People
Master and PhD opportunities
I supervise students in two graduate programs at UFSCar, Environmental Sciences and Ecology and Natural Resources. Write me an email if you are interested in joining the group.
Current lab members
Dr. Francisco Valente Neto (Associate Researcher)
UNICAMP and UFSCar - in a collaboration with Dr. Gustavo Romero and our lab
Effects of warming and nutrient enrichment on the organization and size spectrum of aquatic communities
Funding: FAPESP postdoctoral fellowship
Dr. José Mello (Associate Researcher)
UFSCar
The role of stochastic community assembly on the size structure of aquatic metacommunities under global change
Funding: FAPESP postdoctoral fellowship within our NSF/FAPESP - BoCP grant
Dr. Barbbara Rocha (Associate Researcher)
UFSCar
Spatial and temporal patterns in size spectra of freshwater communities and the underlying effects of biological invasions
Funding: FAPESP postdoctoral fellowship
Gabrielle Pestana (PhD student)
PPGERN - UFSCar
Coexistence mechanisms in species with complex life cycles: a study on netropical damselflies
Funding: CAPES
Alexandre Siqueira (PhD student)
PPGERN - UFSCar
Using geothermal gradients to understand the impacts of global changes in aquatic biodiversity
Funding: CNPq
Giovanna Collyer (technician)
Funding: FAPESP technician fellowship level 5
(previously a Master's student) - 2022
PPGCAM - UFSCar (co-supervised by Dr. Dan Perkins - University of Roehampton)
Size spectra in tropical streams: effects of land use changes
Funding: CAPES
Winner of the 'Harald Sioli Prize' for best manuscript from a graduate student at the Brazilian Congress of Limnology 2022
Winner of the best abstract in Ecology from a graduate student at the Brazilian Congress of Limnology 2022
Here are a few pre-releases about this study:
https://www.ufscar.br/noticia?codigo=15157
https://www.gov.br/capes/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/monocultura-impacta-cadeia-alimentar
Pedro Guerra (Master student)
PPGERN - UFSCar
Complexity and stability in stream food webs across latitude
Funding: CNPq
Frederico Zanatta (undergraduate - co-supervision of Gabrielle Pestana)
Experimental approaches for testing dragonfly neutral competition
Funding: CNPQ PIBIC (2022-2023) and FAPESP IC (2024)
Julia Maria Braga (undergrad technician - NSF/FAPESP project)
The phenology of aquatic insects in tropical streams 1
Funding: FAPESP technician fellowship level 1 within our NSF/FAPESP - BoCP grant
Laura Joia Venuso (undergrad technician - NSF/FAPESP project)
The phenology of aquatic insects in tropical streams 2
Funding: FAPESP technician fellowship level 1 within our NSF/FAPESP - BoCP grant
Past members
Dr. Erika Mayumi Shimabukuro (Associate Researcher)
UFSCar
Temporal variation in macroinvertebrates communities in a tropical watershed
Funding: FAPESP technician fellowship level 5 within our NSF/FAPESP - BoCP grant
Aline Costa Gonçalves (Master student - co-supervision with Dr. Viviane Layme from UFMT)
PPGECB - UFMT
Fluctuating asymmetry in aquatic insects along a thermal gradient
Funding: CAPES
Eduarda Saciloti (undergraduate - co-supervision of Gabrielle Pestana)
Seasonal dynamics of dragonflies community assembly
Milena Sartori (Master student)
PPGERN - UFSCar
Impacts of land use changes in aquatic foodwebs using the Exstream system
Funding: CNPq
Vinicius Robert (Master internship from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France)
Micro-scale changes in trophic interactions in stream invertebrates
Lara Regina Alves (undergraduate) - 2023
Aquatic invasive species in São Paulo state, Brazil: a bibliometric analysis
Honor's project
Ana Carolina dos Santos (Master student) - 2022
PPGCAM - UFSCar
Phytoplankton responses to biotic homogenization pressures due to agrochemical contamination: top down and bottom-up effects
Funding: CAPES, Rufford Foundation
Jean Leal (undergraduate) - 2020
Testing trophic stochasticity in Tropical streams using allometric relationships
Funding: CNPQ PIBIC and FAPESP
Bruna Golinelli Nallis (Master student) - 2020
PPGERN - UFSCar (co-supervision with Prof. Salatiel Pires)
Factors driving metacommunities from phytotelmatas
Funding: CAPES
Rafael Rolim (undergraduate) - 2020
Temporal beta diversity of zooplankton communities along a Fipronil gradient
Funding: CNPQ PIBIC
Nathalia Espinossi Stoppa (undergraduate) - 2019
Are biomonitoring metrics robust to natural temporal variation in aquatic communities?
Funding: FAPESP IC and FAPESP - BEPE (University of Barcelona - Dr. Núria Bonada)
Honor's project
Guilherme Aparecido (undergraduate) - 2019
Zooplankton communities along a vinasse gradient
Honor's project
Daniele Toyama (undergraduate) - 2018
Functional stability of bioindicators macroinvertebrates in streams of the Branco River microbasin - Itanhaém / SP.
Funding: FAPESP IC