Thiago da Silva Novato

PhD in Ethnobiology and Nature Conservation from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (2024). Master in Biodiversity and Nature Conservation (2020) and bachelor's degree (2017) and bachelor's degree (2019) in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. Currently, he is a postdoctoral fellow at the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture at the University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP). He is a member of the Communications Committee of the Brazilian Society of Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology (SBEE), also serving as Regional Representative for the Southeast region and editor of Editora SBEE. He has experience in environmental consulting, preparing socioeconomic, socio-environmental and entomofauna diagnoses for Environmental Impact Studies and Reports and Management Plans for Protected Areas. Academically, he works with Ethnobiology, Ecology and Taxonomy of Arthropods, Behavioral Ecology, management of leaf-cutting ants, Agroecology and Environmental Education. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)