Projects
Current projects
Research Project
2025
University of Turku
Turku - Finland
CLAMBIO - Assessing the effects of past and future climate change on Amazonian biodiversity
In this project, the objective is clarify how the ongoing climate change may affect the viability of Amazonian plant and animal species, and which Amazonian regions and habitat types are most vulnerable to the combined effects of climate change, deforestation and fire.
Postdoctoral research
2024 - Present
University of Turku
Turku - Finland
EVOAMAZ - Evolution of landscapes, rivers and biota in Amazonia
In this project, the objective is integrate landscape history and environmental heterogeneity to derive explicit biogeographical hypotheses, and test these by analysing the spatial distributions and genetic structures of several terrestrial and aquatic organism groups in parallel.
Previous research projects
Research Project
2022 - 2024
ITV/Vale
Belém - PA - Brazil
Natural capital of the forests in the Carajás forest and surroundings
In this project, the objective is to assess the natural capital based on the biodiversity of the Carajás National Forest to subsidize sustainability programs for the region, taking into account selected plant and animal species and their interactions, carbon stock, water resources and regulation of changes regional climate.
Postdoctoral research
2022
ITV/Vale
Belém - PA - Brazil
Effects of global change on Amazonian Forest ecossystem services
In this project I ask to what extent global change, in the form of deforestation and climate change, may affect ecosystem services in Amazonia. I quantify tree species richness and composition by using species distribution modelling for a historical (1970-2000), modern 2018 and projected 2050 governance and business as usual scenarios. Finally, I estimate the effects of global change on ecosystem services values based on (COSTANZA et al., 2014), focusing on tree related services.
Postdoctoral research
2020 - 2021
ITV/Vale and UFPA
Belém - PA - Brazil
Quantification of the climate change effects over Amazonian tree flora according the Paris Agreement
In this project I aimed to quantify the effects of climate change of all know Amazonian tree species according the goal set by the Paris Agreement of holding global warming below 2° C (and preferably limiting it even further to 1.5° C) above pre-industrial levels during 21th century, in order to assess whether this goal can safeguard the conservation of Amazonian tree diversity. In addition, I will quantify the effects of excluding global warming limiting (possibly reaching 4° C).
Doctoral research
2018
UFPA and Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Belém - PA - Brazil and Leiden - Netherlands
Impacts of climate change and deforestation on Amazonian tree flora
This project addressed some of the knowledge gaps on impacts of global change on Amazonian tree species, comparing methods of estimating richness and distribution of species of the Amazonian rainforest at different time scales. The project was an interdisciplinary research that related aspects of different scientific areas to understanding the consequences of the two main threats to Amazonian biodiversity attributed to climate change and deforestation.
Barcoding Caxiuanã
2017
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Belém - PA - Brazil
Amazonian tree species barcoding
The goal of this project was to apply the "DNA barcoding" to all the morpho-species of permanent plots of the terra firme forest in the Caxiuanã Scientific Station (17 hectares) and in the Herbário MG, of the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, located in the state of Pará - Brazil. With this new technique, most species of the ATDN Network bank can be identified, and even in the absence of a name in current use, there may be a comparison between the plots. In addition, the genetic information obtained can be used to build models on the evolutionary history of the Amazonia.