Awards

Research

  • 2022 – High Impact Research Publications, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), Office of the Dean For Research. [More here.]
  • 2012 – E. Lucy Braun Award for Excellence in Ecology, ESA (outstanding student poster presentation at the 2011 ESA Annual Meeting in Austin, TX). [ESA 2012. Recipients of the 2012 Ecological Society of America Awards. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 93:282–293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/0012-9623-93.4.282]
  • 2007 – Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology and Conservation, ATBC (outstanding paper published in the journal Biotropica). [2007 Biotropica Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology and Conservation. BIOTROPICA 39(5): 668–669 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00349.x]
  • 2006 – Best Undergraduate Research Work, XXVI Brazilian Meeting of Zoology.

Scholarships and Grants

  • 2015 – Travel Grant, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS), University of Florida.
  • 2015 – Travel Grant, Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Program, University of Florida.
  • 2015 – Travel Grant, Graduate Student Coordination (GSC), University of Florida.
  • 2012-2013 – Doris Lowe and Earl and Verna Lowe Scholarship, University of Florida.
  • 2012 – Graduate Fellowship, Science Without Borders Program, Brazil.
  • 2012 – Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research Grant, American Philosophical Society.
  • 2012 – Travel Grant, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS), University of Florida.
  • 2012 – Travel Grant, Graduate Student Coordination (GSC), University of Florida.
  • 2012 – Travel Grant, Wildlife Graduate Students Association (WGSA), WEC-University of Florida.
  • 2011 – PSTC-Compton International Fellowship in Environment and Sustainability, Program for Studies in Tropical Conservation and the Compton Foundation.
  • 2009 – Scott Neotropical Fund Grant, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Cleveland Zoological Society.
  • 2009 – Field Research Grant, Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Program, University of Florida.
  • 2009 – Student Grant Program, Neotropical Grassland Conservancy.
  • 2008 – Research Assistantship, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida.
  • 2006 – Travel Grant, BDFFP-INPA Amazon Field Course, Brazil.
  • 2006 – Graduate Fellowship, CAPES, Brazil (2006-2008).
  • 2004 – Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Brazilian Council for Scientific Development (CNPq) (2004-2005).
  • 2003 – Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil (2003-2004).