Theses in Progress

Updated on October 10th 2025

1. Amanda Batista da Silva Oliveira. Functional structure of ant assemblages associated with sandy ecosystems in the Amazon. Start: 2019. Thesis (Doctorate in ZOOLOGY) - Federal University of Amazonas, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. Advisor: Fabrício Beggiato Baccaro.

2. Ana Cristina da Silva Utta. Effects of habitat fragmentation on taxonomic and functional diversity of ground and vegetation ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Brazilian Amazon Forest. Start: 2019. Thesis (Doctorate in Biology (Ecology)) - National Institute of Amazonian Research, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. Advisor: Fabrício Beggiato Baccaro.

3. Diego Rodrigues Guilherme. Phylogenetic and functional patterns as models to understand species coexistence and evaluation of trait-environment relationships with laboratory experiments in ground ant assemblages. Start: 2019. Thesis (Doctorate in Biology (Ecology)) - National Institute of Amazonian Research, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Advisor: Elizabeth Franklin Chilson.

4. Franciele Cristina de Souza. Symbiotic relationship and parasitism in tadpoles of four species of anuran amphibians in Central Amazonia. Start: 2020. Thesis (Doctorate in ZOOLOGY) - Federal University of Amazonas, Amazonas State Research Support Foundation. Advisor: Igor Luis Kaefer.

5. Gabriela Farias Maia. Evolutionary diversification and species boundaries of Allobates (Anura: Aromobatidae) in the Amazon: An integrative approach. Start: 2017. Thesis (Doctorate in Biology (Ecology)) - National Institute of Amazonian Research, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. Advisor: Igor Luis Kaefer.

6. Grace Anne Coelho Ferreira. Temporal-functional dynamics of the floral visitor interaction network of camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia McVaugh) and economic valuation of pollination. Start: 2020. Thesis (Doctorate in Biology (Ecology)) - National Institute of Amazonian Research, Amazonas State Research Support Foundation. Advisor: Juliana Hipólito de Sousa.

7. Guilherme Alves Marques. Phylogeny and taxonomy of Pseudophilothrips JOHANSEN, 1979 and Liothrips UZEL, 1895 from the Neotropical region (THYSANOPTERA: PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE, PHLAEOTHRIPINAE). Start: 2018. Thesis (Doctorate in Biological Sciences (Entomology)) - National Institute of Amazonian Research, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Advisor: Elizabeth Franklin Chilson.

8. Guilherme de Azambuja. Determination of the biological response of tadpoles of the genus Leptodactylus in the presence of the insecticide acephate at different temperatures. Start: 2021. Thesis (Doctorate in ZOOLOGY) - Federal University of Amazonas, Amazonas State Research Support Foundation. Advisor: Igor Luis Kaefer.

9. Izaías Brasil da Silva. Effect of fire on diversity, structure and dynamics in forests in southwestern Amazonia. Start: 2020. Thesis (Doctorate in Biodiversity and Biotechnology) - Federal University of Acre. Advisor: Marcos Silveira.

10. Lana Pavão Candelária. Environmental factors that influence the ecological processes of small Neotropical rodents. Start: 2018. Thesis (Doctorate in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation) - Federal University of Mato Grosso, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. Advisor: Domingos de Jesus Rodrigues.

11. Lucas Barbosa Souza Tameirão. Ecological strategies associated with seasonality patterns of leaf phenology in trees of Central Amazonia. Start: 2019. Thesis (Doctorate in Biology (Ecology)) - National Institute of Amazonian Research, Amazonas State Research Support Foundation. Advisor: Juliana Schietti de Almeida.

12. Marcelle São Pedro Abdiel de Souza. Relationship between vertical structure and species diversity in forests of Central Amazonia. Start: 2019. Thesis (Doctorate in Tropical Forest Sciences) - National Institute of Amazonian Research, Amazonas State Research Support Foundation. Advisor: Juliana Schietti de Almeida.

13. Marcos Penhacek. Species richness pattern of anuran amphibians in the State of Mato Grosso: subsidies for conservation. Start: 2020. Thesis (Doctorate in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation) - Federal University of Mato Grosso, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. Advisor: Domingos de Jesus Rodrigues.

14. Natália Medeiros Vicente. Unveiling dominance patterns in secondary forests of the Amazon. Start: 2020. Thesis (Doctorate in Biology (Ecology)) - National Institute of Amazonian Research, Amazonas State Research Support Foundation. Advisor: Juliana Schietti de Almeida.

15. Sulamita Marques Correia da Rocha. Issues involving multiple colors: diet, foraging, sexual selection and art involving the polytypic frog Adelphobates galactonotus (Dendrobatidae). Start: 2019. Thesis (Doctorate in Graduate Program in Ecology - INPA) - National Institute of Amazonian Research - INPA/MCT, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Advisor: Albertina Pimentel Lima.

16. Taís Melo da Silva. Changes in the trophic dynamics of ichthyofauna in the Santo Antônio HPP reservoir on the Madeira River. Start: 2019. Thesis (Doctorate in PPG-BIONORTE) - Federal University of Rondônia Foundation. Advisor: Caroline Rodrigues da Costa Doria.

17. Talitha Ferreira dos Santos. Effect of periodic flooding on the diversity and interactions of ant assemblages associated with myrmecophytic plants in Central Amazonia. Start: 2019. Thesis (Doctorate in Zoology) - Federal University of Amazonas, Amazonas Research Support Foundation. Advisor: Fabrício Beggiato Baccaro.