Fer is the planner and organizer of the Research Group's activities, ensuring we achieve goals within the defined deadlines and budgets. She is also a field researcher. She volunteered in the group in 2015, then became a biologist focused on the reintroduction project and then a master's student on Lear's macaw ecology. She is passionate about macaws, felines, and penguins. CVLattes.

MSc. Project Concluded (co-supervisor): 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 Prof. Dr. Francisco Voeroes Denes.

Gabi is a animal behavior specialist planning and leading field work activities in the Research Group. She is also a great GIS technician and data analyst. She coordinates our research in the field and helps the students in the group. She became a biologist in the reintroduction project in 2018. CVLattes.

Thati is a wildlife management specialist,  field worker and she is the front of education for animal conservation activities of in the Reserach Group. She became a biologist in the reintroduction project in 2019 CVLattes.

MSc. Project ongoing: 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. Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rosana Lourero Freitas

MSc. Project: 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. Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mathias M. Pires

MSc. Project: 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. Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mathias M. Pires

Undergraduate in Biological Sciences Project: 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

MSc. Project: Nest site fidelity by nestlings relationships genetics: implications for the breeding population size of an small population. Starting in 2026.

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 Prof. Dr. Francisco Voeroes Denes

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: 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: 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 Prof. Dr. Ricardo Evangelista Fraga.