Fer is the planner and organizer of the Research Group's activities, ensuring we achieve specific objectives within the defined deadlines and budgets. She is also a field researcher and movement ecology specialist. She volunteered on the project in 2015, then became a biologist in pre-release training for macaws and then a master's student. She is currently the project manager. She is passionate about macaws, felines, and penguins.

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MSc. Project Concluded (co-supervision): Home range and habitat selection of the endangered Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari): perspectives from movement ecology. Universidade de São Paulo, Início: 2022 - Conclusion 2025. FAPESP Fellow. supervised by Dr. Francisco Voeroes Denes.

Gabi is a animal behavior specialist planning and leading field work activities in the Research Group. She is also GIS technician and data analisist, supporting research developments and the students in the group. Click for more about her.

Thati is a wildlife management specialist,  fild worker  and she is the front of education for animal conservation activities of in the Reserach Group. Click for more about her.

MSc. Project ongoing (Supervisor): Cultural Knowledge Rescue for Reintroduction and Conservation of the Lear's Macaw. Programa de Pós-graduação em Conservação da Fauna da Universidade Federal de São Carlos. UFSCAR. Start. 2024. 

MSc. Project (Supervisor): Analysis of population forecasts applied to conservation planning: the Lear's macaw as an object of study. Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, IB-UNICAMP. Start: 2025. CAPES Fellow. 

MSc. Project (supervisor): Metabarcoding applied to the study of diet and foraging: the Lear's macaw as an object of study. Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, IB-UNICAMP. Start: 2025. CAPES Fellow. 

MSc. Project: Spatial distribution and habitat selection to identify priority areas for the conservation of the Lear’s macaw and the King vulture in northern Bahia. Programa de Pós-Graduação de Ecologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Start: 2024. FAPESP Fellow, supervised by Dr. Francisco Voeroes Denes

MSc. Project: Movement Patterns of the Lear's Macaw in Relation to the Lunar Cycle. Programa de Pós-Graduação de Ecologia da Universidade de São Paulo.  Start: 2025. CAPES fellow, supervised by Francisco Voeroes Denes

PhD Student (co-supervision) 

Isotopic signatures in free-ranging and captive Lear's macaws (Anodorhynchus leari): strategies for conservation. Start: 2024. Zoology - Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz. Capes fellow, supervised by Ricardo

Undergraduate in Biological Sciences Project (Supervior): Analysis of primary and secondary sex ratio patterns in wild populations of Anodorhynchus leari (Aves, Psittacidae) and their implications for population dynamics. Start: 2023, End: 2024. Undergraduate in Biological Sciences at Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo.  FAPESP Fellow, supervised by Dr. Luís Fabio Silveira

Prospecting MSc. Project: Nest site fidelity by nestlings relationships genetics: implications for the breeding population size of an small population. Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Animal, Unicamp. Trying hard to start in January 2026.

Bachelor's and Licentiate degrees in Biological Sciences from the University of São Paulo (2025). Focus in Ecology with experience in Urban Birds Ecology and Marine Ecology, also works on Environmental Education and Science Outreach projects, aiming to strengthen communication between science and the community.

MSc. Project Concluded (co-supervision): Functional extinction of large psittacines and consequences for seed dispersal services. Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, IB-UNICAMP. Início: 2020. End: 2024. UNICAMP. CAPES Fellow, supervised by Dr. Mathias Mistretta Pires.

Undergraduate in Biological Sciences Project (Co-supervior): Reproductive niche overlap between Africanized honeybees and hollow-breeding birds in the Ararinha Azul Wildlife Refuge and Environmental Protection Area: implications for nest recruitment and psittacine conservationUniversidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico.  PIBIC Fellow., Supervised by Dr. Aline Candida

Currently she is a master student at in Ecology at Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Bahia.

Undergraduate in Biological Sciences Project (Supervion): Ontogenetic development patterns of Lear's macaw Anodorhynchus leari (Aves, Psittacidae) nestlings in the wild. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Loroparque Fellow.

Final dissertation: Reproductive management of Odontophorus capueira (Galliformes: Phasianidae) in captivity, a case study. Specialization in Wildlife Management and Conservation - Universidade de Santo Amaro. (Supervisor)