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born in São Paulo, Brazil

currently at Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology 

159 Sapsucker Woods Rd., Ithaca, NY, USA 14850

glaucia.ornito@gmail.com

Academic Appointments

2024current |  Assistant Curator of Ornithology, Florida Museum of Natural History

2022current | Associate Researcher, Museum of Zoology of University of São Paulo

2022–2023  | Edward Rose Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University

2022–2024  | Visiting Scholar, Simoes-Costa Lab, Harvard Medical School

Education

2015–2022    | PhD, Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University

2011–2013    | Master of Science, Zoology, University of São Paulo

2007–2010    | Bachelor’s degree, Biological Sciences, University of São Paulo

2007–2010    | Bachelor's degree, Science Education, University of São Paulo

Publications

2024  | Rego MA, Del-Rio G, Brumfield RT. 2024. Subspecies-level distribution maps for birds of the Amazon basin and adjacent areas. Journal of Biogeography. 51(1), p.14-28. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14718.

 

2024  | Capurucho JMG, Musher LJ, Lees A, Rego MA, Del-Rio G, Aleixo A, Luzuriaga-Aveiga VE, Ferreira M, Ribas CC, Thom G. Amazonian avian biogeography: Broadscale patterns, microevolutionary processes, and habitat-specific models revealed by multidisciplinary approachesOrnithology. 141(1), ukad051. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukad051.

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2023  | Musher LJ, Del-Rio G, Marcondes RS, Brumfield RT, Bravo GA, Thom G. Geogenomic Predictors of Gene tree Heterogeneity Explain Phylogeographic and Introgression History: A Case Study in an Amazonian Bird (Thamnophilus aethiops). Systematic Biology. syad061. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syad061.

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2022  |    Del-Rio G, Rego MA, Whitney BM, Schunck F, Silveira LF, Faircloth BC, Brumfield RT. Displaced clines in an avian hybrid zone (Thamnophilidae: Rhegmatorhina) within an Amazonian interfluveEvolution. 76(3), p. 455-475

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2022  |    Musher LJ, Giakoumis M, Albert J, Del-Rio G, Rego M, Thom G, Aleixo A, Ribas C, Brumfield RT, Smith BT, Cracraft J. River network rearrangements promote speciation in lowland Amazonian birds. Science Advances. 8(14) doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abn1099.

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2021  |    Del-Rio G, Mutchler MJ, Costa B, Hiller AE, Lima G, Matinata B, Salter JF, Silveira LF, Rego MA, Schmitt D. Birds of the Juruá River: extensive várzea forest as a barrier to terra firme birds.  Journal of Ornithology. 162, p. 565–577

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2021  |    Slobodian V, Soares KDA, Falaschi RL, Prado LR, Camelier P, Guedes TB, Leal LC, Hsiou AS, Del-Rio G, Costa ER, Pereira KRC, D’Angiolella ABD, Sousa AS, Diele-Viegas LM. Why we shouldn’t blame women for gender disparity in academia: perspectives of women in zoologyZoologia. 38, p. 1-9

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2020  |    Feng S, Stiller J, […], Del-Rio G et al. Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics. Nature. 587, p. 252-257

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2017  |    Del-Rio G, Rego MA, Silveira LF, Itoh A. Plant Invasion: another threat to the São Paulo Marsh Antwren (Formicivora paludicola), a species on the verge of extinction. PloSOne. 12(12), p. e0189465

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2017  |    Tonnetti V, Bocalini F, Silveira LF, Del-Rio GTaxonomy and systematics of the Yellow-green Grosbeak Caryothraustes canadensis (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae). Brazilian Journal of Ornithology. 25(3), p. 176-189

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2017  |    Del-Rio G. Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil the Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil, including São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (book review). Journal of Field Ornithology. 88(1), p. 94-  95

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2017  |    Costa TVV, Piacentini VQ, Oliveira DMM, Schunck F, Whitney BM, Rego MA, Rubio TC, Oliveira F, Freitas B, Del-Rio G, Seeholzer GF, Harvey MG, Terrill RS, Correa AG, Arantes F, Silveira LF. New records of the enigmatic Clytoctantes atrogularis (Thamnophilidae) in Amazonian Brazil, with remarks on plumage, natural history, and distribution. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 129(1), p. 1-12

