Principal Investigators
André Freitas
I’m the leader of LABBOR – the Butterfly Lab at University of Campinas.
In the PHMA, I coordinate the Brazilian team, and contribute with natural history information and occurence data of the target butterflies.
baku@unicamp.br
Pável Matos-Maraví
I’m in charge of the Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Phylogenetics at Biology Centre CAS in Czechia.
As one of the PI in the PHMA, I’m responsible for coordinating the Czech team and lead the genomic analyses.
pavel.matos@entu.cas.cz
Brazilian team
Jessie Pereira dos Santos
I’m a PhD in Ecology interested in macroecology, distribution patterns and phylogenetic structure of Nymphalidae butterflies.
In the PHMA, I’ll contribute with occurence data and biogeography analyses.
jessiepereira@gmail.com
Junia Yasmin Oliveira Carreira
I hold a PhD on Ecology, and I’m mostly interested in temporal ecology and seasonality of tropical butterflies.
In the PHMA, I’m responsible for the public outreach and science communicatation, as well as fieldwork and curating butterfly data.
juniayoc@gmail.com
Luiza de Moraes Magaldi
I’m a PhD with expertise in phylogeography and population genetics of butterflies from Neotropical highlands.
In the PHMA, I’m envolved in the genetic and genomic questions about the Atlantic Forest butterflies.
luiza.magaldi@gmail.com
Patrícia Avelino Machado
I’m currently a PhD student at Labbor. I’m interested in Heliconius phylogeography.
I’m responsible for obtaining and curating the genetic data of the Atlantic Forest butterflies included in the PHMA.
patyavelino95@gmail.com
Patrícia Eyng Gueratto
I’m a PhD student at LABBOR, interested in biogeography of butterflies.
I’ll contribute to the PHMA with my expertise in biogeography and getting envolved in the fieldwork.
patyegueratto@gmail.com
Ricardo Russo Siewert
I’m a postdoc at LABBOR, interested in taxonomy, systematics and evolution of skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae).
My expertise in Hesperiidae butterflies will help out in understanding the patterns emerging from the PHMA results.
ricardo.siewert@gmail.com
Simeão de Souza Moraes
I’m a PhD with expertise in systematics and taxonomy of Erebidae, Castniidae and Geometridae moths.
As the moth specialist in the PHMA, I’ll carry out nocturnal samplings and moth collection curation, providing occurence data for the nocturnal Lepidoptera included in the project.
simeao_moraes@yahoo.com.br
Czech team
Mar Repullés
I’m a PhD student at the Biology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences in Czechia.
I’ll be the main responsible for the phylogenetic and genomic analyses in the PHMA.
marepulles@gmail.com
Associated researchers
Karina Lucas Silva-Brandão
I’m the Lepidoptera curator at the Museum of Nature Hamburg, in Germany.
I’ll contribute to the PHMA with biological information from the Museum of Nature Hamburg collection and to the genetics and genomics data and analyses.
K.Brandao@leibniz-lib.de