People
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr. Diogo B. Provete
Assistant Professor (Tenured) · Head of Lab
Diogo obtained his Bachelor’s in Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL) in 2006, his Master’s in Animal Biology at the São Paulo State University (UNESP) in 2010, and his PhD in Ecology and Evolution from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) in 2015. He then spent six months as a guest post-doctoral fellow at the Antonelli lab (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and eight months as a FAPESP post-doctoral fellow at the Federal University of São Carlos at Sorocaba in the lab of Fernando R. Silva. He joined the Institute of Biosciences of UFMS in September 2017.
Current members
Ana Paula Andreazzi
PhD student · Biologia Animal
How the Urban Heat Island is changing phenotypic traits and honey biochemistry of stingless bees.
Daiene L. Hokama Sousa
PhD student · Ecologia e Conservação
Ecoacoustics and CNN-based species recognition for Pantanal frog metacommunities.
Bruna M. P. Campos
Master’s student · Biologia Animal
Macroecological responses of multiple biodiversity facets of frogs to urbanisation in the Atlantic Forest.
João Victor Santos Barros
Undergrad researcher
Thermal adaptation in stingless bees (CNPq fellowship, 2026).
Interested in joining the lab? Read about opportunities to do research with us.
Past members and co-advised students
Dr. Marcos R. Severgnini
Former PhD · Ecologia e Conservação
Eco-evolutionary dynamics shaping frog phenotypic and life-history traits along urban gradients.
Now: Substitute professor at UEMS
Leandro B. Menezes
Former Master’s student · Ecologia e Conservação
Intra- vs. interspecific phenotypic variation of frogs along urban gradients.
Now: PhD student at UFG
Dr. Matheus T. Moroti
Former PhD · Ecologia e Conservação
Evolutionary and ecological drivers of vertebrate diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
Now: FAPESP postdoctoral fellow at UNICAMP
Dr. Adriana C. Acero-Murcia
Former PhD · Ecologia e Conservação
Ecomorphology of bat communities in the Bodoquena Plateau using geometric morphometrics.
Dr. Philip T. Soares
Former PhD · Ecologia e Conservação
How multiple threats (Bd, invasive species) influence distribution patterns of Neotropical frogs.
Gabriel Tirintan
Former Master’s student · Ecologia e Conservação
Macroecology of urban bird diversity in Brazil using citizen-science data (iNaturalist, eBird).
Now: Environmental consultant
Pedro Abi-Rezik Barros Vianna
Former co-advised Master’s student · Biologia Animal
Geographic variation in morphological traits and fitness surface of the snake Dipsas turgida.
Now: High-school teacher
Daniel Din Negri
Former undergraduate
Tadpole community structure at Parque Natural Municipal Nascentes de Paranapiacaba (SP).
Now: Environmental consultant
Gabriela B. Leite
Former undergraduate
Comparative testis morphology in Neotropical anurans.
Now: Clinical research coordinator
Laura Bonin
Former undergraduate
Evolution of echolocation in bats worldwide using phylogenetic comparative methods.
