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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025 - current Lecturer (Botany)
The University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
School of Biological Sciences
2023 - 2024 Visiting Researcher
The University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
School of Biological Sciences
2020 - 2024 Postdoctoral Research Scholar
University of California at Berkeley, CA, US
Principal Investigator: Benjamin Blonder
2019 - 2020 Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Arizona State University, AZ, US
Principal Investigator: Benjamin Blonder
2016 - 2017 Lecturer
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Courses: Plant Physiology, Plant Stress Ecophysiology
2014 Teacher
Instituto Federal de Educacao, Ciencia e Tecnologia, RJ, Brazil
Course: Production of Restinga seedlings
2014 Botanical Illustrator Intern
Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Supervisor: Ph.D. Massimo G. Bovini
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
2015 – 2019 Ph.D. Ecology and Evolution (scored 10/10)
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Advisor: Prof. Ph.D Bruno H. P. Rosado
2018 Visiting Researcher
University of Oxford, UK
Environmental Change Institute
Supervisor: Ph.D. Imma Oliveras Menor
2012 – 2014 M.S. Botany (scored 10/10)
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Advisor: Prof. Ph.D. Antonio Carlos Silva de Andrade
2007 – 2011 B.S. Biology (student merit medal)
Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil
Advisor: Prof. Ph.D Renato Gomes Faria
CAREER BREAK
CAREER BREAK
I have a total of 545 days of career interruption since my PhD conferral in July 2021.
Family leave:
2022 I have one child born on October 2022. I took 99 workdays (146 calendar days) of maternity leave from 22nd September 2022 to 10th February 2023
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed:
25. Rosado BHP, Matos IS. 2025. Water uptake by aerial organs: adding twigs, flowers, and other missing pieces to the complex puzzle. Journal of Experimental Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf223. PDF
24. Matos IS, Vu B, Mann J, Xie E, Madhavan S, Sharma S, Niewiadomski I, Echevarria A, Tomaka C, Carlos S, Antonio M, Chu A, Scudder M, Yokota N, Park HJ, Vuong N, Boakye M, Duarte MA, Pechuzal C, Aparecido LMT, Franco MB, Wong RJ, Liu J, Guevara Heredia A, Boyle B, Ryan M, Cardenas RE, Enquist BJ., Erwin DM, Forbes H, Dexter K, Fricker M, Blonder B. 2025. Leaf venation network evolution across clades and scales. Nature Plants. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-02011-y. PDF
23. Roland H, Matos IS, Rosado BHP, Menor IO. 2025. Non-Additive Effects on Plant Mixtures Flammability in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 34, WF24168. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24168 PDF
22. Zorger BB, Matos IS, Rosado BHP. 2025. Leaf traits explain shrubs and herbs' functional composition shifts in a climate-impacted tropical montane grassland. Austral Ecology. 50: e70069. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.70069 PDF
21. Rosado BHP, Matos IS. 2025. On the need to use proper metrics to detect experimental drought treatments. Oecologia. 207, 76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05717-0 PDF
20. Niewiadomski I, Antonio M, Aparecido L, Boakye M, Carlos S, Echevarria A, Fontao A, Mann J, Matos IS, Salinas N, Vu B, Blonder B. 2025. Illustrated protocol for clearing, mounting, and imaging leaf venation networks. Applications in Plant Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.70002. PDF
19. Zorger BB, Matos IS, Bondi L, Nunes Y, Moraes Y, Amorim T, Rosado BHP. 2025. Vegetation vulnerability to drought is driven by either higher drought sensitivity or lower fog exposure in tropical cloud-ecosystems. Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70043. PDF
18. Matos IS, Boakye M, Antonio M, Carlos S, Chu A, Duarte MA, Echevarria A, Fontao A, Garcia L, Huang L, Johnson BC, Joshi S, Kalantar D, Madhavan S, McDonough S, Niewiadomski I, Nguyen N, Park HJ, Pechuzal C, Rohde J, Sahu R, Scudder M, Sharma S, Sneor L, To J, Vu B, Vuong N, Yokota N, Aparecido A, Forbes H, Fricker M, Blonder BW. 2024. Investigating the Functional and Architectural Diversity of Leaf Venation Networks. Bull Ecol Soc Am. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.2206 PDF
