Humanity has been modifying ecosystems and overstepping planetary boundaries. In the following years, our engagement and the quality of the research we produce will determine whether those impacts will be mitigated or not. During my Master’s degree I co-coordinated an animal reintroduction program, which resulted in locally extinct howler monkeys being brought back to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and investigated the potential of such conservation strategy to restore functional ecosystems. When biological diversity is lost, not only do individual species vanish, but also the ecological interactions they mediate and the ecosystem services they provide to mankind. In tropical forests, such interactions are fundamental to their long-term persistence. In my research, I aim to build a broader understanding of how the loss of animal species affects the functioning of ecosystems, and how conservation strategies can not only minimize that loss, but also restore degraded ecosystems.
I am currently a Stanford Graduate Fellow PhD candidate in the Dirzo Lab at Stanford University. I am a 2022 National Geographic Explorer and a 2022 Lewis and Clark Field Explorer, and my research is also supported by The Explorers Club, Stanford University, and others.
My current research focuses on the conservation and restoration of species interactions in tropical terrestrial ecosystems. I am working in rainforests in Brazil and Costa Rica, studying how communities and plant-animal interactions reassemble through natural regeneration and trophic rewilding.
I am Brazilian and did my undergraduate and Master's degrees in the Population Ecology and Conservation Lab at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), where I have built expertise in wildlife conservation, rewilding, and a strong background in tropical ecology.
I am currently a Stanford Graduate Fellow PhD candidate in the Dirzo Lab at Stanford University. I am a 2022 National Geographic Explorer and a 2022 Lewis and Clark Field Explorer, and my research is also supported by The Explorers Club, Stanford University, and others.
My current research focuses on the conservation and restoration of species interactions in tropical terrestrial ecosystems. I am working in rainforests in Brazil and Costa Rica, studying how communities and plant-animal interactions reassemble through natural regeneration and trophic rewilding.
I am Brazilian and did my undergraduate and Master's degrees in the Population Ecology and Conservation Lab at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), where I have built expertise in wildlife conservation, rewilding, and a strong background in tropical ecology.