examples of evolutionary news in whale falls. Osedax shows a …
An integrated approach between invertebrate demographic patterns using genomics and geomorphological features is important to understand the connectivity of populations in the deep sea, which is still poorly studied, especially in virtually unknown areas such as the Brazilian continental margin. The present project proposes a 6-month internship at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, un…
Uptake of atmospheric CO2 by the oceans already decreased the seawater pH in approximately 0.1 units in a process called Ocean Acidification (OA). Although the ocean chemistry and the changes caused by OA are well understood and can be predicted, the biological effects of ocean acidification are largely unknown. Marine calcifying organisms are especially vulnerable to OA but many importan…
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