Alumni
Aline Santana
Master student - 2026
Project: Structure and geographic variation in the songs of Cantorchilus longirostris.
Joyce Santana
Undergraduate student - 2025
Project: Influence of Quaternary climate change on the current geographic distribution of Embernagra longicauda.
Samuel de Jesus Lisboa Souza
Undergraduate student - 2024
Project: Phylogeography of Thamnophilus pelzelni and T. ambiguus
Leonardo Oliveira Silva (Co-advised)
PhD student - 2022
Project: Systematics and biogeography of Characidium (Crenuchidae): an integrative study in four Neotropical ecoregions.
Alan Fecchio
Post-doc researcher - 2018
Project: Ecological and evolutionary factors shaping the distribution and diversity of blood parasites (Plasmodium e Haemoproteus) in New World bird communities.
Silvia Britto Barreto
PhD student and Post-doc researcher - 2021
Project: Phylogeography, hybrid zone and speciation in lineages of Nematocharax venustus
Mario Henrique Barros Silveira
PhD student - 2022
Project: Historical biogeography of rainforest enclaves using birds as phylogeographic models
Sidnei Sampaio dos Santos
PhD and Post-doc researcher - 2024
Project: Acoustic signals evolution of fire-eye antbirds (genus Pyriglena, Aves: Thamnophilidae): geographic variation and influence of phylogeny in the acoustic recognition
Lucas Marcel Pagani Passos
Undergraduate and Master student - 2018
Project: Diversity and phylogenetic structure in bird assemblages from Caatinga
Rilquer Mascarenhas da Silva
Undergraduate and Master student - 2018
Project: Effect of urbanization on natural populations: investigating selection signatures in the genome of urban birds
Rafael Piedade Felix
Undergraduate student - 2017
Project: Evaluating the effect of urban noise on song of Coereba flaveola in
the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Cecil Pergentino Fazollato
Master student and PhD student - 2023
Project: The effects of the Quaternary sea-level fluctuation in the evolutionary history of Restinga-endemic Tropidurus hygomi
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Ivan Pedro Azevedo Campos
Undergraduate student and Master student - 2022
Project: Population history of Geophagus brasiliensis (Perciformes, Cichlidae) on Contas River Basin, Bahia
Elaine Cardoso dos Santos
Undergraduate and Master student - 2022
Project: Population history of Chiroxiphia pareola (Aves: Passeriformes) from forest enclaves in the Chapada Diamantina
Co-advised students
Lucas Medeiros Silva
Master student - 2014. Main advisor Dr. Charbel Niño El-Hani
Project: Ecological niche modeling and population history of the social spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae: Theridiidae) reveal connection between South American tropical forests.
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Leandro Araújo Argôlo
PhD student - 2020. Main advisor Dr. Paulo Roberto Antunes de Mello Affonso
Project: Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the "Geophagus" brasiliensis species complex
Rafael Burger
PhD student - 2019. Main advisor Dra. Angela Maria Zanata
Project: Integrative taxonomy and phylogeography of Astyanax Baird & Girard from Paraguaçu river, with emphasis on rivers at the Chapada Diamantina
Camila Costa Trevisan
PhD student - 2026. Main advisor Dr. Marcelo Felgueiras Napoli
Project: Comparative phylogeography of amphibians from relict Cerrado patches from northeastern Brazil coast
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Lucas Menezes Silva
PhD student - 2021. Main advisor Dr. Marcelo Felgueiras Napoli
Project: The Pleistocene in northeastern Brazil: comparative phylogeography of forest anurans
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Rafael Oliveira de Abreu
PhD student. Main advisor Dr. Marcelo Felgueiras Napoli
Project: The role of Jequitinhonha river as barrier for amphibians from the Atlantic Forest
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Daniel Capelli da Silva
PhD student. Main advisor Dr. Hilton Ferreira Japyassú
Project: Phylogeography and song evolution of passerines from the Caatinga: comprehend patterns and processes of biome diversification
Marcia da Silva Anjos
PhD student - 2021. Main advisor Dr. Paulo Roberto Antunes de Mello Affonso
Project: Phylogeography and endemism patterns in Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Atlantic Forest and São Francisco ecoregions