17. Matos IS, Boakye M, Antonio M, Carlos S, Chu A, Duarte MA, Echevarria A, Fontao A, Garcia L, Huang L, Johnson BC, Joshi S, Kalantar D, Madhavan S, McDonough S, Niewiadomski I, Nguyen N, Park HJ, Pechuzal C, Rohde J, Sahu R, Scudder M, Sharma S, Sneor L, To J, Vu B, Vuong N, Yokota N, Aparecido L, Forbes H, Fricker M, Blonder B. 2024b. Leaf architecture and functional traits for 122 species at the University of California at Berkeley Botanical Garden. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4436 PDF
16. Matos IS, Boakye M, Niewiadomski I, Antonio M, Carlos S, Johnson BC, Chu A, Echevarria A, Fontao A, Garcia L, Kalantar D, Madhavan S, Mann J, McDonough S, Rohde J, Scudder M, Sharma S, To J, Tomaka C, Vu B, Yokota N, Forbes H, Fricker M, Blonder BW. 2024. Leaf venation network architecture coordinates functional trade-offs across vein spatial scales: evidence for multiple alternative designs. New Phytologist. http://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20037 PDF
15. Matos IS, McDonough S, Johnson BC, Kalantar D , Rohde J, Sahu R, Wang J, Fontao A, To J, Carlos S, Garcia L, Boakye M, Forbes H, Blonder BW. 2024. Negative allometry of leaf xylem conduit diameter and double-wall thickness: implications for implosion safety. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19771 PDF
14. Matos IS, Gouveia WF, Oliveras I, Rifai SW, Mantuano D, Rosado BHP. 2024. A causal trait model for explaining foliar water uptake capacity. Journal of Vegetation Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13258 PDF
13. Matos IS, Rifai S, Rosado BHP. 2023. 2015/16 El-Niño increased water demand and pushed plants from a mesic tropical montane grassland beyond their hydraulic safety limits. Austral Ecology, 00, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13343 PDF
12. Vandvik V, Halbritter AH, Althuizen IHJ, Christiansen CT , Henn JJ, Jónsdóttir IS, Klanderud K, Macias-Fauria M, Malhi Y, Maitner BS, Michaletz S, Roos RE, Telford RJ, Bass P, Björnsdóttir K, Bustamante LLV, Chmurzynski A, Chen S, Haugum SV, Kemppinen J, Lepley K, Li Y, Linabury M, Matos IS, Neto-Bradley BM, Ng M, Niittynen P, Östman S, Pánková K, Roth N, Salaks MC, Spiegel M, Thomson E, Vågenes AS, Enquist BJ. 2023. Plant traits and associated data from a warming experiment, a seabird colony, and along elevation in Svalbard. Scientific Data, 10, 578. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02467-7 PDF
11. Matos IS, Binks O, Eller CB, Zorger BB, Meir P, Dawson TE, Rosado BHP. 2022. Revisiting plant hydrological niches: The importance of atmospheric resources for ground-rooted plants. Journal of Ecology, 00, 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13933 PDF
10. Matos IS, Eller CB, Oliveras I, Mantuano D, Rosado BHP. 2021. Three eco-physiological strategies of response to drought maintain the form and function of a tropical montane grassland. Journal of Ecology, 109: 327– 341. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13481 PDF
9. Christmann T, Rosado BHP, Delhaye G, Matos IS, Roland H, Moraes Y, Drummond J, Oliveras I. 2021. Functional assembly of tropical montane tree islands in the Atlantic Forest is shaped by stress-tolerance, bamboo-presence and facilitation. Ecology and Evolution, 00: 1– 14. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7824 PDF
8. Matos IS, Flores BM, Hirota M, Rosado BHP. 2020. Critical transitions in rainfall manipulation experiments. Ecology and Evolution, 10: 2695– 2704. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6072. PDF
7. Blonder B, Both S, Jodra M, Xu H, Fricker M, Matos IS, Majalap-Lee N, Burslem D, Teh YA, Malhi Y. 2020. Linking functional traits to multiscale statistics of leaf venation networks. New Phytologist, 228: 1796-1810. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16830. PDF
6. Eller CB, Rowland L, Mencuccini M, Rosas T, Williams K, Harper A, Medlyn BE, Wagner Y, Klein T, Teodoro GS, Oliveira RS, Matos IS, Rosado BH, Fuchs K, Wohlfahrt G, Montagnani L, Meir P, Sitch S, Cox PM. 2020. Stomatal optimisation based on xylem hydraulics (SOX) improves land surface model simulation of vegetation responses to climate. New Phytologist, 226: 1622-1637. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16419. PDF
5. *Matos IS, Oliveras I, Rifai SW, Rosado BHP. 2020. Deciphering the stability of grassland productivity in response to rainfall manipulation experiments. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29: 558– 572. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13039. PDF
*Recommended by Dr. Alan Knapp on F1000 as being of special significance for the Ecology field.
