I am a professor at the Zoology Department of Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). I am interested in sexual selection aspects of Atlantic Forest bird species, such as the Swallow-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata), and migratory species living in south Brazil, such as the Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina).

In 2020-2021, I was a Technical Collaborator at the Zoology Department at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) working in research projects to expand our research network on sexual selection and bird behavior across institutions.

​

I graduated in Biological Sciences at the Universidade Federal de São Carlos and got a Masters’ degree in Ecology in the Bird Ecology and Conservation Lab at Universidade de Brasília (UnB), advised by Dr. Miguel Marini. During my Masters', I have studied the cooperative breeding system of the White-banded Tanager (Neothraupis fasciata).

In 2009, I became a member of Dr. Regina Macedo’s Animal Behavior Lab at UnB as a PhD student in Ecology. In my thesis, I investigated the mating system of Blue-black Grassquit, a Neotropical socially monogamous bird with a cryptic polyandrous sexual system. We sought to understand how sexual selection influences the social and sexual (genetic) mating behavior in this species. During this period, we ran paternity molecular analyzes in the Molecular Ecology Lab at the University of St Andrews under supervision of Prof. Dr. Jeff Graves. I also visited Dr. Jeff Podos’ lab at University of Massachusetts in Amherst to analyze videos and sound recordings of the Blue-black Grassquit. After my PhD, I spent six months at Regina’s lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow.

André C. Guaraldo

I am a professor at the Zoology Department at UFPR since 2022 (between 2019 and 2022, professor at the Department of Zoology of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora). I am a biologist graduated at UNESP Rio Claro, where I gained experience with reproduction, migration and ecology of birds (thanks to my friend Carlos Otávio Araújo Gussoni), as well as frugivory and seed dispersal. I have a PhD in Ecology from the University of Brasilia (UnB). In 2014 I developed a postdoctoral project (PDJ) in the laboratory of Dr. Regina Macedo (UnB) and between the late 2014 and early 2019 I was a postdoctoral fellow (PNPD) in PPG Ecology and Conservation at UFPR. 

 In Ornithology, I have experience with traditional techniques (e.g.: observations, captures, acoustic and visual censuses of populations, ring marking, nest monitoring, biological sample collection, taxidermy) and the use of more specific methods and more recent technologies (e.g.: stable isotope analysis and use of geolocators). I have fluency in sampling and experimental design and linear and circular univariate data analysis.

Rafael de Oliveira Fratoni 
PPG Ecologia e Conservação UFPR
Project: "Display consistency in lekking birds: the role of signal complexity, relatedness and social interactions"
Advisor: Lilian Manica

Victor Aguiar de Souza Penha
PPG Ecologia e Conservação UFPR
Project: How do host-parasite interaction and stress condition explain bird plumage coloration?
Advisor: Lilian Manica

Paulo Sérgio Pereira de Amorim
PPG Biodiversidade e Conservação da Natureza UFJF
Project: Effects of neighbor-stranger discrimination on the life-history of the Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus)
Advisor: André Guaraldo

Master students

Victor André Rodrigues
PPG Biodiversidade e Conservação da Natureza UFJF
Project: Validating citizen science platforms for the study of altitudinal bird migration
Advisor: André Guaraldo

Lucas Nascimento Morgado
PPG Biodiversidade e Conservação da Natureza UFJF
Project: High Frequency Vocalizations and Acoustic Niche in Hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae)
Advisor: André Guaraldo

Gabriela Monique de Oliveira
PPG Biodiversidade e Conservação da Natureza UFJF
Project: The impact of feeders on flower visitation by hummingbirds in a conservation area
Advisor: André Guaraldo

Pedro Henrique Lima Ribeiro
PPG Zoologia
Project: "The Swallow-tailed Manakin display and relationship with environmental and social contexts"

Susana Aguilar Mugica 
PPG Zoologia
Title: "Dinámica espacio temporal de la comunidad de aves acuáticas, influencia de la estructura del paisaje y efectos del cambio climático, en función de la conectividad de humedales costeros del sur de Cuba"

Sarah Pereira Barros (co-advisored)
PPG Ecologia e Conservação UNEMAT
Advisor: Fabricius M. C. B. Domingos

Larissa Gomes de Jesus
Biological Sciences - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Project: Lateralization in the visual system of the Swallow-tailed Manakin in context of the courtship display

Bárbara Stefânea da Silva
Biological Sciences - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Project: Geographic variation in the Green-backed Trogon (Trogon viridis) song