Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher
August 2026 – Present
Charles University, Czech Republic (Employer)
Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland (Host Institution)
Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) Individual Postdoctoral Fellow (Project No. 26-21764O), entitled "Macro-eco-evolutionary crossroads: unveiling the relationship between species’ traits, climate variation, and speciation rates."
Postdoctoral Researcher
January 2024 - July 2026
Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Researcher at the project STANDARD – Diversity dynamics across scales (PI Antonin Machac)
Postdoctoral Researcher
October 2023 - June 2025
Charles University, Czech Republic
Researcher at the project EXPRO – The equilibrium theory of biodiversity dynamics – macroecological perspective (PI David Storch)
Visiting PhD Student
September 2021 - August 2022
Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape (WSL), Switzerland
Research theme: Accelerated body size evolution in upland environments drives recent speciation in South American freshwater fishes (PI Catherine Graham)
Postgraduate Student Researcher
March 2017 - July 2023
Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil
Research related to my MSc and PhD studies
Education
PhD - Animal Biodiversity
March 2019 - July 2023
Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil
PhD theme: The role of evolutionary and ecological processes in species diversity and coloration patterns (PI Cristian Dambros)
MSc - Animal Biodiversity
March 2017 - February 2019
Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil
MSc theme: Effects of productivity on speciation-extinction dynamics drive the latitudinal diversity gradient of South American small mammals (PI Cristian Dambros)
BSc - Biological Sciences
March 2013 - February 2017
Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil
BSc theme: Adaptive evolution of facial coloration patterns in didelphid marsupials (PI Nilton Cáceres)
Grants & Fellowships
Postdoctoral Individual Fellowship
August 2026 - July 2029
Czech Science Foundation (GAČR), Czech Republic
Individual postdoctoral fellowship awarded by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) to support independent research at the intersection of species traits, climate variation, and diversification dynamics.
Outgoing phase: Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland, hosted by Prof. Catherine Graham. Return phase: Center for Theoretical Study (CTS), Czech Republic, hosted by Prof. David Storch.
Sandwich PhD Fellowship
September 2021 - August 2022
CAPES, Brazil — Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland
Competitive international fellowship awarded by the Brazilian federal agency CAPES to support doctoral research abroad. The fellowship enabled a research stay at WSL, Switzerland, hosted by Prof. Catherine Graham.
PhD Scholarship
February 2019 - July 2023
CAPES, Brazil — Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil
Nationally competitive doctoral scholarship awarded based on academic ranking, supporting PhD studies in Animal Biodiversity.
MSc Scholarship
March 2017 - February 2019
CAPES, Brazil — Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil
Nationally competitive master's scholarship awarded based on academic ranking, supporting graduate studies in Animal Biodiversity.
BSc Research Scholarship
March 2014 - February 2016
FAPERGS/PROBIC and CNPq/PIBIC, Brazil — Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil
Undergraduate research scholarships supporting early-stage scientific training and the development of research projects during my Bachelor's degree.