I am a researcher at the Mammal Biology and Parasitology research group, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC/FIOCRUZ), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our research group focuses on understanding the effects of wildlife loss and human disturbance on community structure, ecosystem function and human health across spatial and temporal scales. Our research lies at the intersection of community and ecosystem ecology, evolutionary biology, epidemiology and conservation biology.


"To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality."
(bell hooks)