Faculty
Faculty
Throughout the 2021-2024 quadrennial, the faculty of the PPGBC was composed of 18 professors, with 17 members from the Permanent Faculty and 1 collaborator faculty member. Of the Permanent Faculty, 8 are linked to the research line Knowledge of Biodiversity, 6 to the research line Use and Conservation of Biodiversity, and 4 to both research lines. Below, we list all the faculty members of the PPGBC, along with their area of study and a link to their Lattes Platform curriculum.
Starting from the first semester of 2025, two new permanent faculty members and three new collaborator faculty members will be incorporated into the PPGBC faculty. All faculty members will also undergo the reaccreditation process in March 2025.
Permanent Faculty
Prof. Dr. Daniel Costa Fortier
(UFPI, CAFS, Floriano, PI)
Geosciences, Paleontology, and Vertebrate Zoology
Prof. Dr. Edson Lourenço da Silva
(IFPI, Picos, PI)
Ecology and Parasitology of Mollusks
Instagram: @malacologiapiaui
Prof. Dr. Élison Fabricio Bezerra Lima
(UFPI, CAFS, Floriano, PI)
Systematics and Bioecology of Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera)
Prof. Dr. Etielle Barroso de Andrade
(IFPI, Pedro II, PI)
Taxonomy, Morphology, and Ecology of Anuran Amphibians and Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles
[Accredited from 2025]
Profa. Dra. Helena Carolina Onody
(UESPI, Corrente, PI)
Taxonomy and Ecology of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera)
Profa. Dra. Josenir Teixeira Câmara
(UFPI, CPCE, Bom Jesus, PI)
Diversity, Systematics, and Taxonomy of Insects (Diptera)
Prof. Dr. Júlio Fernando Vilela
(UFPI, CAFS, Floriano, PI)
Mammalogy, Cytogenetics, and Molecular Evolution
Prof. Dr. Leonardo Sousa Carvalho
(UFPI, CAFS, Floriano, PI)
Ecology, Systematics, and Biogeography of Arachnida
Instagram: @aracnopi
Sites: Aracno de Cavernas; AracnoUFPI
Prof. Dr. Lucas Ramos Costa Lima
(UESPI, Campo Maior, PI)
Systematics and Taxonomy of Aquatic Insects
Instagram: @nupeia_
Profa. Dra. Maria Regiane Araujo Soares
(UFPI, CAFS, Floriano, PI)
Biotechnology, Entomology, and Tropical Diseases
Prof. Dr. Mauro Sérgio Cruz Souza Lima
(UFPI, CAFS, Floriano, PI)
Biology, Ecology, and Natural History of Amphibians
Prof. Dr. Murilo Guimarães Rodrigues
(UFPI, CCN, Teresina, PI)
Animal Population Ecology and Population Statistical Modeling
Prof. Dr. Rafael de Oliveira Xavier
(UFPI, CCN, Teresina, PI)
Functional Ecology, Plant Ecology, Ecophysiology, Conservation, and Biological Invasions
[Accredited from 2025]
Collaborator Faculty
Prof. Dr. Antonio Robério Gomes Freire Filho
(UFPI, CCA, Teresina - PI)
Ecology, Behavior, Ethnozoology, and Conservation of Mammals
Instagram: @projetoguariba
[Accredited from 2025]
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Oliveira Silva
(UFMA, Codó - MA)
Morphology and Plant Taxonomy, Insect-Plant Interaction
[Accredited from 2025]
Profa. Dra. Nathália Fernandes Canassa
(UFPI, CAFS, Floriano - PI)
Ecology of Mammal Populations
[Accredited from 2025]
