Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, UENF-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1999-2003). Post-Doc at the
National Center for Ecological Analyses and Synthesis (NCEAS), University of California,
Santa Barbara, USA (2003-06).

Full Professor at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (since 2006). Works with
marine ecology and evolution with more than 150 publications and 9500 citations in
google scholar. Experience in leading field work expeditions and conducting large
scale data analysis.

Research programmes: 1. Marine macroecology, 2. Biogeography and evolution of reef fishes,
3. Connectivity patterns among marine populations, 4. Conservation of top predators,
5. Ecology of reef fish impact on benthic communities.