Ubiratã Ferreira Souza

Ph.D. candidate in Ecology at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), researcher at the Laboratory of Natural History of Brazilian Amphibians (LaHNAB), funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). My dissertation research focuses on antipredator strategies in anurans and predator-prey interactions, employing computational network statistics and geographic analyses. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences (Teaching Degree) from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), where I also served as a research collaborator at the Laboratory of Herpetological and Paleoherpetological Studies (LEHP-UFRPE) and the Northeastern Group for Herpetological and Paleoherpetological Studies (GEHP), leading a research project on anurophagy in the genus Leptodactylus as part of my undergraduate thesis (published). I collaborated with the National Action Plan for the Conservation of Northeastern Herpetofauna (ICMBio/RAN) during the 2018 cycle. I serve as a reviewer for international academic journals. Additionally, I was a columnist and collaborator for the scientific outreach and conservation project Herpetoemfoco (HeF). I am also a certified Systems Development Technician from UFRPE, proficient in Python and R programming languages, and a nature photographer. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)