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2016  |    Del-Rio G, Silveira LF. Remarks on the Natural History of São Paulo Marsh Antwren (Formicivora paludicola)Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 128 (2), p. 445-448

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2015  |    Del-Rio G, Rego MA, Silveira LF. A multiscale approach indicates a severe reduction in Atlantic Forest wetlands and highlights that São Paulo Marsh Antwren is on the brink of extinctionPloSOne. 10, p. e0121315

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2015  |   De Camargo C, Gibbs HL, Costa MC, Del-Rio G, Silveira LF, Wasko AP, Francisco MR. Marshes as mountain tops: genetic analyses of the Critically Endangered São Paulo Marsh Antwren (Aves: Thamnophilidae). PloSOne.10(10), p. e0140145

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2015  |   De Camargo C, Costa MC, Del-Rio G, Gibbs HL, Glenn TC, Bagal U, Silveira LF, Wasko AP, Francisco MR. Novel and cross-amplified microsatellite loci for the critically endangered São Paulo Marsh Antwren Formicivora paludicola (Aves: Thamnophilidae)Conservation Genetics Resource. 7, p. 129

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2015  |    Cavarzere V, Del-Rio G, Schunck F, Piacentini VQ, Rego MA, Somenzari M, Silveira LF. Wintering Sporophila seedeaters in an Amazonian Cerrado ecotone in central BrazilCotinga. 37, p. 57

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2014  |    Rego MA, Del-Rio G, Silveira LF. A taxonomic review of Picumnus exilis (Aves: Picidae) reveals an underestimation of Piculet species diversity in South AmericaJournal of Ornithology. 155, p. 853-867

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2014  |   Marcondes RS, Del-Rio G, Rego MA, Silveira LF.Geographic and seasonal distribution of a little known Brazilian endemic rail inferred from occurrence records and ecological niche modelingWilson Journal of Ornithology.126, p. 663-672

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2013  |   Del-Rio G, Silveira LF, Cavarzere V, Rego MA. A taxonomic review of the Golden-green Woodpecker, Piculus chrysochloros (Aves: Picidae) reveals the existence of six valid taxaZootaxa. 3626, p. 531-542

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Honors and Awards

2023 | American Ornithological Society James G. Cooper Early Professional Award 

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2022 | Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowship

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2021 | SEC Emerging Scholar Program

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2021 | Wilson Ornithological Society, Jed Burtt Undergraduate Mentoring Grant 

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2020 | American Ornithological Society Award best oral presentation

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2019 | Wilson Ornithological Society Graduate Student Research Award

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2019 | LSU T. Vinton Holmes Ornithology Award 

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2019 | American Ornithological Society Travel Award

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2018 | LSU Museum of Natural Science Outstanding Graduate Student

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2018 | Society of Systematic Biologists Graduate Student Research Award

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2018 | Brazilian Ornithology Meeting best oral presentation

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2018 | Sir Charles Blois Explorer Award by the Scientific Exploration Society 

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2018 | American Museum of Natural History Chapman Memorial Fund Grant 

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2016 | American Association of University Women, International Student Fellowship 

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2016 | LSU Alumni Association International Student Scholarship 

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2015 | Science Without Borders Fellowship PhD 

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2014 | Cooper Ornithological Society Mewaldt-King Student Research Award 

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2012 | São Paulo Research Foundation Fellowship (FAPESP) master’s degree 

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2012 | Brazilian Ornithology Meeting best oral presentation graduate student

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2011 | Brazilian Ornithology Meeting best oral presentation undergraduate student

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2009 | São Paulo Research Foundation Fellowship (FAPESP) undergraduate research

Field Work

2019 | LSU Emilie Snethlage Women Expedition, Amazonas Brazil 35 days – expedition leader

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2018 | LSU Collecting Expedition, Manicoré, Amazonas, Brazil 40 days

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2017 | LSU Collecting Expedition, Apuí, Amazonas, Brazil 22 days – expedition leader 

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2016 | LSU Collecting Expedition, Colniza, Mato Grosso, Brazil 40 days – expedition leader

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2015 | INPA Bird banding workshop, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 7 days

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2014 | MZUSP Bird banding, monitoring and collecting, Abunã, Rondônia, Brazil 30 days

