Fern and Lycophyte Evolution Lab

I am currently an Associate Professor (Class C, Level 3) at the Federal University of Pernambuco, in Recife. I work in the areas of Evolution, Evolutionary Biogeography, and Integrative Systematics of plants, with an emphasis on ferns and lycophytes. I am accredited in the Postgraduate Program in Plant Biology at the Federal University of Pernambuco. I am the editor-in-chief of the journal Acta Botanica Brasilica and an area editor for the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.

He has experience in the field of Botany, with an emphasis on Cryptogam Taxonomy, working mainly on the following topics: pteridophytes, floristics, biogeography, ecology, and conservation. He is currently a Professor in the Postgraduate Program: PROFBIO - Professional Master's in Biology Teaching (CAV-UFPE) and Vice-Coordinator of the Distance Learning Biological Sciences Degree Course (CAV-UFPE).

Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, with a master's and doctorate in Plant Biology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Academic training focused on systematics, evolution, and biogeography of lycophytes and ferns, with an emphasis on the Gleicheniaceae family. He has experience in phylogenomics, molecular biology, cytogenetics, species distribution modeling, and biogeography. His research line involves exploring the diversity, evolution, and biogeography of vascular plants, especially within the context of lycophytes and ferns.

PhD in Botany from the University of Rostock (Germany). Bachelor's and Master's degrees from UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais). She specializes in Botany and Plant Ecology, focusing on functional ecology, biogeography, and vegetation conservation in inselbergs. She was a visiting researcher at national and international institutions and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UFMG (2019-2025). She is currently a researcher and professor at UFMG through the CNPq Talent Attraction Program and works as a Project Scientist at The Red List Project. She is a co-founder of the Primate's Papagaio Podcast, a science outreach initiative.

As a PhD student in Plant Biology at UFPE, my research focuses on the evolution of leaf dimorphism in ferns, using phylogenomic and morphological approaches. My main areas of interest include the study of multiple tools to understand complex evolutionary processes, as well as the systematics and taxonomy of ferns and lycophytes. I actively contribute to floristic and inventory studies, seeking to fill gaps in the knowledge of flora.

PhD student in the Postgraduate Program in Plant Biology (PPGBV) at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). My interests include plant physiology and anatomy. Additionally, my research seeks to understand morphological adaptations in ferns in response to climate change and contrasting environments.

PhD student in the Postgraduate Program in Plant Biology at the Federal University of Pernambuco (PPGBV-UFPE), working on the project titled "Investigating species complexes in the oldest lineage of vascular plants: insights into Phlegmariurus (Herter) Holub (Huperzioideae, Lycopodiaceae)."

With experience in the systematics of ferns and lycophytes. Reflora technical fellow (Database, digitization of the Botanical Collection) in 2016. DTI-C fellow of the Biodiversity Research Program in 2017. Master's in Biodiversity from the Federal University of Western Pará. PhD student in the Postgraduate Program in Biological Sciences (Botany) at the National Institute of Amazonian Research.

She has experience in Botany and Molecular Biology, with an emphasis on taxonomy, population genomics, and assembly of plant organellar genomes. She was a fellow of the Institutional Training Program (PCI) at the Emílio Goeldi Museum of Pará (2019-2021), working on the taxonomy of the genus Ouratea (Ochnaceae). She is currently a Technical Training IV-A fellow at the Vale Technological Institute and a PhD student in the Postgraduate Program in Plant Biology (UFPE), working in the areas of plant DNA barcode development and plastid genome assembly through next-generation sequencing (NGS), with an emphasis on the genus Selaginella for phylogenomic studies.

PhD student in Plant Biology, with interests in Evolution, Biogeography, and Ecology. He has research experience, having served as a PIBIC fellow in projects focused on plant catalogs for conservation and fern phylogeny. He collaborated as a technical support fellow at the INCT Virtual Herbarium of Flora and Fungi. Additionally, he has experience in laboratory monitoring and as a volunteer intern in Ecology and Biogeochemistry of Amazonian Ecosystems.

Currently a PhD student in the postgraduate program in Plant Biology at the Federal University of Pernambuco. She was a PIBIC fellow on the project "Phylogenomics, phenotypic and niche diversification in Neotropical ferns," with the work plan titled "Crossing the Atlantic: testing niche conservation in species of Amaropeulta occurring in South America and Africa" (2021 - 2022). Her interests are in the areas of Plant Biology with a focus on systematics and evolution of ferns.

MSc student in the Postgraduate Program in Plant Biology (PPGBV-UFPE), with a concentration in Systematics and Evolution. Currently, my research focuses on the systematics of Schizaeaceae, with phylogenomic and taxonomic studies, emphasizing Neotropical lineages. Additionally, I conduct research in genomic evolution, cytogenetics, and systematics, using integrative approaches in ferns and lycophytes. In parallel, I dedicate efforts to reducing knowledge gaps about the Neotropical pteridoflora through floristic, taxonomic, and biogeographic studies.

MSc student in the Postgraduate Program in Plant Biology at UFPE (PPGBV/UFPE), with experience from two scientific initiation projects in the areas of morphometrics and niche modeling with an evolutionary focus on the genus Microgramma. Her current research line seeks to understand the environmental factors that most contribute to the evolutionary convergence of different fern genera. She also contributes to other research in areas such as species delimitation using near-infrared spectroscopy, the evolution of the ecological niche of vascular plants, and the evolutionary convergence of morphology in different fern lineages.

Completed his undergraduate degree in Colombia, where he studied Andean ferns. He is currently studying the fern genus Megalastrum, its taxonomy, and the biogeographic processes that have modelled the distribution of its species in mountainous regions. David also has experience in palynological analysis of spores, inferential statistical analysis, and bioinformatics.

Environmental sciences student, currently an undergraduate research student at the Fern and Lycophyte Evolution Lab. She is interested in systematics, taxonomy, and species delimitation.

Bachelor's degree from the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA) at the Chapadinha Center for Sciences (CCCh) and a member of the Plant Systematics Laboratory, where she was a PIBIC/FAPEMA fellow from 2022-2024. She is currently a master's student in the Postgraduate Program in Environmental Sciences/UFMA and a Technological and Industrial Development (DTI-C) fellow for the subproject "Unveiling diversity: flora as support for scientific, social, and economic development in the Eastern Amazon" of the PPBio/CNPq Network Line 1: Eastern Amazon.

I am a PhD student in Biological Sciences in the Tropical Botany Postgraduate Program at the Emílio Goeldi Pará Museum (MPEG), in partnership with the Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA). My research focuses on understanding the effects of urbanization on epiphytic lycophyte and fern communities in the Belém Endemism Area (BEA). From this understanding, I aim to show whether or not endemic species of these floristic groups have changed their distribution throughout the Amazon. My main areas of interest include ecological analysis, modeling, floristics, and the taxonomy of ferns and lycophytes. I actively contribute to floristic and inventory studies, seeking to fill knowledge gaps about the flora of these groups in the Amazon.