Clarissa Ribeiro Teixeira, PhD
Current Position
2025-Present: Research Associate; Marine Mammal Institute, Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Sciences, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University. Supervisor: Lisa Ballance
Professional Experience
2023-2025: Postdoctoral Scholar: Marine Mammal Bioacoustics and Ecology lab (MMBEL); Supervisor: Dr. Kate Stafford
Marine Mammal Institute, Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University
2023-2025: Postdoctoral Scholar: Ocean Ecology Lab (OEL); Supervisor: Dr. Joshua Stewart
Marine Mammal Institute, Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University
2022-2023: Postdoctoral Scholar: Whale Habitat, Ecology, and Telemetry (WHET) lab; Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Palacios
Marine Mammal Institute, Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University
2020-2022: Coordinator of Behavioral Ecology Fieldwork; Instituto de Pesquisas Cananeia (IPeC), Paraná, Brazil
2013-2016: NGO Coordinator; Instituto Sea Shepherd Brasil, Núcleo Paraná, Brazil
2013-2015: Science Laboratory Teacher (Ages 2 – 6); Colegio Medianeira, Parana, Brazil
Education
2016–2020: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Department of Ecology and Zoology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
2011–2013: Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
2006–2010: Bachelor of Science (Teaching degree) in Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Research Experience
2018–2019: Exchange student - Center for Stable Isotopes (CSI) at the University of the New Mexico (UNM), US.
2016–Present: Collaborator researcher at the Laboratory of Aquatic Mammals (LAMAQ), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil.
2015: Field Research Assistant - Designated Campus Colleague (DCC) member - University of Arizona Conservation Research Laboratory, Arizona, USA. Jun-Oct.
2011–Present: Collaborator Researcher at the Instituto de Pesquisas Cananéia (IPeC), Brazil.
2011–2013: Behavioral Ecology Researcher at the Guiana Dolphin Project at the Instituto de Pesquisas Cananéia (IPeC), Brazil.
2009–2013: Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Vertebrate Biology and Ecology Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil.
Field Work and Expeditions
2024 – Field Assistant, LABIRINTO Lab | Jamaica
Minimizing Conflicts Between Artisanal Fisheries and Dolphins in Jamaica
Led by Dr. Mauricio Cantor and Christine O’Sullivan
2024 – Marine Mammal Observer, Marine Mammal Institute;
Marine Offshore Species Assessments to Inform Clean Energy (MOSAIC), Oregon Coast
2022–2023 – Field Team Member, WHET Lab (Whale Habitat Ecology and Telemetry Lab)
2020–2022 – Behavioral Ecology Coordinator, Guiana Dolphin Project | Cananéia, Brazil
2011–2013 – Main Researcher, Behavioral Ecology – Guiana Dolphin Project | Cananéia, Brazil
2008–2009 – Main Researcher, Behavioral Ecology – Guiana Dolphin Project | Paranaguá Estuarine Complex, Brazil
Referee for Peer Reviewed Scientific Journals - (45 manuscripts revised, 23 journals)
2026–Present: Ocean and Coastal Management (ISSN: ISSN 1873-524X) (Total = 1)
2026–Present: Royal Society Open Science (ISSN: ISSN 2054-5703) (Total = 1)
2025–Present: Journal for Nature Conservation (ISSN: 1617-138) (Total = 2)
2025–Present: Canadian Journal of Zoology (ISSN: 0008-4301) (Total = 1)
2025-Present: Endangered Species Research (ISSN 1613-4796) (Total = 3)
2024–Present: Journal of Animal Ecology (ISSN: 0021-8790) (Total = 2)
2024–2025: Ecological Modelling (ISSN: 0304-3800) (Total = 1)
2024–2025: Global Ecology and Conservation (ISSN: 2351-9894) (Total = 2)
2024–Present: Marine Ecology Progress Series (ISSN: 0171-8630) (Total = 8)
2024–Present: Journal of Zoology (ISSN: 1469-7998) (Total = 1)
2024–2025: Biology Letters (ISSN: 1744-9561) (Total = 1)
2024–2025: Environmental Biology of Fishes (ISSN: 1744-9561) (Total = 1)
2023–2023: Marine Biology (ISSN: 1432-1793) (Total = 2)
2023–2023: Marine Environmental Research (ISSN: 0013-9351) (Total = 2)
2023–2023: PLoS ONE (ISSN: 1932-6203) (Total = 1)
2022–2023: Thalassas: International Journal of Marine Sciences (ISSN: 0212-5919) (Total = 1)
2022–2023: Estuaries and Coasts (ISSN: 1559-2723) (Total = 1)
2022–2023: Functional Ecology (ISSN: 1365-2435) (Total = 1)
2021–2022: BMC Zoology (ISSN: 2056-3132) (Total = 1)
2021–Present: Marine Mammal Science (ISSN: 1748-7692) (Total = 3)
2021–2022: Frontiers in Marine Science (ISSN: 2296-7745) (Total = 1)
2021–2023: Journal of Ethology (ISSN: 1439-5444) (Total = 5)
2020–Present: Ecology and Evolution (ISSN: 2045-7758) (Total = 4)
Academic Funding
2025-Present: National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska (NPR-A)
2023: North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) Funding
2023: Oregon Gray Whale License Plate Research Funding
2022: Oregon Gray Whale License Plate Research Funding
2019: WMMC Student Travel Grant Award, World Marine Mammal Conference.
2019: The Society for Marine Mammalogy, USA
2018: IsoEcology Meeting 2018 Travel Grant Award, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
2017: Cetacean Society International (CSI) Grant
2016–2020: Doctoral degree full scholarship, Brazilian Ministry of Education (CAPES), Brazil
2011–2013: Guiana dolphin Project Collaborator Research Grant (Petrobras Ambiental), Brazil.
2011–2013: M. Sc. research grant, Brazilian Ministry of Education (CAPES).
2010–2011: B. Sc. undergraduate research grant, Brazilian Ministry of Education (CAPES), Brazil.
2008: Undergraduate Research Training Scholarship. The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil
Academic Funding
2026: Communications Committee, Society of Marine Mammalogy (SMM)
2026: Topic Chair (Ecology), Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
2026: Committee Member, HMSC Student Award and Scholarship Proposals
2025: Poster/Oral Presentation Judge, La Sociedad Mexicana de Mastozoología Marina (SOMEMMA) y la Sociedad Latinoamericana de especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos (SOLAMAC)
2025: Committee Member, HMSC Student Award and Scholarship Proposals
2024: Poster/Oral Presentation Judge, 25th Annual Conference on Biology of Marine Mammals (SMM)
2023: Committee Member, HMSC Student Award and Scholarship Proposals
2023: Reviewer, Coastal Ecology and Resources Management Poster Symposium
2022: Reviewer, Coastal Ecology and Resources Management Poster Symposium
2019: Poster/Oral Presentation Judge, 23rd Annual Conference on Biology of Marine Mammals (SMM)
2019: Poster/Oral Presentation Judge, XX Semana Acadêmica da Biologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
2019: Editorial Board Member, Ecologia de Campo UFSC (Journal)
2017–2019: Student Representative, Graduate Program in Ecology Advisory Board, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil