Contact:
Gabriel C. Costa, PhD.
Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences
Auburn University at Montgomery
Montgomery, AL 36117
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Fone: +1-334-244-3229
ACADEMIC HISTORY
Present position:
Associate Professor - Auburn University at Montgomery - Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences - August 2020 - present
Past positions:
Assistant Professor - Auburn University at Montgomery - Department of Biology - January 2017 - present
Assistant Professor - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte – Department of Botany, Ecology and Zoology. 2009 -2016.
*Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oklahoma (2009)
Dissertation “Ecological niche modeling: integrating patterns of species richness, factors shaping geographical range limits, and conservation planning”
Advisor: Laurie J. Vitt
*2009 University of Oklahoma Provost Best Dissertation Award
M.S. Ecology, University of Brasília, Brazil (2005)
Thesis “Importance of termites in lizard diet and diversity”
Advisor: Guarino R. Colli
B.A. Biological Sciences, University of Brasília, Brazil (2002)
Advisor: Guarino R. Colli
Full articles published proceedings in congress meetings
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
21. Camurugi F, Zurano JP, Gehara M, Costa GC, Rohr DL, Garda AA. 2017. A associação de sinais acústicos e nicho ecológico para entender padrões geográficos das espécies do grupo Hypsiboas albopunctatus. VIII Congresso Brasileiro de Herpetologia.
20. Oliveira JA, Werneck FP, Costa GC, Farias IP. 2017. Model-based riverscape genetics: disentangling the roles of local and connectivity factors in shaping spatial genetic patterns of two Amazonian turtles with different dispersal abilities. VIII Congresso Brasileiro de Herpetologia.
19. Oliveira BF, Machac A, Costa GC and Graham CH. 2015. Global analysis of mammals supports a decoupled evolution of functional and species diversity. Evolution 2015. Guarujá, SP, Brazil.
18. Bruinjé AC, Bajer K, Coelho FEA, Molnar OR, Moura MO, Paiva TMdA, Zurano JP and Costa GC. 2015. And the lizards keep playing: reproductive strategies and maintenance mechanisms of polymorphic traits in a Brazilian tropiduridae species. Evolution 2015. Guarujá, SP, Brazil.
17. Zurano JP, Martinez PA, Canto-Hernandez J, Raimondi VB, Montoya-Burgos JI and Costa GC. 2015. Morphological and ecological divergence in South American canids. Evolution 2015. Guarujá, SP, Brazil.
16. Penone C, Holt BG, Weinstein BG, Graham CH and Costa GC. 2015. Ecological and evolutionary drivers of global mammal betadiversity dimensions. Evolution 2015. Guarujá, SP, Brazil.
15. Penone C, Weinstein BG, Graham CH and Costa GC. 2015. Exploring mechanisms underlying global mammal beta-diversity patterns. International Biogeography Society. Bayreuth, Germany.
14. Penone C, Davidson AD, Shoemaker KT, Di Marco M, Rondinini C, Brooks TM, Young BE, Graham CH and Costa GC 2013. Imputation of trait datasets: which method performs the best? International Biogeography Society. Montreal Canada.
13. Costa GC. Climatic stability and biodiversity. VI Brazilian Herpetology Congress. Salvador, Brazil. June 2013. (**Invited Plenary Speaker**)
12. Costa GC, Werneck, FP, Nogueira, C, Colli, GR, Sites Jr, JW. Climatic stability in the Brazilian Cerrado: implications for biogeographical connections of South American savannas, species richness, and conservation in a biodiversity hotspot. ATBC Meetings, Bonito, Brazil June 19-22, 2012. (**Invited symposia**)
11. Costa GC, Mesquita DO, Vitt LJ, Colli GR. Niche expansion and the niche variation hypothesis: Does the degree of individual variation increase in depauperate assemblages? Evolution 2008. Minneapolis, MN. June 2008.
10. Costa GC, Nogueira C, Machado R, Colli GR. Squamate richness in the Brazilian Cerrado and its environmental–climatic associations. In: III Brazilian Herpetology Meeting. Belém, Pará, Brazil. July 2007.
9. Costa GC, Nogueira C, Machado R, Colli GR. Squamate richness in the Brazilian Cerrado and its environmental–climatic associations. In: 2006 Joint Meeting of Herpetologist and Ichthiologist. New Orleans, LA. July 2006.
8. Biavati GM, Garda AA, Costa GC. Dimorfismo sexual, reprodução e dieta em uma população de Pipa arrabali na Serra do Cachimbo, Pará. XXVI Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia. Londrina, Brazil. February 2006.
7. Vitt LJ, Caldwell JP, Colli GR, Shepard DB, Mesquita DO, Garda AA, França FGR, Costa GC. Herpetofauna of the Jalapão region of the Brazilian Cerrado. 2005 Joint Meeting of Herpetologist and Ichthiologist. Tampa, FL. July 2005
6. Costa GC, Colli GR, Constantino R. Diversity of termites and diversity of lizards: a test of correlation. XXV Brazilian Congress of Zoology. Place: Brasília – DF. February/2004.
5. Costa GC, Brandão JC, Constantino R. First register of polygyny in Nasutitermes coxipoensis (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). XXV Brazilian Congress of Zoology. Brasília, Brazil. February 2004.
4. Costa GC, Teixeira RD, Garda AA, Colli GR, Báo SN. An ultrastructural comparative study of the sperm of Hyla and Scinax (Amphibia: Anura, Hylidae). 2003 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Manaus, Brazil. June 2003.
3. Costa GC, Wiederhecker HC, Colli GR. Effectiveness of sampling lizards in Amazonia. XXIV Brazilian Congress of Zoology. Itajaí, Brazil. February 2002.
2. Costa GC, Garda AA, Colli GR, Báo SN. An ultrastructural study of the spermatozoa of Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis (Anura, Hylidae). XXIV Brazilian Congress of Zoology. Itajaí, Brazil. February 2002.
1. Costa GC, Garda AA, Colli GR, Báo SN. An ultrastructural study of the spermatozoa of Pseudis bolbodactyla (Anura, Pseudidae). Reunião da Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência SBPC– 2001. Salvador, Brazil. July 2001.
AWARDS
7. 2017-2018 College of Sciences Research Award. Auburn University at Montgomery.
6. 2013 – Present CNPq Productivity Award (Highly competitive fellowship given by Brazilian research grant agency to most productive faculty).
5. 2010 – 2009 University-wide award for Best Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oklahoma.
4. 2009 – Graduate Student Research Award (Best published paper by a graduate student) – Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma.
2. 2008 – Graduate Student Research Award for best published paper by a graduate student – Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma.
2. 2002 – Scientific Initiation study in the field of Zoology. August 2002. VII Scientific Initiation Congress of the University of Brasilia.
1. 2001 – Best Undergraduate Research project in the field of Cell Biology. August 2001. VI Scientific Initiation Congress of the University of Brasilia.
GRANTS RECEIVED
22. National Science Foundation – From demography to diversification: population-level drivers of phylogenetic speciation dynamics across squamate reptiles.
21. CNPq (Brazilian National Science Council) – Universal program – Bite force and sprint speed performance and their relationship with color signals in two widely distributed species of Neotropical lizards. US$30,000. 2013–2016. PI.
20. CNPq – Universal program – Sexual selection mediated by parasites and immune defense in Neotropical lizards: a direct test of the Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis. US$15,000. 2013–2016. PI.
19. CNPq – Research Productivity Fellowship Level 2 – Diversity and biogeography of Amphibians and Reptiles of non-forest Brazilians ecosystems. US$20,000.00. 2013-2016. PI.
18. CAPES (Brazilian Research and Education Funding Agency) – Science without Borders program – Quality signals in sexual selection and maternal investment in a Neotropical Lizard with implications for signal design. US$200,000. 2012-2015. PI.
17. CAPES – Science without Borders program – Consequences of extinction on the relationship among biodiversity dimensions: A lesson from Western Hemisphere Tetrapods. US$200,000. 2011-2014. PI.
16. National Science Foundation – Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Integrating genetic, taxonomic, and functional diversity of tetrapods across the Americas and through extinction risk. US$1,998,238. 2011-2017. Co-PI.
15. CAPES – Science without Borders program – Phylogeography of South American herpetofauna. US$150,000. 2011-2014. Co-PI.
14. CNPq Caatinga - Representativeness of Herpetofauna Conservation Units of Caatinga: Diversity, Phylogeography and relationship with other non Forest Biomes in South America. US$150,000. 2011-2013. Co-PI.
13. CNPq (Brazilian agency equivalent to NSF) – SISBIOTA – Amphibians and Reptiles of South American non-forested ecosystems. US$250,000. 2011-2014. PI.
12. CNPq – SISBIOTA program – Network for the study of the Cerrado ecosystem. US$500,000. 2011-2014. Co-PI.
11. CNPq – Universal program – Individual specialization in the diet of reptiles and amphibians. US$17,930. 2009–2011. PI.
10. FAPERN – Young research program – Consequences of dietary specialization in amphibians and reptiles. US$6,500. 2010-2012.
9. CNPq – Universal program – Ecology, systematics, and biogeography of Caatinga amphibians and reptiles. US$ 85,000. 2009-2011. Co-PI
8. CNPq/FAPDF. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Cerrado: Origins, Evolution and Conservation. US$436,000. 2008-2012. Co-PI
7. University of Oklahoma Blanche Adams & Frances Adams. Academic Year Graduate Scholarship. US$1,000. 2008.
6. University of Oklahoma, College of Arts and Science Robert E. and Mary B. Sturgis Scholarship. US$1,200. 2008.
5. University of Oklahoma, M. Blanche Adams and M. Frances Adams Summer Graduate Scholarship. US$2,500. 2007.
4. University of Oklahoma Blanche Adams & Frances Adams Academic Year Graduate Scholarship. US$1,100. 2007.
3. College of Arts and Science Robert E. and Mary B. Sturgis Scholarship. US$1,200. 2007.
2. Ph.D Grant CAPES/Fulbright. US$56,000, 2005-9
1. Master of Science fellowship. CNPq (Brazilian National Science Council). US$7,500. 2003-5.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Associate Editor: South American Journal of Herpetology, 2011-Present, Dataset Papers in Zoology, 2012-2014
Manuscript reviewer for: Acta Ethologica, African Zoology, Amphibia-Reptilia, Austral Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Biota Neotropica, Biotropica, Check List, Dataset Papers in Science, Ecography, Ecology and Evolution, Evolution and Development, Evolution, Freshwater Biology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Herpetologica, Herpetological Conservation and Biology, Herpetological Journal, Herpetological Review, International Journal of Ecology, International Journal of Ecology, International Research Journal of Agricultural Science, Journal for Nature Conservation, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Herpetology, Journal of Natural History, Landscape and Urban Planning, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Natureza e Conservação, Oikos, Quaternary International, South American Journal of Herpetology, Zoologia.
TEACHING AND MENTORING
Teaching Record
Undergraduate level:
Introduction to Environmental Biology (Spring 2017)
Biostatistics (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
Biogeography and Macroecology (Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2016)
Community Ecology (Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014)
Geographic Information Systems (Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2014, Spring 2016)
General Ecology (Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014)
Landscape Ecology (Fall 2016, Spring 2018)
Scientific Methodology (Spring 2012)
Species Distribution Modeling (Fall 2017)
Graduate level:
Biology of Reptiles (Spring 2011, Spring 2013)
Community Ecology (Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012)
Evolution (Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013)
Species Distribution Modeling (Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2016)
Postdoctoral supervision
Eliana Faria. 2015-2016.
Katalyn Bajer. 2013-2015.
Pablo Ariel Martinez 2013-2014.
Caterina Penone. 2013-2015.
Graduate students
Carlos Adrián Garcia Rodriguez. 2014-present. PhD.
Andre Bruinjé. 2014-present. PhD.
Carolina Maria Lisboa. 2013-2017. PhD.
Bruno Maggi. 2013-2017. PhD.
Juan Pablo Zurano. 2013-Present. Msc. now PhD.
Brunno Freire Dantas de Oliveira. 2010 – 2016. Msc, and PhD.
Eliana Faria de Oliveira. 2010 – 2014. PhD.
Pedro Capistrano Macêdo. 2010 - 2013. Msc.
Carlos Barros de Araújo. 2007 - 2012. PhD.
Heitor Araújo Souza. 2010 - 2012. Msc.
Karol Lyncoln França. 2010 - 2012. Msc.
Thiago César Sena de Oliveira Pereira. 2010 – 2012. Msc.
Undergraduate students
Felipe Coelho 2015-2017.
Tales Martins 2015-2017.
Marc Huber 2013-2016.
Cleto Freire. 2012-2015.
Fernando Araújo 2012-2013.
Paulo Fernandes: 2012-2013.
Mariana Nunes: 2009-2011.
Priscilla Salviano: 2009-2011.
Gabriel C. Costa, PhD.
Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences
Auburn University at Montgomery
Montgomery, AL 36117
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Fone: +1-334-244-3229
ACADEMIC HISTORY
Present position:
Associate Professor - Auburn University at Montgomery - Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences - August 2020 - present
Past positions:
Assistant Professor - Auburn University at Montgomery - Department of Biology - January 2017 - present
Assistant Professor - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte – Department of Botany, Ecology and Zoology. 2009 -2016.
*Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oklahoma (2009)
Dissertation “Ecological niche modeling: integrating patterns of species richness, factors shaping geographical range limits, and conservation planning”
Advisor: Laurie J. Vitt
*2009 University of Oklahoma Provost Best Dissertation Award
M.S. Ecology, University of Brasília, Brazil (2005)
Thesis “Importance of termites in lizard diet and diversity”
Advisor: Guarino R. Colli
B.A. Biological Sciences, University of Brasília, Brazil (2002)
Advisor: Guarino R. Colli
Full articles published proceedings in congress meetings
- Avelino AS, Rodovalho S, Costa GC, Silva LAM, Schmidt IB, Souza B, Anzolin B, Hay JV. Spatial distribution of Vellozia squamata Pohl. (Velloziaceae) in a Cerrado area in Central Brazil. VI Brazilian Ecology Congress. Fortaleza–CE. November 2003.
- Wiederhecker HC, Gainsbury AM, Werneck FP, Vieira GHC, Costa GC, Garda AA, Colli GR. What influences the local lizard distribution in a forest site? VI Brazilian Ecology Congress. Fortaleza–CE. November 2003.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
21. Camurugi F, Zurano JP, Gehara M, Costa GC, Rohr DL, Garda AA. 2017. A associação de sinais acústicos e nicho ecológico para entender padrões geográficos das espécies do grupo Hypsiboas albopunctatus. VIII Congresso Brasileiro de Herpetologia.
20. Oliveira JA, Werneck FP, Costa GC, Farias IP. 2017. Model-based riverscape genetics: disentangling the roles of local and connectivity factors in shaping spatial genetic patterns of two Amazonian turtles with different dispersal abilities. VIII Congresso Brasileiro de Herpetologia.
19. Oliveira BF, Machac A, Costa GC and Graham CH. 2015. Global analysis of mammals supports a decoupled evolution of functional and species diversity. Evolution 2015. Guarujá, SP, Brazil.
18. Bruinjé AC, Bajer K, Coelho FEA, Molnar OR, Moura MO, Paiva TMdA, Zurano JP and Costa GC. 2015. And the lizards keep playing: reproductive strategies and maintenance mechanisms of polymorphic traits in a Brazilian tropiduridae species. Evolution 2015. Guarujá, SP, Brazil.
17. Zurano JP, Martinez PA, Canto-Hernandez J, Raimondi VB, Montoya-Burgos JI and Costa GC. 2015. Morphological and ecological divergence in South American canids. Evolution 2015. Guarujá, SP, Brazil.
16. Penone C, Holt BG, Weinstein BG, Graham CH and Costa GC. 2015. Ecological and evolutionary drivers of global mammal betadiversity dimensions. Evolution 2015. Guarujá, SP, Brazil.
15. Penone C, Weinstein BG, Graham CH and Costa GC. 2015. Exploring mechanisms underlying global mammal beta-diversity patterns. International Biogeography Society. Bayreuth, Germany.
14. Penone C, Davidson AD, Shoemaker KT, Di Marco M, Rondinini C, Brooks TM, Young BE, Graham CH and Costa GC 2013. Imputation of trait datasets: which method performs the best? International Biogeography Society. Montreal Canada.
13. Costa GC. Climatic stability and biodiversity. VI Brazilian Herpetology Congress. Salvador, Brazil. June 2013. (**Invited Plenary Speaker**)
12. Costa GC, Werneck, FP, Nogueira, C, Colli, GR, Sites Jr, JW. Climatic stability in the Brazilian Cerrado: implications for biogeographical connections of South American savannas, species richness, and conservation in a biodiversity hotspot. ATBC Meetings, Bonito, Brazil June 19-22, 2012. (**Invited symposia**)
11. Costa GC, Mesquita DO, Vitt LJ, Colli GR. Niche expansion and the niche variation hypothesis: Does the degree of individual variation increase in depauperate assemblages? Evolution 2008. Minneapolis, MN. June 2008.
10. Costa GC, Nogueira C, Machado R, Colli GR. Squamate richness in the Brazilian Cerrado and its environmental–climatic associations. In: III Brazilian Herpetology Meeting. Belém, Pará, Brazil. July 2007.