4. Rosado BHP, Matos IS, Amorim, T. de A. 2017. A matter of scale and traits: a comment on “On the need for phylogenetic corrections in functional trait-based approaches?” by de Bello et al. (2015). Folia Geobotanica, 51, 383–387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12224-016-9255-y. PDF
3. Matos IS, Rosado, B. H. P. 2016. Retain or repel? Droplet volume does matter when measuring leaf wetness traits. Annals of Botany, 117(6): 1045-52. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw025. PDF
2. Matos IS, Landim MF. 2016. Morpho-functional ecology of seedlings of 15 species from a remnant of Atlantic Forest in Sergipe State. Scientia Plena, 12: 1-15. https://doi.org/ 10.14808/sci.plena.2016.091003. PDF
1. Landim MF, Proença CEB, Sales AB, Matos IS. 2015. Floristic characterization of an Atlantic Rainforest in Southern Sergipe: Crasto forest. Biota Neotropica, 15(1): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-06032014003613. PDF
Book chapters:
1. Santos LAS, Matos IS. 2013. Orchidaceae: Habenaria Willd. In: Prata, A. P. do N; Amaral, M. do C. E. do; Farias, M. C. V.; Alves, M. V.(Org.). Flora de Sergipe. 1ed. Aracaju: Triunfo, 1: 459-464. PDF [in Portuguese] (I illustrated and described nine species of Orchidaceae native of Brazilian Northeast Tropical Forests).
Outreach and other publications:
Wilmot J, Matos IS. 2025, Solving the pearl bluebush seed deficit for post-mining revegetation, The University of Adelaide Environment Institute Blog Post (Jaclyn shares insights into the complexities of pearl bluebush reproduction, the importance of soil nutrients like nitrogen, and the potential of nature-based solutions to support seed production.)
Matos IS. 2024, Leaf venation network architecture coordinates functional trade-offs across vein spatial scales: evidence for multiple alternative designsBlog Post [In English] (We present our new paper published in New Phytologist about tradeoffs in leaf venation form and function).
University of California Botanical Gardens Annual Report 2023/24. 2024. Report. [In English] (My Postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley is featured in the Botanical Gardens Annual Report).
Lack of fog and cold threaten montane vegetation. 2024. News. [In Portuguese] (My PhD research was featured in Globo Reporter TV show, exhibited in the largest Latin America open broadcasting channel).
Matos IS. 2024, Rifai SW, Gouveia WF, Oliveras I, Mantuano D, Rosado BHP. A causal trait model for explaining foliar water uptake capacity. Vegetation Science Blog. Blog Post [In English] (We present our new paper published in Journal of Vegetation Science about leaf traits favouring foliar water uptake).
Matos IS. 2024. Negative allometry of leaf xylem conduit diameter and double-wall thickness: implications for implosion safety. Macrosystems Ecology Laboratory Blog. Blog Post [In English] (I present our new paper published in New Phytologist Journal about allometry scaling in leaf xylem conduits).
Blonder BB, Boakye M, Matos IS. 2022. Visualizing the architecture of a leaf. Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources blog. Blog Post [in English] (We present our NSF-funded research about the rules linking leaf venation architecture and function).
Matos IS. 2020. Plant eco-physiological strategies of response to drought and the future of the “Campos de Altitude”. Journal of Ecology Blog. Blog Post [in English] (I discuss the main findings and the importance of my research on plant responses to drought in an accessible language).
Matos IS, Rosado BHP. 2019. How plants from tropical mountain grasslands deal with droughts? Boletim de Pesquisa do Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, n° 30, ISSN 16776569. PDF [in Portuguese] (We present the main results and implications of my Ph.D thesis in an accessible language for park managers and other non-academic readers).
Matos IS. 2019. Plant functional guide of the Itatiaia National Park (PNI, RJ, Brazil). PDF [in English and Portuguese] (I designed 32 illustrated and colored cards containing information about the functional traits of native plant species co-occurring in the 'Campos de Altitude' of the Itatiaia National Park).
Assis MV, Sanchez-Tapia A, de Mattos EA, Andrade L, Aximoff I, Matos IS, Guida Y. 2019. Os Campos do Sudeste (The Grasslands of Brazilian Southeast). Video [36 minutes, in Portuguese] (In this short documentary we discuss the vulnerability of the Tropical Mountain Grasslands to many drivers of climate change, including drought, fire and air pollution).
Matos IS. 2016. Vulnerability of Tropical Mountain Grasslands to Climate Change. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) Newsletter. PDF [in Portuguese] (In this newsletter of the Brazilian Federal Environment Agency, I discuss how the Tropical Mountain Grasslands are being affected by extreme drought events caused by Climate Change).