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2014 | Bird monitoring, São Simão, Goiás, Brazil 20 days

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2014 | MZUSP Collecting Expedition, Santana do Araguaia, Pará, Brazil 30 days – expedition leader

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2013 | LSU Collecting Expedition, Sucunduri, Amazonas, Brazil 30 days

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2012 | MZUSP Collecting Expedition, Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil 10 days

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2012 | MZUSP Bird banding, monitoring and collecting, Abunã, Rondônia, Brazil 30 days

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2012 | LSU Collecting Expedition, Sucunduri, Amazonas, Brazil 30 days

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2012 | Bird monitoring “Ecology of Formicivora paludicola  project” ~260 days – expedition leader

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2011 | Bird monitoring and banding, Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil 15 days

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2011 | MZUSP Bird banding, monitoring and collecting, Abunã, Rondônia, Brazil 30 days

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2011 | Fauna Forever banding workshop, Puerto Maldonado, Peru 15 days

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2010 | MZUSP Collecting Expedition, Matina, Bahia, Brazil 20 days

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2010 | Field volunteer at project “Breeding Biology of Lear’s Macaw”, Bahia, Brazil 30 days

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2010 | MZUSP Bird banding, monitoring and collecting, Abunã, Rondônia, Brazil 30 days

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2010 | MZUSP Collecting Expedition, Santana do Araguaia, Pará, Brazil 30 days

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2009 | MZUSP Collecting Expedition, Santana do Araguaia, Pará, Brazil 30 days

Teaching Experience

20192022 | Teaching assistantship, Biology Laboratory for Science Majors, Louisiana State University

                                      

20192019 | Invited lecturer, Evolution, Louisiana State University

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2018–2018 | Invited lecturer at Genomics workshop, Brazilian Ornithology Meeting

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2015–2015 | Invited lecturer, Genetics, Louisiana State University

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20152016 | Teaching assistantship, Genetics, Louisiana State University

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2015–2015 | Invited instructor, IV INPA Bird Banding Workshop

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20142015 | Teaching assistantship, R Language for Statistics, University of São Paulo

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2014–2014 | Invited lecturer, Ornithology, University of São Paulo

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20132014 | Teaching assistantship, Ornithology, University of São Paulo

Laboratory, Computational and Curatorial Experience

2019–2021 | Curatorial assistantship at LSU Museum of Natural Science Genetic resources collection

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2015–2021 | Preparation of genomic libraries whole-genome resequencing, UCEs, RADseq 

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2015–2021 | Preparation of bird scientific specimens taxidermized ~600 birds

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2012–2021 | Bioinformatics: R, Python, command line bwa, bedtools, GATK, plink, Phyluce, STACKS

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2009–2014 | Curatorial assistantship at Museum of Zoology of University of São Paulo  Bird and genetic resources collections

Mentoring Experience

2024-current | Raphael Sabongi Lucio Marcelino  Ph.D. Biology at the University of Florida

Phylogenomics of Piciformes and genomic basis of bill shape in birds

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2024-current | Preston Bertka-Ballard  B.S. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida

Genomics of the hybrid zone between Red-eyed and White-eyed Eastern Towhee
 

2022-current | Ryan Zucker  B.S. Biological Sciences at Cornell University

Vocal variation and phylogenetic relationships in the genus Rhegmatorhina

Cornell Lab of Ornithology Undergraduate Research Grant

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2022-current | Huy Truong  B.S. Biological Sciences at Cornell University 

Systematics and taxonomy of Vireolanius leucotis

Cornell Lab of Ornithology Undergraduate Research Grant

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2019–2021 | Marquette Mutchler – B.S. Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University

Vocal variation and phylogeography of Myrmoborus myotherinus

Wilson Ornithological Society, Jed Burtt Undergraduate Mentoring Grant

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2017–2019 | Ashley Schoonmaker – B.S. Computer Science and B.S. Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University

Plumage variation and phylogenetics of the genus Myrmoborus

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20172018 | Layse Albuquerque and Daniele Mariz – Visiting students at Louisiana State University

Ultraconserved elements for the study of population genetics in caatinga birds

Journal Reviewer

Nature Communications, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Systematic Biology, Evolution, Journal of Heredity, Ornithology, Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Journal of Field Ornithology, Brazilian Journal of Ornithology, Tropical Conservation Science, Check List the journal of biodiversity data, Bird Conservation International, Biota Neotropical