9. Costa GC, Nogueira C, Machado R, Colli GR. Squamate richness in the Brazilian Cerrado and its environmental–climatic associations. In: 2006 Joint Meeting of Herpetologist and Ichthiologist. New Orleans, LA. July 2006.
8. Biavati GM, Garda AA, Costa GC. Dimorfismo sexual, reprodução e dieta em uma população de Pipa arrabali na Serra do Cachimbo, Pará. XXVI Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia. Londrina, Brazil. February 2006.
7. Vitt LJ, Caldwell JP, Colli GR, Shepard DB, Mesquita DO, Garda AA, França FGR, Costa GC. Herpetofauna of the Jalapão region of the Brazilian Cerrado. 2005 Joint Meeting of Herpetologist and Ichthiologist. Tampa, FL. July 2005
6. Costa GC, Colli GR, Constantino R. Diversity of termites and diversity of lizards: a test of correlation. XXV Brazilian Congress of Zoology. Place: Brasília – DF. February/2004.
5. Costa GC, Brandão JC, Constantino R. First register of polygyny in Nasutitermes coxipoensis (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). XXV Brazilian Congress of Zoology. Brasília, Brazil. February 2004.
4. Costa GC, Teixeira RD, Garda AA, Colli GR, Báo SN. An ultrastructural comparative study of the sperm of Hyla and Scinax (Amphibia: Anura, Hylidae). 2003 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Manaus, Brazil. June 2003.
3. Costa GC, Wiederhecker HC, Colli GR. Effectiveness of sampling lizards in Amazonia. XXIV Brazilian Congress of Zoology. Itajaí, Brazil. February 2002.
2. Costa GC, Garda AA, Colli GR, Báo SN. An ultrastructural study of the spermatozoa of Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis (Anura, Hylidae). XXIV Brazilian Congress of Zoology. Itajaí, Brazil. February 2002.
1. Costa GC, Garda AA, Colli GR, Báo SN. An ultrastructural study of the spermatozoa of Pseudis bolbodactyla (Anura, Pseudidae). Reunião da Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência SBPC– 2001. Salvador, Brazil. July 2001.
AWARDS
7. 2017-2018 College of Sciences Research Award. Auburn University at Montgomery.
6. 2013 – Present CNPq Productivity Award (Highly competitive fellowship given by Brazilian research grant agency to most productive faculty).
5. 2010 – 2009 University-wide award for Best Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oklahoma.
4. 2009 – Graduate Student Research Award (Best published paper by a graduate student) – Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma.
2. 2008 – Graduate Student Research Award for best published paper by a graduate student – Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma.
2. 2002 – Scientific Initiation study in the field of Zoology. August 2002. VII Scientific Initiation Congress of the University of Brasilia.
1. 2001 – Best Undergraduate Research project in the field of Cell Biology. August 2001. VI Scientific Initiation Congress of the University of Brasilia.
GRANTS RECEIVED
22. National Science Foundation – From demography to diversification: population-level drivers of phylogenetic speciation dynamics across squamate reptiles.
21. CNPq (Brazilian National Science Council) – Universal program – Bite force and sprint speed performance and their relationship with color signals in two widely distributed species of Neotropical lizards. US$30,000. 2013–2016. PI.
20. CNPq – Universal program – Sexual selection mediated by parasites and immune defense in Neotropical lizards: a direct test of the Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis. US$15,000. 2013–2016. PI.
19. CNPq – Research Productivity Fellowship Level 2 – Diversity and biogeography of Amphibians and Reptiles of non-forest Brazilians ecosystems. US$20,000.00. 2013-2016. PI.
18. CAPES (Brazilian Research and Education Funding Agency) – Science without Borders program – Quality signals in sexual selection and maternal investment in a Neotropical Lizard with implications for signal design. US$200,000. 2012-2015. PI.
17. CAPES – Science without Borders program – Consequences of extinction on the relationship among biodiversity dimensions: A lesson from Western Hemisphere Tetrapods. US$200,000. 2011-2014. PI.
16. National Science Foundation – Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Integrating genetic, taxonomic, and functional diversity of tetrapods across the Americas and through extinction risk. US$1,998,238. 2011-2017. Co-PI.
15. CAPES – Science without Borders program – Phylogeography of South American herpetofauna. US$150,000. 2011-2014. Co-PI.
14. CNPq Caatinga - Representativeness of Herpetofauna Conservation Units of Caatinga: Diversity, Phylogeography and relationship with other non Forest Biomes in South America. US$150,000. 2011-2013. Co-PI.