Bovini MG. 2016. Two new species of Sida (Malvaceae: Malvoideae) for Brazil. Phytotaxa, 282: 291-295. (I illustrated two new species of the genus Sida – Malvaceae). PDF
Matos IS. 2015. Vulnerability of High Altitude Grasslands to Extreme Drought Events: The Role of Facilitation, Alternative Sources of Water and Functional Diversity. Rufford Foundation Blog. Blog Post [in English].
TEACHING & MENTORING
TEACHING & MENTORING
Lecturer:
2017 Plant Stress Ecophysiology (60 hours), Department of Botany, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (I developed and taught this course that comprised lectures, paper discussion, greenhouse experiments, measurement of eco-physiological traits, data collection/analysis, and the development of a scientific manuscript).
2016 - 2017 Plant Physiology (240 hours), Department of Botany, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (I developed and taught theoretical and practical classes for undergraduate students of Biology).
Guest Lectures:
2015 Biodiversity pattern in species distribution. Ecology – theory and practice, Department of Ecology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
2013 Germination. Plant physiology, Department of Plant Biology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Teaching Assistant:
2015 Ecology, theory and practice (60 hours - Prof. Ph.D. Bruno H P Rosado), Department of Ecology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (I assisted students in field-based classes at the Tijuca National Forest).
2013 Plant physiology (60 hours - Prof. Ph.D. Norma Albarello), Department of Plant Biology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (I assisted students during lab-based activities and developed and taught classes- lecture and lab activities- on Photosynthesis and Seed germination).
2010 Histology (200 hours - Prof. Ph.D. Elizabeth Ting), Department of Morphology, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil (I assisted students to visualize and illustrate microscopical structures during lab classes).
Short-courses:
2019 Predicting the effects of global change through functional ecology (8 hours), XXIII Biosemana UFRJ, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
2009 Coastal Ecosystems in Sergipe: characterization and conservation (4 hours), XI Semana de Biologia de Sergipe, Department of Biology, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil. PDF
Invited talks:
2025 Lessons from leaves: how leaf veins can teach us to build better transportation networks. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research Seminar Series. The University of Adelaide, SA, Australia. PDF
2025 Linking the form and function of leaf venation networks. Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment seminar series. Western Sydney University, NSW, Australia. PDF
2023 Leaf venation network architecture coordinates functional trade-offs across vein spatial scales: evidence for multiple alternative designs, Waite Research Institute Seminar series, The University of Adelaide, SA, Australia. PDF Video
2021 Plant community stability in response to climate change, Post-graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Video
2019 How plants from the Campos de Altitude deal with droughts? Discovering the role of functional diversity and fog, Post-graduate Program in Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. PDF
2018 Vulnerability of plant communities to climate change: the role of alternative sources of water and functional diversity in the response to drought, Ecosystem Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK. PDF
2015 Vulnerability of Tropical Mountain Grasslands to Climate Change, Sarau de Pesquisas do Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, RJ, Brazil.
2011 Characterizing the Atlantic Forest Biome, I Simpósio Sergipano da Mata Atlântica, Department of Biology, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil. PDF
Mentoring & Supervision:
University of Adelaide, Australia
2025-present , Chloe Smithers, Honour student - main supervisor.
2025-present Jaclyn Wilmot, Honour student - main supervisor.
University of California at Berkeley, US
2023 Breanna Carillo Johnson, Research Experience for Post-Baccalaureate Students (REPS) - main supervisor.
2022 Roshni Sahu, Sponsored Projects for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) - main supervisor.
2022 Joyce Wang, Sponsored Projects for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) - main supervisor.
2021-2022 Diana Kalantar, Sponsored Projects for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) - main supervisor.
2021-2022 James Rohde (first-generation, low-income), Student job - main supervisor.
2021-2023 Samantha McDonough, Sponsored Projects for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) and Student job - main supervisor.
2021-2021 Lisa Garcia (Latinx), Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) - co-supervisor
2021-2021 Jason To (Asian-American), Sponsored Projects for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) - co- supervisor.
2021-2021 Sonoma Carlos, Student job - main supervisor.
2021-2021 Adrian Fontao (Latinx), Student job - main supervisor.
2020-2022 Haley Grimmer, Sponsored Projects for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) and Student-initiated Projects for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) - main supervisor.
2020-2021 Natalie Vuong (Asian-American, Canada), Volunteer - main supervisor.
2020-2021 Hailey Jiyoon Park (Asian-American), Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) - main supervisor.