Conferences and Presentations

2021 | Congresso Latino Americano de Evolución oral presentation (symposium)

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2021 | American Ornithological Society oral presentation (symposium)

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2021 | Brazilian Ornithological Meeting invited keynote speaker

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2021 | Society for the Study of Evolution Meeting

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2020 | North American Ornithological Conference oral presentation (best presentation award)

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2019 | American Ornithological Society Meeting oral presentation

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2018 | 25th Brazilian Ornithological Congress oral presentation (best presentation award)

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2015 | 10th Neotropical Ornithological Congress oral presentation

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2015 | Society for the Study of Evolution Meeting 

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2014 | 21st Brazilian Ornithological Congress oral presentation

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2012 | 19th Brazilian Ornithological Congress oral presentation (best presentation award)

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2011 | 18th Brazilian Ornithological Congress oral presentation (best presentation award)

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2011 | 9th Neotropical Ornithological Congress oral presentation

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2010 | 25th International Ornithological Congress

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2009 | 17th Brazilian Ornithological Congress

Outreach and Seminars

2022 | American Museum of Natural History Seminar Series

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2022 | SUNY Cortland, NSF LSAMP Seminar Series

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​2022 | Cornell University, Ornithology Seminar Series

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2021 | LSU College of Science, Science and Spirits event, showcase museum activities for donors

 

2021 | West Chester Bird Club, talk about the Emilie Snethlage Expedition

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2021 | Avistar Brazil, Women in Science and a tribute to Emilie Snethlage round table

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2021 | Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, talk about the Emilie Snethlage Expedition

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2021 | UFBA Symposium of Neotropical Zoology 

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2020 | Federal University of Pernambuco, talk at Seminar Series, the Rhegmatorhina hybrid zone

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2020 | Federal University of Ceará, talk at Seminar Series, the Rhegmatorhina hybrid zone

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2019 | LSU Museum of Natural Science Night at the Museum

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2019 | LSU Museum of Natural Science Girls in STEM event

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2019 | Avistar Brazil, talk about Emilie Snethlage Expedition

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2018 | LSU Museum of Natural Science 6th graders and Science

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2018 | LSU Museum of Natural Science Night at the Museum

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2017 | LSU Museum of Natural Science Special Saturday

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2016 | LSU Museum of Natural Science Special Saturday

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2015 | LSU Geaux Science, event to get undergraduate students interested in Science Majors

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2015 | Butanta Bird Observatory, talk about the Woodpeckers family

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2015 | Avistar Manaus, talk about predictive morphology in birds

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2014 | Avistar Brazil, talk about the São Paulo Marsh Antwren

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2013 | Avistar Brazil, talk about the Puffbirds family

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2012 | Museum of Zoology of University of São Paulo, talk at Seminar Series, Urban Birds

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2012 | Avistar Brazil, talk about the Woodpeckers family

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2010 | Organization of the Biological Sciences Meeting, University of São Paulo

Memberships

20172023 | American Ornithological Society

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20182019 | Society of Scientific Exploration

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20162020 | American Genetic Association

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20162021 | Society of Systematic Biologists

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20152022 | Society for the Study of Evolution

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20152018 | American Association of University Women

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20142021 | Wilson Ornithological Society

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20102019 | Brazilian Ornithological Society 

Workshops

 

2022 | IACUC Introduction to the Care and Use of Animals for Research, Teaching, and Testing

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2022 | Cornell University, It Depends on the Lens: implicit bias in faculty search committees

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2021 | Interactive High Performance Computers via the web, Louisiana State University

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2021 | SEC Emerging Scholars Program 

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2020 | High Performance Computers II, Louisiana State University

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2018 | High Performance Computers, Louisiana State University

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2019 | SLIM workshop, population genetics simulation, Cornell University

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2015 | Bird banding, molting and ageing, INPA

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2013 | Ecological Niche Modeling, IPE, Institute of Ecological Research

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2012 | R language and computation for Biologists, University of São Paulo

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2011 | Bird banding, molting and ageing, CORBID

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2011 | Bird survival and breeding success in the field, Brazilian Ornithological Society

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2010 | Bioacoustics for Ornithology, Brazilian Ornithological Society

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