TaxoN Lab

Associate Professor at UFRJ and affiliated with the Postgraduate Program in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (PPGBBE) at the Institute of Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

 

Currently, she is editor of Calcarea for the World Porifera Database (WPD - WoRMS), editor of Porifera for the scientific journal Zootaxa, a "Scientist of Our State" (FAPERJ), and a Research Productivity Fellow at CNPq (Level 1D).

 

Since 1986, she has been conducting research on marine sponges (phylum Porifera), with a primary focus on the class Calcarea. Her main research areas include Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Molecular Systematics, Ecology, and Cellular Biology of Porifera.

Postdoctoral fellow supported by the FAPERJ Nota 10 program and affiliated with the Postgraduate Program in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (PPGBBE) at the Institute of Biology (UFRJ).

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She conducts research on marine sponges from the classes Homoscleromorpha and Demospongiae (phylum Porifera), focusing primarily on the following topics: Taxonomy, Systematics, and Biogeography of Porifera.

PhD student at the Postgraduate Program in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (PPGBBE) at the Institute of Biology (UFRJ).

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Develops research with calcareous sponges (Class Calcarea, phylum Porifera), working mainly on the following topics: Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Molecular Systematics.

PhD student at the Postgraduate Program in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (PPGBBE) at the Institute of Biology (UFRJ).

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​Develops research with marine sponges (phylum Porifera), especially of the class Calcarea. His main areas of focus are: Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics, Population Genetics and Evolution of Porifera.

Undergraduate student in Biological Sciences, specializing in Zoology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

 

Participates in biodiversity, taxonomy, and phylogenetic analysis projects focusing on sponges of the class Calcarea. Currently working on the Taxonomy and Molecular Systematics of calcareous sponges from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil.

Master's student at the Postgraduate Program in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (PPGBBE) at the Institute of Biology (UFRJ).

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​Develops research with Antarctic marine sponges (phylum Porifera) of the class Calcarea, working on the following topics: Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics and Biogeography.

Undergraduate student in Biological Sciences - Licentiate degree at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

 

Participates in biodiversity, taxonomy, and phylogenetic analysis projects focusing on sponges of the class Calcarea. Currently working on the Integrative Taxonomy of calcareous sponges from the Lesser Antilles, Caribbean.

Undergraduate student in Biological Sciences, specializing in Marine Biology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

 

Participates in biodiversity, taxonomy, and phylogenetic analysis projects focusing on sponges of the class Calcarea. Currently working on the Ecology and Population Dynamics of Heteropia glomerosa (Porifera: Calcarea) on the Brazilian coast.

Undergraduate student in Biological Sciences, specializing in Marine Biology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

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Participates in biodiversity, taxonomy, and phylogenetic analysis projects focusing on sponges of the class Calcarea. Currently working on the Integrative Taxonomy of calcareous sponges from Madagascar.

Undergraduate student in Biological Sciences, specializing in Genetics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

 

Participates in biodiversity, taxonomy, and phylogenetic analysis projects focusing on sponges of the class Calcarea. Currently working on the diversity of calcareous sponges from the Caribbean and Australia.

Undergraduate student in Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

 

Participates in biodiversity, taxonomy, and phylogenetic analysis projects focusing on sponges of the class Calcarea.