Alexandre Casadei-Ferreira, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
Department for Cytology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Greifswald
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Dr. Alexandre Casadei-Ferreira is an Assistant Research Professor at the Department for Cytology and Evolutionary Biology, Universität Greifswald in Germany. He earned his Ph.D. from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR, Brazil), focusing on systematics, taxonomy, and evolutionary biology. His current research focuses on micro-CT scanning and 3D postprocessing techniques to advance functional morphology and evolutionary biology. Dr. Casadei-Ferreira's work emphasises morphological diversification within a functional context, bridging anatomy with biomechanics and exploring how organisms adapt to environmental challenges through different phenotypic changes. Through these investigations, Dr. Casadei-Ferreira aims to deepen our understanding of biodiversity, morphological evolution, and the intricate dynamics between form and function.
Education
2020 | Ph.D. Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Brazil. Biology, Entomology
2016 | MSc. Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Brazil. Biology, Entomology
2014 | BSc. Federal University of Alfenas, Brazil. Biology
Professional Experience
2026 – current | Assistant Research Professor, University of Greifswald
2024 – 2026 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Greifswald
2024 – 2026 | Visiting Researcher, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
2020 – 2024 | Postdoctoral Researcher, OIST
2019 | Visiting Researcher, Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard, USA
2018 | Visiting Researcher, OIST
2018 | Visiting Researcher, Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo (MZSP), Brazil
2014 – 2020 | Assistant in the Curatorship, Entomological Collection Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure (DZUP), Brazil
Grants and Fellowships
2024 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) – Grants-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists KAKENHI
2022 | KAKENHI Incentive Program – OIST, Okinawa, Japan
2019 | Ernst Mayr Travel Grants, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, Cambridge, USA
2019 | CAPES Foundation Scholarship (Brazil) Sandwich Doctorate Program (PDSE)
2016 | CNPq Foundation Scholarship (Brazil) Ph.D. program
2014 | CNPq Foundation Scholarship (Brazil) Master's program
External Academic Service
Society Membership
Ecological Society of Japan, European Society for Evolutionary Biology, International Society for Invertebrate Morphology, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Evolutionary Studies Japan.
Peer Reviewer
Arthropod Struct. Dev., Asian Myrmecol., Biodivers. Data J., Biol. J. Linn. Soc., Check List, Ecol. Evol., Front. Zool., Geoderma, Hist. Biol., Invertebr. Syst., J. Hymenopt. Res., J. Nat. Hist., Neotrop. Entomol., Orient. Insects, Papéis Avulsos Zool., PeerJ, Rev. Colomb. Entomol., Zoology, Zootaxa, ZooKeys.
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