Lecturer
College of Science and Engineering
I am an evolutionary biologist fascinated by behavioural ecology and sexual selection, and my research has mostly focused on insects and arachnids. I also have a great interest on the evolution of alternative reproductive tactics, male dimorphism and the evolution of phenotypic plasticity. I am a lecturer at Flinders University, and also hold an adjunct research fellow position at the University of Western Australia, where I did my PhD and held an ARC DECRA position until 2017.
2013 PhD in Evolutionary Biology; University of Western Australia
2008 MSc in Ecology; Campinas State University - Brazil
2005 Licentiate in Biological Sciences, Campinas State University - Brazil
2005 BSc in Biological Sciences, Campinas State University - Brazil
2022 Student Led Teaching Award (Flinders University)
2019 Vice Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Award (Macquarie University)
2019 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, awarded by Advance HE, UK
2015 Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Investigator Award (University of Western Australia)
2015 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (Australian Research Council)
2014 High Achieving Young Investigator (University of Western Australia)
2009–2012 PhD scholarships: International Postgraduate Research Scholarship
CFH & EH Jenkins Award, and IDP Student Mobility Scholarship
2006–2007 MSc research grant from CAPES (Brazilian tertiary education agency)
2003–2005 Undergraduate (honours) research grant from FAPESP (Brazil)
I am a member of the Inspire Program at Invertebrates Australia, a registered charity dedicated to the conservation of invertebrates.