13. CNPq (Brazilian agency equivalent to NSF) – SISBIOTA – Amphibians and Reptiles of South American non-forested ecosystems. US$250,000. 2011-2014. PI.
12. CNPq – SISBIOTA program – Network for the study of the Cerrado ecosystem. US$500,000. 2011-2014. Co-PI.
11. CNPq – Universal program – Individual specialization in the diet of reptiles and amphibians. US$17,930. 2009–2011. PI.
10. FAPERN – Young research program – Consequences of dietary specialization in amphibians and reptiles. US$6,500. 2010-2012.
9. CNPq – Universal program – Ecology, systematics, and biogeography of Caatinga amphibians and reptiles. US$ 85,000. 2009-2011. Co-PI
8. CNPq/FAPDF. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Cerrado: Origins, Evolution and Conservation. US$436,000. 2008-2012. Co-PI
7. University of Oklahoma Blanche Adams & Frances Adams. Academic Year Graduate Scholarship. US$1,000. 2008.
6. University of Oklahoma, College of Arts and Science Robert E. and Mary B. Sturgis Scholarship. US$1,200. 2008.
5. University of Oklahoma, M. Blanche Adams and M. Frances Adams Summer Graduate Scholarship. US$2,500. 2007.
4. University of Oklahoma Blanche Adams & Frances Adams Academic Year Graduate Scholarship. US$1,100. 2007.
3. College of Arts and Science Robert E. and Mary B. Sturgis Scholarship. US$1,200. 2007.
2. Ph.D Grant CAPES/Fulbright. US$56,000, 2005-9
1. Master of Science fellowship. CNPq (Brazilian National Science Council). US$7,500. 2003-5.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Associate Editor: South American Journal of Herpetology, 2011-Present, Dataset Papers in Zoology, 2012-2014
Manuscript reviewer for: Acta Ethologica, African Zoology, Amphibia-Reptilia, Austral Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Biota Neotropica, Biotropica, Check List, Dataset Papers in Science, Ecography, Ecology and Evolution, Evolution and Development, Evolution, Freshwater Biology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Herpetologica, Herpetological Conservation and Biology, Herpetological Journal, Herpetological Review, International Journal of Ecology, International Journal of Ecology, International Research Journal of Agricultural Science, Journal for Nature Conservation, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Herpetology, Journal of Natural History, Landscape and Urban Planning, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Natureza e Conservação, Oikos, Quaternary International, South American Journal of Herpetology, Zoologia.
TEACHING AND MENTORING
Teaching Record
Undergraduate level:
Introduction to Environmental Biology (Spring 2017)
Biostatistics (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
Biogeography and Macroecology (Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2016)
Community Ecology (Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014)
Geographic Information Systems (Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2014, Spring 2016)
General Ecology (Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014)
Landscape Ecology (Fall 2016, Spring 2018)
Scientific Methodology (Spring 2012)
Species Distribution Modeling (Fall 2017)
Graduate level:
Biology of Reptiles (Spring 2011, Spring 2013)
Community Ecology (Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012)
Evolution (Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013)
Species Distribution Modeling (Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2016)
Postdoctoral supervision
Eliana Faria. 2015-2016.
Katalyn Bajer. 2013-2015.
Pablo Ariel Martinez 2013-2014.
Caterina Penone. 2013-2015.
Graduate students
Carlos Adrián Garcia Rodriguez. 2014-present. PhD.
Andre Bruinjé. 2014-present. PhD.
Carolina Maria Lisboa. 2013-2017. PhD.
Bruno Maggi. 2013-2017. PhD.
Juan Pablo Zurano. 2013-Present. Msc. now PhD.
Brunno Freire Dantas de Oliveira. 2010 – 2016. Msc, and PhD.
Eliana Faria de Oliveira. 2010 – 2014. PhD.
Pedro Capistrano Macêdo. 2010 - 2013. Msc.
Carlos Barros de Araújo. 2007 - 2012. PhD.
Heitor Araújo Souza. 2010 - 2012. Msc.
Karol Lyncoln França. 2010 - 2012. Msc.
Thiago César Sena de Oliveira Pereira. 2010 – 2012. Msc.
Undergraduate students
Felipe Coelho 2015-2017.
Tales Martins 2015-2017.
Marc Huber 2013-2016.
Cleto Freire. 2012-2015.
Fernando Araújo 2012-2013.
Paulo Fernandes: 2012-2013.
Mariana Nunes: 2009-2011.
Priscilla Salviano: 2009-2011.