Team
Alessio Datovo
PI, Associate Professor, Curator of Fishes
Research interests:
Evolutionary morphology of fishes, with emphasis in skeletal musculature
Phylogenetic systematics of bony fishes, especially ostariophysans and percomorphs
Taxonomy of Neotropical fishes
Ontogeny of musculoskeletal system in bony fishes
E-mail: adatovo@usp.br
Murilo Pastana
PI, Assistant Professor, Curator of Fishes
Research interests:
Evolutionary morphology of acanthomorph fishes
Phylogenetic systematics of pelagic fishes
Taxonomy of Neotropical fishes
Ontogeny and morphology of the lateral-line system in ray-finned fishes
E-mail: mpastana@usp.br
Thiago Loboda
Postdoctoral fellow
Research interests:
Systematics of Chondrichthyes
Evolutionary morphology of Chondrichthyes
Taxonomy of Neotropical freshwater stingrays
E-mail: loboda_bio@yahoo.com.br
George Vita
PhD student
Research interests:
Comparative morphology of bony fishes, with emphasis in skeletal musculature
Phylogenetic systematics of Neotropical fishes, especially piranhas and their allies (Characiformes)
Taxonomy of Neotropical fishes, with emphasis in tetras and their allies (Characiformes)
Geometric morphometrics
E-mail: george.vitao@gmail.com
Paulo Presti
PhD student
Research interests:
Comparative morphology of bony fishes, with emphasis in skeletal musculature
Phylogenetic systematics of percomoprhs (Percomorphacea)
Taxonomy of percomorph fishes, with emphasis in threadfins (Polynemidae) and flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes)
Ontogeny of musculoskeletal system in percomorphs
Scientific illustration
E-mail: presti.paulo@gmail.com
João Pedro Trevisan
PhD student
Research interests:
Comparative morphology of bony fishes
Phylogenetic systematics of percomoprhs, especially gobies (Gobiiformes)
Taxonomy of percomorph fishes, with emphasis in gobies (Gobiiformes)
E-mail: joao.trevisan.santos@gmail.com
Nonato Mendes Jr
PhD student
Research interests:
Integrative taxonomy of electric eels
Evolutionary morphology of electric eels
Phylogeny of Neotropical electric fishes
E-mail: eelectricus@yahoo.com.br
Vinicius Cardoso
MSc student
Research interests:
Integrative taxonomy of Neotropical electric fishes
Phylogeny of Neotropical electric fishes
E-mail: viniciusc.cardoso@yahoo.com.br
Alumni
Gabriela Moraes
Universidade Paulista, Brazil
Joao Gabriel Genova
Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Luiz AW Peixoto
Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil