07/2025 – current Researcher at Ontario Forest Research Institute, MNR, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
11/2023 – current Graduate Faculty at Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
07/2022 – current Adjunct Professor at Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
10/2024 – 07/2025 International Soil Biodiversity Specialist at the United Nations - FAO
04/2024 – 09/2024 Research Scientist (Acting) at the Ontario Forest Research Institute, MNRF, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
08/2021 – 04/2024 Research Biologist at the Ontario Forest Research Institute, MNRF, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
01/2024 - 04/2024 Lecturer at Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
09/2016 – 11/2021 PhD Candidate, Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
09/2018 – 08/2021 Greenhouse Technical/Research Support I at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
08/2020 – 11/2020 Mitacs Research Intern at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
01/2020 – 04/2020 Course Content Marker for the Ecosystem Ecology class at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
09/2019 – 12/2019 Lecturer/Course Coordinator of the Community Ecology class at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
05/2019 – 08/2019 Visiting Graduate Researcher at the Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
02/2016 – 08/2016 Biology Laboratory Coordinator at Carste Ciência e Meio Ambiente, Brazil
04/2014 – 04/2016 External Research Consultant at Instituto do Carste, Brazil
02/2013 – 02/2016 Junior Biologist at Carste Ciência e Meio Ambiente, Brazil
01/2010 – 08/2012 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant at Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil
09/2009 – 08/2012 Undergraduate Student Researcher at Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil
PhD — Biology, University of Western Ontario (Canada – Sept 2016 – Nov 2021)
Thesis: Diversity and drivers of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in boreal peatlands
Supervisor: Dr. Zoë Lindo
Diploma — Environmental Education, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil – 2014)
BS.c. — Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto (Brazil – 2012)
Thesis: Phylogenetic analysis of the Rhodniini tribe
Supervisor: Dr. Alexandre Silva de Paula
Eric Kanold – Research Biologist – MNRF-OFRI 2024
Bronwyn Kirby – Climate Change Research Assistant – MNRF-OFRI 2024 Summer student
Bethany Varela – Climate Change Research Assistant – MNRF-OFRI 2024 Summer student
Luis Freitas – GIS Research Assistant – MNRF-OFRI 2024 Summer student
Jonalyn Thomas – Climate Change Research Assistant – MNRF-OFRI 2023 Summer student
Tashi Lhamo – Climate Change Research Assistant – MNRF-OFRI 2023 Summer student
Tianshu Yin – GIS Research Assistant – MNRF-OFRI 2023 Summer student
Samantha Hopkins – Climate Change Research Assistant – MNRF-OFRI 2022 Summer student
Rachael Grove – Climate Change Research Assistant – MNRF-OFRI 2022 Summer student
Alejandro Nieto – GIS Research Assistant – MNRF-OFRI 2022 Summer student
2023 – 2024 Advisor with Dr. Pedro Antunes (Algoma University) and Dr. Kari Dunfield (University of Guelph)
Project: The role of leaf out timing and Vinca minor invasion on a deciduous understory plant community
MSc Student: Katja Karhi
09/2023 – 04/2024 Co-supervisor with Dr. Pedro Antunes, Algoma University
Project: Effects of the invasive plant Vinca minor on soil invertebrate communities
BSc Student: Gabrielle Faucher
09/2021 – 04/2022 Co-supervisor with Dr. Pedro Antunes, Algoma University
Project: Do Vinca minor invasions have an effect on the abundance and biodiversity of microarthropods in urban forests?
BSc Student: Rebekah Gwynn
09/2020 – 04/2021 Graduate Advisor, University of Western Ontario
Project: Vegetation Data Survey Methods: An analysis of point-intercept and visual estimation data on Boreal peatland plant communities
BSc Student: Shae-Lynn Dehens
09/2020 – 04/2021 Graduate Advisor, University of Western Ontario
Project: Quantifying carbon and nitrogen mineralization in a peatland soil food web
BSc Student: Trevor Pettit
09/2019 – 04/2020 Graduate Advisor, University of Western Ontario
Project: Songs at stopover: Do species differ in their temporal aggregation?
BSc Student: Christian Buchanan-Fraser
Editorial Board Member and Social Media Manager for Pedobiologia — Journal of Soil Ecology
Guest Editor (2020–2022) for a Special Issue on Response of Soil Biodiversity to Global Change in Pedobiologia — Journal of Soil Ecology
Reviewer for Applied Soil Ecology, Basic and Applied Ecology, Community Ecology, Ecography, Ecological Applications, Ecological Indicators, Ecology, Ecology and Evolution, Écoscience, Ecosystems, Entomology Beginners, Environmental Management, Environmental Science: Advances, European Journal of Soil Biology, Experimental & Applied Acarology, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Functional Ecology, Geoderma, Global Change Biology, Insect Conservation and Diversity, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Insect Science, Nature Communications, Oecologia, Oikos, Pedobiologia, Pedospehere, PeerJ, Plant and Soil, Scientific Reports, Soil, Soil & Tillage Research, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Soil Organisms, Soil Research, The Science of the Total Environment
Grant Reviewer for British Ecological Society Grant Review College (2023-current)
Abstract Reviewer for XXIV Congreso Latinoamericano de la Ciencia del Suelo, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (2025), VIII Simpósio Internacional de Entomologia de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil (2025)
2024 Improving Wildfire Resilience through Innovation and Collaboration in Ontario's Managed Forest Landscapes, Wildfire Resilient Futures Initiative, PI: Stephen Mayor
2024 Towards a synthesis in soil fauna macroecology (sMacroS) (PIs: Anton Potapov, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Nico Eisenhauer, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig. Oribatida co-coordinator: Carlos Barreto)
2024 How will the Boreal Forest respond to fire and climate change? (PI: Pedro Antunes, Algoma University. Co-PIs: Stephen Mayor and Carlos Barreto - MNR)
2024 Canada-Ontario Great Lakes Agreement - Grant - Wetland carbon science to support climate policy and programs in the mixedwood plains (PI: Carlos Barreto - MNR)
2023 Soil Biodiversity as Nature-based Solutions to Promote Boreal Forest and Peatland Carbon Storage (PI: Zoë Lindo - Western University. Co-PIs: Carlos Barreto and Jim McLaughlin - MNR)
2022 Appreciation in Motion Award for Excellence and Collaborative Leadership, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
2021 CSEE Excellence in PhD Research (Runner-up)
2021 CSEE BIPOC Foundational Research Microgrant
2021 Robert and Ruth Lumsden Graduate Fellowship in Science, Faculty of Science, Western University
2021 Travel Subsidy, Society of Graduate Students, Western University
2020 J.D. Detwiler Award, Biology Department, Western University
2020 Outstanding Student Presentation, First Place, Acarological Society of America Meeting
2020 Danks Scholarship, Entomological Society of Canada
2020 Travel Subsidy, Society of Graduate Students, Western University
2020 CSEE BIPOC Spotlight Library Microgrant
2020 Mitacs Research Training Award
2020 Western Summer 2020 Student Internship
2020 Abstract Award, Acarological Society of America
2020 Entomological Society of Canada International Congress of Entomology (ICE) Travel Award, Entomological Society of Canada
2019 Travel Subsidy, Society of Graduate Students, Western University
2019 Dr. Lloyd M. Dosdall Memorial Scholarship, Entomological Society of Canada
2019 Science International Engagement Fund Award, Faculty of Science and Science International at Western University
2019 Mitacs Globalink Research Award
2019 Faculty of Science Graduate Teaching Award, Master’s of Environmental Science Program, Western University
2019 Travel Subsidy, Society of Graduate Students, Western University
2018 Dr. Rene R. Roth Memorial Award, Biology Department, Western University
2018 Harry Hoogstraal Memorial Fellowship for the Acarology Summer Program, Ohio State University
2018 Graduate Student Travel Award, Biology Department, Western University
2018 Travel Student Award Grant, Acarological Society of America
2017 Travel Subsidy, Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 610, Western University
2017 Travel Subsidy, Society of Graduate Students, Western University
2017 Graduate Student Travel Award, Biology Department, Western University
*indicates primary speaker/presenter
56. Mallet*, J., Humphreys, E., Neary, B., Barreto, C. 2025. Methane emissions from restored wetlands in the Big Creek Watershed, Southern Ontario. Soils for our Future. Winnipeg, MB. Poster presentation.
55. Mallet*, J., Humphreys, E., Barreto, C., Neary, B. 2024. Methane emissions from restored wetlands in the Big Creek Watershed, Southern Ontario. 12th Long Point Research & Conservation Conference. Port Dover, ON. Poster presentation.
54. Barreto, C., Pironkova, Z., Neary, B., Thomas, J., McLaughlin, J., Mallet*, J., Humphreys, E. 2024. Tracking carbon fluxes from a restored marsh in the Big Creek watershed. 12th Long Point Research & Conservation Conference. Port Dover, ON. Poster presentation.
53. Turcu*, C., Tai, V., Branfireun, B., McLaughlin, J., Barreto, C., Lindo, Z. 2024. Characterizing microbial communities in two boreal peatlands with differing vegetation. 73rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists. London, ON. Poster presentation.
52. Turcu*, C., Tai, V., Branfireun, B., McLaughlin, J., Barreto, C., Lindo, Z. 2024. Microbial community response to experimental warming in boreal peatlands. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Annual Meeting 2024. Vancouver, BC. Oral presentation.
51. Hopkins*, S., Branfireun, B., McLaughlin, J., Barreto, C., Lindo, Z. 2024. Experimental climate warming changes Sphagnum community composition and reduces diversity in a boreal peatland. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Annual Meeting 2024. Vancouver, BC. Oral presentation.
50. Oviedo, C.C., Loder*, A.L., Barreto, C., McLaughlin, J., Humphreys, E., Naguit, E., Finkelstein, S.A. 2023. Wetland carbon dynamics in intact and restored mineral and peat-forming wetlands of Norfolk County, Southern Ontario, Canada. American Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, California. Poster presentation.
49. Pironkova*, Z., Barreto, C., McLaughlin, J. 2023. Characterizing ecosystem change in the Big Creek Marsh Complex. Long Point World Biosphere 11th Research & Conservation Conference, Port Dover, ON. Poster presentation.
48. Conceição*, P.H.S., Barreto, C., Lindo, Z. 2023. Responses of soil predatory mites to climate warming and elevated CO2 in Boreal peatlands. Ontario Ecology, Ethology and Evolution Colloquium 2023, London, ON. Oral presentation.
47. Ashwood*, F., Barreto, C., Butt, K.R., Lampert, M., Doick, K., Vanguelova, E.I. 2023. Earthworms and soil mesofauna as early bioindicators for landfill restoration. 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, Dublin, Ireland. Oral presentation.
46. Lindo*, Z., Buchkowski, R.W., Barreto, C. 2023. Warming-induced reductions in soil biomass alter carbon and nitrogen flux through peatland soil food webs. 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, Dublin, Ireland. Oral presentation.
45. Pravia, A., Keith, A., Barreto, C., Ashwood, F., Shepherd, M., Monson, F. 2023. Habitat associations of oribatid mites in Great Britain. 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, Dublin, Ireland. Poster presentation.
44. Barreto*, C. 2023. Online taxonomic catalog of the Brazilian oribatid mite fauna (Acari: Oribatida): an open-source tool. 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, Dublin, Ireland. Poster presentation.
43. Buchkowski*, R.W., Barreto, C., Lindo, Z. 2022. soilfoodwebs: An R package for analyzing and simulating food web dynamics. ESA, ESC and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting, Invited speaker at the What Lies Beneath? The Art and Science of Soil Arthropods Program Symposium. Vancouver, BC. Oral presentation.
42. Lindo*, Z., Barreto, C., Lyons, C., Branfireun, B. 2022. Impending 'terrestrialization' for Sphagnum peatland biodiversity under warming. Invited speaker at the From the Desert to the Arctic: Ecological Significance of Bryophytes Across Systems session, Joint Meeting of the Entomological Society of America and the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Montreal, QC. Oral presentation.
41. Buchkowski*, R.W., Barreto, C., Lindo, Z. 2022. soilfoodwebs: Insights from analyzing soil food web models at and away from equilibrium. Invited speaker at The Next “Black Box”: The Role of Soil Invertebrates in Plant-Soil Interactions session, Joint Meeting of the Ecological Society of America and the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Montreal, QC. Oral presentation.
40. Barreto, C., Lindo*, Z. 2022. Drivers of decomposition and the detrital invertebrate community differ across a hummock-hollow microtopology in Boreal peatlands. Invited speaker at The Next "Black Box": The Role of Soil Invertebrates in Plant-Soil Interactions session, Joint Meeting of the Ecological Society of America and the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Montreal, QC. Oral presentation.
39. Lindo*, Z., Buchkowski, R.W., Barreto, C. 2022. Warming-induced reductions in soil biomass alter carbon and nitrogen flux through peatland soil food webs. Invited speaker at the Ecological Networks in Belowground Communities session, Joint Meeting of the Entomological Society of America and the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Montreal, QC. Oral presentation.
38. de Paula, A.S., Barreto*, C. 2022. Species distribution modeling to evaluate the impact of climate change on the distribution of Nysius simulans (Stål) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) in soybean crops in South America. Invited speaker at the Interplay Between Biological Control and Climate Change Symposium, XXVI International Congress of Entomology, Helsinki, Finland. Oral presentation.
37. Barreto*, C., Buchkowski, R.W., Branfireun, B.A., McLaughlin, J.W., Lindo, Z. 2021. Experimental warming decreases carbon and nitrogen fluxes in soil food webs of boreal peatlands. Joint Meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario and the Entomological Society of Canada. Online oral presentation.
36. Barreto*, C., Fabiano-da-Silva, W. 2021. Arachnological studies presented at the Brazilian Ecological Society meetings between 2003–2019. XV Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil. Online oral presentation.
35. Barroso*, G., Barreto, C. 2021. Exploring the use of predatory mites for the control of Raoiella indica Hirst (Acari: Prostigmata: Tenuipalpidae) in Southern Brazil. XV Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil. Online oral presentation.
34. Barreto*, C., Branfireun, B.A., McLaughlin, J.W., Lindo, Z. 2021. Responses of oribatid mites to warming in boreal peatlands depend on fen type. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Annual Meeting 2021. Online oral presentation.
33. Pettit*, T., Barreto, C., Buchkowski, R.W., Branfireun, B., Lindo, Z. 2021. Modeling soil carbon cycling in boreal peatlands under future climate warming scenarios. Ontario Ecology, Ethology and Evolution Colloquium. Guelph, ON. Online oral presentation.
32. Dehens*, S., Barreto, C., Lindo, Z. 2021. Comparing vegetation survey methods on boreal peatland plant communities under climate warming. EnviroCon. London, ON. Online oral presentation.
31. Pettit*, T., Barreto, C., Buchkowski, R., Branfireun, B., Lindo, Z. 2021. Modeling soil carbon cycling in boreal peatlands under future climate warming scenarios. Ontario Biology Day. Hamilton, ON. Online oral presentation.
30. Meehan, M.L., Barreto*, C., Turnbull, M.S., Bradley, R.L., Bellenger, J., Darnajoux, R., Lindo, Z. 2020. Response of soil fauna to simulated global change factors depends on ambient climate conditions. Festival of Ecology - British Ecological Society. Online poster presentation.
29. Barreto*, C., de Paula, A.S. 2020. Distribuição Potencial atual e futura de Nysius simulans (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) em plantações de soja na América do Sul. V Mostra da Pós-Graduação da UFOP, Encontro de Saberes 2020, Ouro Preto, Brazil. Online oral presentation.
28. Barreto*, C., de Paula, A.S. 2020. Potential distribution of Nysius simulans (Stål) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) in soybean crops in South America under current and future climate. Entomological Society of America Meeting, Orlando, FL. Online poster presentation.
27. Barreto*, C., Rillig, M.C., Lindo, Z. 2020. Addition of polypropylene and polyester in soil affects decomposition rates but not microarthropod communities. Acarological Society of America’s symposium Current Advances in Acarology in the Entomological Society of America Meeting, Orlando, FL. Invited speaker. Online oral presentation.
26. Barreto*, C., Lindo, Z. 2020. Weak effects of warming and CO2 on soil microarthropod communities. SPRUCE All-Hands meeting, Oak Ridge, TN. Online oral presentation.
25. Barreto*, C., Lindo, Z. 2019. Climate change field experiment shows weak effects of warming and neutral effects of CO2 on soil microarthropod communities. Joint Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society, the Entomological Society of Canada and the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Fredericton, NB. Oral presentation.
24. Barreto*, C., Lindo, Z. 2019. Warming has different effects on top-down and bottom-up trophic cascades in a soil acarine predator-prey system. Building Bridges: Micro-, Meso- and Macrofauna processes across systems, Göttingen, Germany. Oral presentation.
23. Lindo, Z., Ramirez, I., McNeil, J.N., Barreto*, C. 2019. Are soil mesofauna at the monarch overwintering sites affected by secondary plant compounds sequestered by monarch butterflies? Building Bridges: Micro-, Meso- and Macrofauna processes across systems, Göttingen, Germany. Poster presentation.
22. de Paula*, A.S., Barreto, C. 2018. Species distribution modeling to evaluate the impact of climate change on the distribution of Nysius simulans (Stål) (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Orsillinae). 6th Quadrennial Meeting of The International Heteropterists' Society, La Plata, Argentina. Poster presentation.
21. Meehan*, M., Barreto, C., Kustec, J., Turnbull, M. S., Bradley, R., Bellenger, J., Lindo, Z. 2018. The impact of warming on two trophic levels in microarthropod communities. ESA, ESC and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting, Invited speaker at the Soil Mites: Minute Arthropods with a Monumental Role Symposium, Vancouver, British Columbia. Oral presentation.
20. Barreto*, C., Lindo, Z. 2018. Does warming alter top-down and bottom-up trophic cascades in a soil acarine predator-prey system? ESA, ESC and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting, Invited speaker at the Soil Mites: Minute Arthropods with a Monumental Role Symposium, Vancouver, British Columbia. Oral presentation.
19. Meehan*, M., Barreto, C., Kustec, J., Turnbull, M. S., Bradley, R., Bellenger, J., Lindo, Z. 2018.Warming rewires trophic linkages in belowground forest communities. 9th Annual Biology Graduate Research Forum, Western University, London, Ontario. Oral presentation.
18. Barreto*, C., Lindo, Z. 2018. Warming alters top-down and bottom-up trophic cascades in a soil acarine predator-prey system. 48th Ontario Ecology, Ethology and Evolution Colloquium, London, Ontario. Oral presentation.
17. Kustec*, J., Barreto, C., Lindo, Z. 2018. Shifts in Collembola communities under top-down and bottom-up effects are mediated by warming. 48th Ontario Ecology, Ethology and Evolution Colloquium, London, Ontario. Oral presentation.
16. Barreto*, C., Barreto, L. 2018. Perceptions of primary and middle school students from Brazil on caves and possibilities for Environmental Education. EnviroCon 2018, London, Ontario. Oral presentation.
15. Barreto*, C., Kustec, J., Lindo, Z. 2018. Predator and Prey Enrichment Response in Soil. NSERC Strategic Project annual meeting - Predicting Annual Allowable Cut. Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, Québec, Québec. Oral presentation.
14. Barreto*, C., Lindo, Z. 2017. Do decomposer and decomposition dynamics across a hummock-hollow topology differ in boreal peatlands? 2017 Joint Meeting of the Entomological Societies of Canada and Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Oral presentation.
13. Barreto*, C., Lindo, Z. 2017. Factors affecting decomposers and decomposition dynamics differ in boreal peatlands. 2017 Ontario Ecology, Ethology and Evolution Colloquium. Kingston, Ontario. Oral presentation.
12. Barreto*, C., Lindo, Z. 2017. Factors affecting decomposers and decomposition dynamics differ in boreal peatlands. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Annual Meeting 2017. Victoria, British Columbia. Oral presentation.
11. Barreto*, C. Lindo, Z. 2017. Oribatid mites in hummock-hollow microtopology in a Boreal peatland in White River, Ontario. NSERC Strategic Project annual meeting - Northern Peatland Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change, Ministry of the Environment, Toronto, Ontario. Oral presentation.
10. Barreto*, C.R.A., Paula, A.S. 2016. Phylogenetic analysis of the Rhodniini tribe (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). 7th Annual Biology Graduate Research Forum, Western University, London, Ontario. Oral presentation.
9. Barreto*, C.R.A., Nepomucena, T.C., Horta, A.L., Paula, A.S. 2012. Do temperature and moon luminosity interfere in Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) survey from Itacolomi State Park? XX Honour Thesis Seminar, Ouro Preto, Brazil. Oral presentation.
8. Barreto*, C.R.A., Paula, A.S. 2011. Phylogenetic analysis of Rhodniini (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) using morphological, morphometric and molecular characters. XIX Honour Thesis Seminar, Ouro Preto, Brazil. Oral presentation.
7. Barreto*, C.R.A., Nepomucena, T.C., Paula, A.S. 2011. Morphological, morphometric and molecular characters in cladistic analysis of Rhodniini Tribe (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae). X Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil, São Lourenço, Brazil. Poster presentation.
6. Raimundo*, R.L.S., Barreto, C.R.A., Paula, A.S. 2010. Cladistic analysis of Rhodniini Tribe (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). XVIII Honour Thesis Seminar, Ouro Preto, Brazil. Poster presentation.
5. Barreto*, C.R.A., Paula, A.S. 2010. Cladistic and Biogeographical analysis of Rhodniini Tribe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) and areas of endemism of associated Neotropical palm trees. XVIII Honour Thesis Seminar, Ouro Preto, Brazil. Poster presentation.
4. Barreto*, C.R.A., Paula, A.S. 2010. How do bioclimatic variables explain potential distribution of Rhodniini (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) species in Neotropical region on current and Last Glacial Maximum periods? II Simpósio de Entomologia UFV, Viçosa, Brazil. Poster presentation.
3. Machado*, N.A.M., Ribeiro, P.S., Barreto, C.R.A., Martins, I.S., Leite, M.G.P., Kozovits, A.R. 2010. Eremanthus erythropappus (DC.) MacLeish (Asteraceae) seedlings development in substrates from mining abandoned areas. 61º Congresso Nacional de Botânica, Manaus, Brazil. Oral presentation.
2. Barreto*, C.R.A., Raimundo, R.L.S., Galvão, C., Paula, A.S. 2010. Bioclimatic variables participation in the potential distribution of Rhodniini species (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) on Neotropical region on current, future and Last Glacial Maximum periods. SIMBIO 2010 - I Simpósio de Biodiversidade, Rio Paranaíba, Brazil. Poster presentation.
1. Machado*, N.A.M., Ribeiro, P.S.C., Barreto, C.R.A., Leite, M.G.P., Kozovits, A.R. 2009. Low-cost methods for rehabilitation of areas degraded by Bauxite mining at Quadrilátero Ferrifero, MG. Congresso Iberoamericano e do Caribe sobre Restauração Ecológica, Curitiba, Brazil. Poster presentation.
05/2023 MSc thesis defense, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (Brazil)
Importância relativa de seleção e limitação de dispersão para a diversidade beta de oribatídeos (Acari: Oribatida) em um ecótono floresta-savana na Amazônia Oriental
Student: Tatijana da Silva Macedo
04/2023 BSc Honour thesis defense, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (Brazil)
Project: Angiospermas e Pteridófitas do Quadrilátero Ferrífero: riqueza e áreas prioritárias para conservação
Student: Henrique Costa Sol da Fonseca Hime
09/2022 MSc Proposal assessment, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (Brazil)
Project: Reprodução sexuada e a evolução de nichos tróficos em ácaros oribatídeos
Student: Renato Pereira Ribeiro
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario
Biodiversity Science (BIO4412), Aquatic Ecology (BIO3415), Insect Biology (BIO4420), Community Ecology (BIO3445), Marine Biology (Field course in Saint Andrews, NB, Canada), Ecosystem Ecology (BIO4405), Biology for Science I (BIO1001A/BIO1201A), Research Techniques in Environmental Science (ENVSCI3350)
Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Biodiversity, Evolution and Environment, Federal University of Ouro Preto
Invertebrate Zoology I (CBI165), Invertebrate Zoology II (CBI166), Systematics (CBI212)
Acarological Society of America
Entomological Society of Canada
Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
2025 Guest Lecture: Fieldwork and data collection in Ontario wetlands, University of Western Ontario
2024 Guest Lecture: Fieldwork and data collection in Ontario wetlands, University of Western Ontario
2024 Hudson Bay Lowlands and Boreal Shield vegetation workshop, University of Guelph
2023 Global Peatlands Initiative workshop, Laval University
2022 How to Succeed in Canada as a New Immigrant, Northern Ontario Latin-Hispanic Association
2022 Biodiversity Science class interviewee, University of Western Ontario
2021 Career-day panelist, University of Western Ontario
2021 Earth Science Career Info Session panelist, University of Western Ontario
2020 Current Advances in Acarology symposium panelist, Acarological Society of America meeting
2024–2026 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference – Co-Chair
2025 VIII Simpósio Internacional de Entomologia de Viçosa – Scientific Committee
2025 XXIV Congreso Latinoamericano de la Ciencia del Suelo, Santa Cruz, Bolivia – Scientific Committee
2022 Joint Early Career Professional Recognition (ECPRS) Symposium at ESA, ESC and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting
2022 What Lies Beneath? The Art and Science of Soil Arthropods Program Symposium at ESA, ESC and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting
2021 PSAC Local 610 Elections – Chief Returning Officer
2019 10th Annual Biology Graduate Research Forum, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
2018 9th Annual Biology Graduate Research Forum, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
2018 Outreach activity – Soil ecology for a Girl Guide group, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
2017 Envirocon Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
2023 – current Biological Survey of Canada Director
2021 – 2023 Social Media Manager for the Acarological Society of America
2020 – 2022 Reach the World Expedition
2020 – 2021 Steward at PSAC Local 610
2019 – 2021 Food Support Committee at PSAC Local 610
2017 – 2021 Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution Student representative at the University of Western Ontario
2020 National Scholarships ranking (Canadian scholarships for Med-school)