2020 Caroline Pechuzal, NSF Research Experience for Teachers - co-supervisor.
Arizona State University
2019 Shama Joshi, Student job - main supervisor.
2019 LeeAnn Huang (Asian-American), Student job - main supervisor.
2019 Nikole Awbery, Student job – main supervisor.
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
2021 - present Helena Roland, Fire ecology in Brazilian tropical montane grasslands. PhD in Botany, Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro Botanical Gardens, RJ, Brazil - co-supervisor.
2022 - 2024 Andressa Fraga Cotta, Evalutaion of composition, diversity, and functional originality of neotropical montane ecosystems. Master in Ecology and Evolution, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil - co-supervisor.
2018-2019 Walquíria Felipe Gouveia, Functional strategies of survivorship to droughts between monocots and eudicots in Tropical Mountain Grasslands: is there functional convergence? B.S. in Biology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil - co-supervisor.
Science outreach:
2020 Zoom with a Scientist Guest Speaker Series, Canyon del Oro High School, Tucson, AZ, US. (I shared my experience as a first-generation, low-income and Latino-women researcher in STEM).
2017 Science Club. Drought events and plant mortality: species vulnerability vary across contrasting environments, Municipal Elementary School Telêmaco Gonçalves Maia, RJ, Brazil. (I gave talks and developed hands on activities in this low-income public school).
2014 Teacher (200 hours). Production of Restinga seedlings. Instituto Federal de Educacao, Ciencia e Tecnologia, RJ, Brazil (I developed and taught theoretical and pratical classes for low-income women on how to produce seedlings from native species of Restingas).
AWARDS & GRANTS
AWARDS & GRANTS
2025 Bert and Aileen Kollosche Research Grants Scheme, Australian Plants Society (South Australia). Growing old and tolerant: How does drought tolerance vary across life stages in Eucalyptus and Acacia trees? (Chief Investigator: Ilaine S. Matos). AUD $29,722.50
2025 The Nature Foundation Start Grants Program for Honours. To Seed or Not to Seed: can nitrogen addition improve the fecundity of Pearl Bluebush (Maireana sedifolia) in the Australian arid lands? (Honour Student: Jaclyn Wilmot, Main Supervisor: Ilaine S. Matos). AUD $2,000
2025 The University of Adelaide. Global Partnership Engagement Fund, Developing a Australia/UK research alliance to understand tree dieback from extreme heatwaves (GE051-25). (Chief Investigator: Sami Rifai, Ilaine Silveira Matos). AUD $9,200
2025 The University of Adelaide. Environment Institute Research Funding Scheme, Essential meteorological monitoring for examining the ecology of Koonamore Station (Chief Investigator: Justin Brookes, Collaborators: Ilaine S. Matos, Sami Rifai, Joe Atkinson, Steven Delean, Rebecca Greening, Jose Facelli, Bertram Ostendorf). AUD $14,183
2024 The Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship to attend the Gordon Research Conference and Seminar series, ~ USD$ 1,500
2019 Best Ph.D. thesis of the Postgraduate Program in Ecology and Evolution, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
2016 The Rufford Foundation Grant, RSG reference 18749-1, GBP$ 7,224.23
2011 Student Merit Medal, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil (awarded to the regular undergraduate student that completes the course without failing in any course and that achieves the highest GPA among the students concluding their course in the whole University).
2011 Highest GPA score (9.7/10) among the conclusive of the Center of Biological and Health Sciences, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil.
SERVICE
SERVICE
Editorial board: Australian Journal of Botany (since 2024).
Peer reviewer: New Phytologist (2), Ecology Letters (1), Journal of Ecology (2), Oecologia (1), Oikos (1), Journal of Vegetation Science (1), Biotropica (1), Oecologia Australis (1), Plant and Soil (1), Brazilian Journal of Botany (1) [Brazil], Acta Biologica Catarinense (1) [Brazil], Scientia Plena (1) [Brazil], Peer J (1).
Graduate and undergraduate committee:
2024 Amanda Santos de Alencar, Phenotypic plasticity and intrinsic adaptative potential: an interdisciplinary approach about white clover responses to climate change. PhD. in Botany Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Programa de Pós-graduação do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
2023 Helena Roland, How to predict species vulnerability to climate change by using an functional ecology approach? Ph.D. in Botany - Qualification, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Programa de Pós-graduação do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
2021 Fernanda da Cunha Gonçalves Ferreira, Tree species response to physiological drought: implications for ecological restoration. M.S. in Botany- Qualification, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Programa de Pós-graduação do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
2021 Yan Cézar de Sousa Moraes, How plant strategy classifications explain eco-physiological performance and community assembly. M.S. in Ecology and Evolution, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Evolucao, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
2020 Fernanda da Cunha Gonçalves Ferreira, Tree species response to physiological drought: implications for ecological restoration. M.S. in Botany – Project development, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Programa de Pós-graduação do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
2017 Gabriel Soares de Lima Oliveira, Evaluation of the modeling of proline content in Setaria viridis under different water regimes during development. B.S. in Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
2016 Laura Cristina Pantaleão, Climatic factors determine the taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of herbaceous plants in the State of Rio de Janeiro. B.S. in Forest engineering, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Member of Australian Flora Foundation (2025), Ecological Society of Australia (since 2023), British Ecological Society - BES (since 2020), Ecological Society of America - ESA (since 2021), Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science - SACNAS (since 2021).
PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATIONS
(* denotates mentored/supervised students)
(* denotates mentored/supervised students)
2025 *Roland H, Matos IS, Rosado BHP, Oliveras I. Non-additive effects on the flammability of Campus de Altitude plant community. 75th National Congress of Botany, Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil. (Poster).
2024 Matos IS, *Boakye M, Niewiadomski I, Antonio M, *Carlos S, *Johnson BC, Chu A, Echevarria A, *Fontao A, *Garcia L, *Kalantar D, Mann J, Madhavan S, *McDonough S, *Rohde J, ScudderM, Sharma S, *To J, *Tomaka C, Vu B, Yokota N, Forbes H, Fricker M, Blonder BB. Leaf venation architecture coordinates functional trade-offs across vein spatial scales: evidence for multiple alternative designs, Gordon Research Seminar Multiscale Plant Vascular Biology: Plant Resilience to Stress, Portland, Maine, US (Poster). PDF
2024 Matos IS, *McDonough S, *Johnson BC, *Kalanar D, *Rohde J, *Sahu R, *Wang J, *Fontao A, *To J, *Carlos S, *Garcia L, *Boakye M, Forbes H, Blonder BB. Negative allometry of leaf xylem conduit diameter and double-wall thickness: implications for collapse safety, Gordon Research Conference Multiscale Plant Vascular Biology: Plant Vasculature and the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum, Portland, Maine, US (Poster). PDF
2023 *Moraes YCS, Matos IS, Zorger BB, Rosado BHP. Plant strategy schemes jointly explains species growth rates and community assembly in a seasonally dry ecosystem, 73 Congresso Nacional de Botanica, Belem, Brasil (Oral). PDF
2023 *Roland H, Matos IS, Rosado BHP. A importância de características de flamabilidade para compreensão de resistência e resiliência de comunidades vegetais ao fogo e à seca, 73 Congresso Nacional de Botanica, Belem, Brasil (Poster). PDF
2023 *Cotta AF, Matos IS, Oliveras I, Rosado BHP. Variação espacial na diversidade funcional, filogenética e taxonômica de ambientes de altitude neotropicais, 73 Congresso Nacional de Botanica, Belem, Brasil (Poster). PDF
2023 Matos IS, *Boakye M, *Rohde J, *Kalantar D, *Carlos S, *To J, Niewiadomski I,* Fontao A, *Mann J, *Garcia L, Fricker M, Blonder B, Form versus function trade-offs in leaf venation networks, ESA conference, Darwin, Australia (Oral).
2022 * Boakye M, Jason T, Matos IS, Blonder B. Linking Leaf Venation Network Architecture to the Hydraulic and Mechanical Function of Ferns, AGU fall meeting, Chicago, USA (Poster).
2022 *Garcia L, Matos IS, Boakye M, Blonder B, Collins S, Embolism spreading varies depending on contrasting leaf vein networks and herbivory treatments, ESA meeting, Washington, DC, USA (Poster). PDF
2021 Mahabadi N, Nassiri S, Blonder B, Matos IS, Leaf Venation-Inspired Flow Networks for Enhanced Flow performance and Damage Resilience, AGU annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA (Poster).
