Albane Vilarino Santos da Silva

PhD in Entomology from the University of São Paulo (USP-RP) (2016-2020), with sandwich doctorate at the University of Minnesota (USA) (2018-2019) studying the evolution of the aquatic insect family of circumtropical distribution: Xiphocentronidae (Trichoptera). Master's degree in Zoology from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) (2012-2014) studying the diversity of Trichoptera in a tropical forest - semi-arid transition area. Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-MG) (2005-2009) with an internship studing prospection of peptide toxin (UFMG). Post-doctoral research at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) (2021) on bio-monitoring the impacts of mining on the fauna of benthic macroinvertebrates; and at UFBA (2023) on the systematics and biogeography of Trichoptera. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at USP-SP aiming to understand the historical relationships of the Trichoptera fauna of Eurasia and Americas (families Psychomyiidae and Xiphocentronidae) and the correlation of transcontinental migrations during warming and cooling periods of the Earth. He has experience in Zoology in the area of phylogenetic systematics, biogeography and taxonomy of aquatic insects. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)