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Main Researchers

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Director

Patricia Morellato

Professor at the Biosciences Institute at Unesp in Rio Claro. Works in the areas of Botany and Ecology. Researches phenology and temporal ecology of tropical vegetation, pollination biology, seed dispersal and biodiversity conservation.

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Vice-director

Mauricio Bacci Junior

Professor at the Biosciences Institute at Unesp in Rio Claro. Works with symbiosis and evolution, using leaf-cutter ants and microorganisms as main study models and tools in genomics and systematics, phylogeny and molecular genetics.

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Innovation Coordination

Leonardo Fraceto

Professor Institute of Science and Technology - Sorocaba Campus . Works in the area of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Research nanobiotechnology, environmental nanotechnology and its applications in the environment and agriculture. He is coordinator of INCT NanoAgro - National Institute of Science and Technology in Nanotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture.

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Dissemination Coordination

Mauro Galetti

Professor at the Biosciences Institute at Unesp in Rio Claro . Works in conservation biology and climate change. Researches the ecology of tropical forests. Author of the book "Um naturalista no Antropoceno", released by Editora Unesp.

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Scientific Coordination

Célio Haddad

Professor at the Biosciences Institute at Unesp in Rio Claro . Works in the area of Zoology and Ecology. Research taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny, evolution, behavior and conservation of anuran amphibians.

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Internationalization Coordination

Vitor Miranda

Professor at the Department of Biology at Unesp, Jaboticabal campus . Research on the classification and evolution of plants, evolutionary genetics and plant genomes.

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Coordination

Clarisse Palma-Silva

Professor at the Department of Plant Biology at Unicamp. Research how climate change affects the maintenance of biodiversity. Works in Genomics and Evolution of Neotropical plants.

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Integration Coordination

Tadeu Siqueira

Professor at the Institute of Biosciences at São Paulo State University (Unesp), Rio Claro campus. Studies how biodiversity is structured and how it responds to environmental changes, whether natural or human-induced. Works in the fields of Metacommunity Ecology and Quantitative Ecology. His research combines field data, experiments, statistical modeling, and synthesis to understand the processes that sustain biological diversity in rivers and streams.

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Alessandro de Mello Varani | Unesp/FCAV - Jaboticabal | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Alexine Keuroghlian | Instituto Pró-Tapir para a Biodiversidade | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

​Alfredo Huete | University of Technology Sydney | ORCID 

Aline Aguiar | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Aline Dal Olio Gome | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

​Ana Carolina O. de Queiroz Carnaval | City College of New York | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Ana Paula de Moraes | Unesp/IBB - Botucatu | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

André Luiz Martinez de Oliveira | Universidade Estadual de Londrina | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

André Rodrigues | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

​Andrés Brunetti | National University of Misiones | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Andreia Carina Turchetto Zolet | UFRGS | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Andrés Brunetti | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Antonio Leão Castilho | Unesp/IBB - Botucatu | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Antonio Maria Garcia Tommaselli | Unesp/FCT - Pres. Prudente | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Bárbara Simões Santos Leal | Instituto de Tecnologia da Vale | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Boris Leonardo B. Acuña | Museo Argentino de Ciências Naturales - CONICET | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Bruna de Costa Alberton | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Bruno Henrique Saranholi | CCBS/UFSCar | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Carine Emer | Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do RJ | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Carlos Guilherme Becker | Pennsylvania State University | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Casey M Ryan | The University of Edinburgh | ORCID 

Claudette Marta Hahn | Fundação para Conservação e P. Florestal - SMA- SP |  Currículo Lattes

Cláudia Pio Ferreira | Unesp/IBB - Botucatu | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Claudio José Von Zuben | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Clinton N Jenkins | Florida International University, EUA | ORCID

Cynthia Peralta de Almeida Prado | Unesp/FCAV - Jaboticabal | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Daniel Guariz Pinheiro | Unesp/FCAV - Jaboticabal | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Délio Pontes Baêta da Costa | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Douglas Silva Domingues | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Eduardo Mario Mendiondo | USP/EESC - Depto de Hidráulica e Saneamento | Currículo Lattes

Ellen G Denny | USA-NPN National Phenology Network | ORCID 

​​Elza Maria Guimarães Santos | Unesp/IBB - Botucatu | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Fábio Pinheiro | UNICAMP/IB - Depto. de Botânica| ORCIDCurrículo Lattes 

