I am an entomologist from Brazil, particularly fond of maggots, grubs, caterpillars, and any other type of insect larvae. This does not mean I can identify everything that comes my way – I'm not a taxonomist. But often I can do a fair job in identifying the Order, Family, and in few cases, species.
I am interested in understanding how ecological factors drive larval development and adult life-history trait expression, with consequences to population and ultimately, evolution. So if you ask me, I work in the field of 'developmental ecology'.
My other interests include insect mating systems, life-history trade-offs, reproduction, immunity, behaviour, and conservation.
Career (Short)
Riemann Fellow – Institute for Differential Geometry, Leibniz University Hannover (Germany)
Visiting Staff – Institute of Mathematics, School of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK (2021 – current)
Academic Fellow / Lecturer – School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK (2019 – current)
Race Equality Champion – School of Biological Sciences
Honorary Curatorial Fellow – Museums and Special Collections
Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Macquarie University, Australia (2017 – 2019)
Postdoctoral Research Associate – University of Sydney, Australia (2016 – 2017)
DPhil in Zoology – University of Oxford, UK (2013 – 2016)
SwB Undergraduate Research Fellowship – Elettra Synchrotron Light Source, Italy (2012 – 2013)
BSc in Biological Sciences – Federal University of Paraná, Brazil (2009 – 2013)
Editorial Activity
Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Brazilian Journal of Entomology
Associate Editor: Journal of Animal Ecology
Associate Editor: Neotropical Entomology
Nutritional Ecology of Holometabolous Insects
Topic Editor: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Applications of Machine Learning to Evolutionary Ecology Data
Associate Editor: Austral Ecology
Awards/Honours
Riemann Fellowship (The first ever awarded to a Biologist) (2022)
Elected Member of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland (2022 - 2027)
Young Researcher in Entomology Award 2022 (Vista Foundation)
Royal Entomological Society Early Career Entomologist Award 2021
Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (FRES)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS)
Member of the Royal Society of Biology (MRSB)
Chartered Statistician (CStat)
Finalist Fresh Science science communication competition
External Professor – Ecology and Conservation Graduate Program
Honorary Fellow – Macquarie University