2021 Matos IS, *Park HJ, Aparecido LM, Fricker M, Boakye M, Nguyen NA, Madhavan S, Sharma S, Blonder B. Simulating water transport through complex leaf venation network architectures, ESA annual meeting, Long Beach, CA, USA. (Poster). PDF
2021 *Park HJ, *Vuong N, *Grimmer H, Matos IS, Blonder B. Evolutionary trends in leaf vein architecture across spatial scales, ESA annual meeting, Long Beach, CA, USA (Poster). PDF
2018 *Gouveia WF, Matos IS, Mantuano D, Rosado BHP. Conserving water or dissipating energy: how functional traits trade-offs determine survival strategies in the "Campos de Altitude" vegetation? SEMIC - Semana de Iniciacao Cientifica, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RL, Brazil (Poster). PDF
2017 Matos IS, Vulnerability of the Campos de Altitude to drought events. Rufford Foundation Conference, Recife, PE, Brazil (Oral). PDF
2017 Matos IS, *Gouveia WF, Mantuano DG, Rosado BHP. Revealing the stomatal properties of leaf water uptakers plants, 68º Congresso Nacional de Botânica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. (Poster). PDF
2017 Matos IS, Rosado BHP. To resprout or not to resprout: is there a relationship between stress-resistance and resprout ability in plants?, 68º Congresso Nacional de Botânica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. (Poster). PDF
2013 Matos IS, Andrade ACS de. Morphological plasticity of Restinga seedlings in response to shade and drought, 64 Congresso Nacional de Botanica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (Poster). PDF
2013 Matos IS, Andrade ACS de. Balance between competition and facilitation during Restinga seedlings establishment, 64 Congresso Nacional de Botanica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (Poster). PFD
2013 Matos IS, Andrade ACS de. Survival and growth responses of seedlings to water and light availability in four species of coastal sandy plain (Restinga), XI Congresso Brasileiro de Ecologia, Porto Seguro, BA, Brazil (Oral). PDF
2013 Matos IS, Andrade ACS de. Survival and growth responses of seedlings to water and light availability in four species of coastal sandy plain (Restinga), XI Congresso Brasileiro de Ecologia, Porto Seguro, BA, Brazil (Poster). PDF
2013 Matos IS, Andrade ACS de. Morphological plasticity of coastal sandy plain seedlings in response to shade and drought, XI Congresso Brasileiro de Ecologia, Porto Seguro, BA, Brazil (Poster). PDF
2013 Matos IS, Santos LAS, Monteiro SHN, Carregosa T. Habenaria genus Willd. (Orchidaceae) in Sergipe, Brazil: revision and elaboration of illustrated keys), IV Encontro Nacional de Ilustradores Científicos, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (Poster). PDF
2012 Matos IS, Andrade ACS de. Foliar morphological plasticity of coastal plain seedlings in response to shade and drought, 64° Congresso Nacional de Botânica, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil (Poster).
2011 Matos IS, Faria RG. Agressive behaviours for territorial defence Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825) (Iguanidae: Tropidurinae), IX Congresso Latinoamericano de Herpetologia, Curitiba, PR, Brazil (Poster). PDF
2011 Matos IS, Faria RG. The dear enemy phenomenon in adult male of Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825) (Iguania: Iguanidae: Tropidurinae), IX Congresso Latinoamericano de Herpetologia, Curitiba, PR, Brazil (Poster). PDF
2009 Matos IS, Landim MF. Morphological characterization of fruits, seeds and seedlings of species from Sergipe Atlantic Forest: Bauhinia acuruana Moric. (Fabaceae - Cercideae), 60º Congresso Nacional de Botânica, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil (Poster). PDF
2009 Matos IS, Landim MF. Morphological characterization of fruits, seeds and seedlings of species from Sergipe Atlantic Forest: Trigonia nivea var. nivea Cambess. (Trigoniaceae), 60º Congresso Nacional de Botânica, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil (Poster). PDF
2009 Matos IS, Correia IS, Silva TS, dos Santos CM, dos Anjos AC, Landim MF. Analysis of seedling recruitment in remnant of Atlantic Forest, Sergipe, Brazil, IX Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil, Sao Lourenco, MG, Brazil (Poster).
2008 Matos IS, Landim MF. Contributing for the knowledge of sandy coastal plains of Aracaju, SE: morpho-anatomic characterization of the species Chamaecrista amiciella, 59º Congresso Nacional de Botânica, Natal, RN, Brazil (Poster).
2009 Matos IS, Landim MF. Floristic survey and seedling description of species from Sergipe Atlantic Forest, 19º Encontro de Iniciacao cientifica - EIC, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil (Oral). PDF
2008 Matos IS, Landim MF. Atlantic forest remnants in Sergipe: floristic characterization and analysis of dispersion syndromes, 18º Encontro de Iniciacao cientifica - EIC, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil (Oral). PDF
COURSES
COURSES
• 2024 Epigeum: Research Impact: Creating Meaning and Value (The University of Adelaide)
• 2021 Wilderness First Aid (Sierra Rescue International, Coloma, California).
• 2021 Critical Engagements in Anti-Racist Environmental Scholarship (Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management - ESPM 209, University of California at Berkeley).
• 2021 Microtechique : fixation in FAA, embeddingin paraffin, sectioning with a microtome, and staining with safranin-fast green (Workshop by Dr. Denise Schichnes, University of California at Berkeley).
• 2021 Creating an Inclusive Work Environment (Workshop, University of California at Berkeley).
• 2021 Managing Implicit Bias Bundle Series -What is Implicit Bias? The Impact of Implicit Bias. Managing the Influence of Implicit Bias, Awareness. Common Forms of Bias. Managing the Influence of Implicit Bias, Mindfulness and Conscious De-biasing. Managing Implicit Bias in the Hiring Process (eCourse, University of California at Berkeley).
• 2021 Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Staff (eCourse, University of California at Berkeley).
• 2020 Cyber Security Awareness Fundamentals (eCourse, University of California at Berkeley).
• 2020 Compressed Gas Safety (eCourse, University of California at Berkeley).
• 2020 Fundamentals of Laboratory Safety/Materials Spill Response Training (eCourse, University of California at Berkeley).
• 2020 Compliance & Conflict of Interest for Researchers Briefing (COIR) (eCourse, University of California at Berkeley).
• 2020 Computer Health Matters Online Training (eCourse, University of California at Berkeley).
• 2020 Safety for Supervisors (eCourse, University of California at Berkeley).
• 2019 Wilderness First Aid (American Red Cross Training, Tempe, Arizona).
• 2019 Adult First Aid, CPR and AED (eCourse, American Red Cross Training Services).
• 2018 4th Trait Train International Plant Functional Traits Course (University of Bergen, Svalbard- Norway).
• 2018 The Newton Biodiversity Workshop "Tropical Transitions: the role of biodiversity in resilience to global change of tropical South American ecosystems” (Worshop, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brazil).
• 2018 Datacamp on-line R Courses: Hierarchical and mixed effects models (4h); Multiple and logistic regression (4h); Network analysis in R (4h); Data manipulation in R with dplyr (4h); Data visualization with ggplot2 (10h); Cleaning data in R (4h); Introduction to the Tydiverse (4h); Correlation and Regression (4h); Intermediate R (6h).
• 2016 International Course of Plant Ecophysiology in a Warmer and Drier World (Katalapi Park, Región de los Lagos, Chile).
• 2016 Functional Trait Data Analysis (National Park of Serra dos Órgãos, Teresópolis, RJ, Brazil).
• 2015 Structure of Ecological Theories (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil).
• 2015 Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity to Study Community Structure and Ecosystem Functioning (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil).
• 2015 Scientific writing (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil).
• 2015 Ecophysiological species distribution models and climate change: present, past and future climates (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil).
• 2015 Community and Ecosystem Ecology (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil).
• 2014 Ordination Methods in Ecology (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro).
• 2014 Programming Logic (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial, SENAC, SE, Brazil).
• 2013 Botanical Illustration I (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil).
• 2013 Botanical watercolor (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro e Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil).
• 2012 Introduction to GNU R (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil).
• 2011 Advanced resources in Word and Excel (Servico Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial, SE, Brazil).
• 2011 Basic Informatics (Servico Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial, SE, Brazil).
• 2010 Biological Illustration (Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil).
• 2009 Introduction to Morphology and Systematics of Orchidaceae (Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil).
• 2009 Morphological Characterization and Taxonomy of Algae (Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil).
• 2009 Seed collection of forested native species (60° Congresso Nacional de Botânica, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil).
• 2008 Mangroves of Sergipe: Ecology and Conservation (18° Encontro de Iniciação Científica da Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil).
• 2008 Conservation, Management and Restoration of Wild Areas (I Encontro Sergipano de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil).
• 2008 Techniques for surviving in the jungle (I Encontro Sergipano de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil).
• 2008 Botanical Illustration (59° Congresso Nacional de Botânica, Natal, RN, Brazil).
• 2007 I Practical Course of PCR Applied to Diagnosis (Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil).
LANGUAGES
LANGUAGES
English (advanced); Portuguese (Native); Spanish (beginner)
REFERENCES
REFERENCES
BENJAMIN BLONDER (Postdoctoral supervisor) - Email benjamin.blonder@berkeley.edu
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
University of California at Berkeley
BRUNO HENRIQUE PIMENTEL ROSADO (Ph.D. advisor) - Email brunorosado@gmail.com
Associate Professor
Department of Ecology
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
IMMA OLIVERAS (Ph.D. co-advisor) - Email imma.oliverasmenor@ird.fr
Departmental Research Lecturer
Ecosystems Lab, Environmental Change Institute,
School of Geography and the Environment
University of Oxford
DULCE MANTUANO (teaching reference) - Email dulcemantuano.ufrj@gmail.com
Associate Professor
Department of Botany
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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