Felipe Wanderley de Amorim | Unesp/IBB - Botucatu | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Fernando Augusto de Oliveira e Silveira | ICB - UFMG | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Fernando Gonçalves | University of Zurich /University of Copenhagen | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Francisco Adolfo Brusquetti Estrada | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Gabriel Lourenço Brejão | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Geraldo Wilson Afonso Fernandes | ICB - UFMG | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Giovanni Scopece | University of Naples Federico II | ORCID 

Guilherme Sydow Nunes Bueno Brandão | UNIFESP | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Guilherme Wolff Bueno | Unesp/FCAVR - Registro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Halley Caixeta de Oliveira | Universidade Estadual de Londrina | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Italo Antonio Cotta Coutinho | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Jens-Christian Svenning | Aarhus Universitet | ORCID 

Jin Wu | The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China | ORCID

Juan Arroyo | Universidad de Sevilla | ORCID 

Julian Faivovich | Museo Argentino de Ciências Naturales - CONICET | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Juliane Petry de Carli Monteiro | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Kelly Raquel Zamudio | Universidade do Texas, Austin | ORCID 

Kyle Graham Dexter | The University of Edinburgh | ORCID 

Laurence Marianne Vincianne Culot | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Levi Pompermayer Machado | Unesp/FCAVR - Registro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Lilian Patricia Sales Macedo | Concordia University, Montreal | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Lorena Ashworth | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Lucas Ferrante de Faria | USP/EACH | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Lucas Ferreira do Nascimento | Prog.Pós-Ecologia/IB/USP | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Luciana Bolsoni Lourenço Morandini | UNICAMP/IB | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Luis Cesar Schiesari | Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades, Universidade de São Paulo | ORCID | Curriculo Lattes

Luiz Augusto Cauz dos Santos | University of Vienna | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Magna Soelma Beserra de Moura | EMBRAPA | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Márcio Silva Araújo | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Marco Aurélio Pizo Ferreira | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Marcos César de Oliveira Santos | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Marcos Vinicius Dantas | Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Maria de Lourdes B. Trindade Galo | Unesp - FCT | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Maria Gabriela Gutierrez de Camargo | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Maria Luisa da Silva Pinto Jorge | Vanderbilt University | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Maria Tereza Grombone-Guaratini | IPA  | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Mariana Lúcio Lyra | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro & NYU Abu Dhabi | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Marina Corrêa Côrtes | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Marta Pereira Llopart | Unesp/FC - Bauru | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Mathew Williams | The University of Edinburgh | ORCID 

Mathias Mistretta Pires | UNICAMP/IB | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Milene Ferro| Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Milton Cezar Ribeiro | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Montserrat Arista Palmero | Universidad de Sevilla | ORCID 

Neidiquele Maria Silveira | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | Currículo Lattes

Newton La Scala Júnior | Unesp/FCAV - Jaboticabal | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Ovidiu Paun | University of Vienna | ORCID 

Pablo Forlan Vargas | Unesp/FCAV - Jaboticabal | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Patrícia Domingues de Freitas | CCBS/UFSCar | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes 

Patricia Pasquali Parise Maltempi | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Paulo Roberto Guimaraes Junior | USP/IB | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Pedro Joaquim Bergamo | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Pedro Jordano | University of Sevilla-Spain | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Pedro Luis Ortiz Ballesteros | ORCID 

Pedro Manoel Galetti Junior | CCBS/UFSCar | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Pedro Paulo Goulart Taucci | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Pietro Kiyoshi Maruyama Mendonça | ICB - UFMG | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Qiaoyun Xie | The University of Western Australia | ORCID 

Rafael Barreiro Chaves | SIMA-SP | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Ramiro Aguilar | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Renata de Lima | Universidade de Sorocaba | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Ricardo da Silva Torres | Wageningen University, NE | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Rodolfo Luiz Bezerra Nóbrega | University of Bristol | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Rodrigo Ferreira Fadini | UFOPA | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Rosane Garcia Collevatti | Universidade Federal de Goiás | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Rouverson Pereira da Silva | Unesp/FCAV - Jaboticabal | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Tadeu de Siqueira Barros | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Tatiana Garabini Cornelissen| ICB - UFMG | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

Thaís Barreto Guedes da Costa | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Thaise Emílio Lopes de Souza | Unesp/IB - Rio Claro | ORCIDCurrículo Lattes

​​Todd P Michael | Salk Institute for Biological Studies, EUA | ORCID 

Victor Satoru Saito | Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR/CCBS) | ORCID | Currículo Lattes

Wesley Francisco Dáttilo da Cruz | Institute of Ecology AC-INECOL-MX |  ORCID | Currículo Lattes

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