MANAGEMENT
PhD in Geology | Tenured Professor
Aline Marcele Ghilardi
Bachelor in Biological Sciences and Master in Ecology and Natural Resources from UFSCar, PhD in Geosciences in 2015 from UFRJ and professor of Paleontology and Geology at UFPE between 2016 and 2017. She is currenly tenured professor at the Department of Geology (UFRN) and associate researcher at both the Natural History Society of Torres Vedras (SHN-Portugal), and the Paleoecology and Paleoichnology Laboratory (LPP-UFSCar). She is chief researcher here at DINO lab (UFRN), developing projects about dinosaur tracks and fossilized tissues.
Doctor of Sciences
Tito Aureliano
Bachelor in Geology from UFPE, Master and DSc in Sciences from Unicamp. Currently, he is part of the DINOlab team as a researcher. He is also associate researcher at LPP (UFSCar), Geosciences Institute (IGe-Unicamp) and SHN-Portugal. The focus of his research is petrography and paleohistology, as well as morphology of fossil dinosaurs and other tetrapods.
GRADUATE RESEARCHERS
PhD student in Sciences
Gabriel Leandro Gomes
Scientific illustrator, Bacharel in Biological Sciences from UNEB/DEDC. He develops research in comparative and descriptive anatomy (macro and microarchitecture) and bioaccumulation, with an emphasis on the skeletal system of odontocete cetaceans. He has experience with rescue and rehabilitation of marine fauna (dolphins, whales and manatees). Creator of the scientific dissemination profile on marine mammals "Cachalote Peregrino" (@pilgrimcetus_) on social media. He is a researcher at the Amares Institute, developing activities aimed at conserving the marine fauna of the Equatorial Amazon Coast of Maranhão. He is also part of the team at the Environmental and Experimental Pathology Laboratory at Hospital das Clínicas (LPAE-LIM05/HC-FMUSP).
PhD student in Ecology and Natural Resources
Ludimilla Reis, ME
Bachelor in Biological Sciences from the IFSULDEMINAS with a sandwich period from the National University of Piura (UNP) in Peru. Master in Ecology and Natural Resources UFSCar, where she is currently a PhD student at LPP-UFSCar with an emphasis in analysis of predatory traits and environmental interpretations. She also teaches highschool Science and Spanish for Elementary II at Colégio Pio XII.
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PhD student in Earth Sciences
Zarah Gomes, ME
Technician in Geology Technology trained at IFRN. Bachelor in Ecology from UFRN. Master in Earth Sciences, with a focus in Geodynamics from PPGG-UFRN, where she is currently a PhD student researching description and redescription of sauropod dinosaur footprints in the Sousa Basin, Northeast Brazil.
PhD student in Systematics and Evolution
Ana Clara Fonseca de Paiva, ME
Bachelor in Biological Sciences from UFRN and from UERJ. She collaborates in activities of the Paleontology Sector of the Câmara Cascudo Museum (MCC/UFRN) since 2018 and currently also with the Educational and Cultural Action Sector of the same institution. Her research focus is paleobiology, paleoecology and paleopathology of fossil mammals from the Quaternary period.
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PhD student in Systematics and Evolution
Elaine Cristina Rodrigues do Nascimento
Bachelor in Aquacultural Engineering from UFRN. Specialist in New Technologies of Distance Teaching and Learning from Faculdade Educacional da Lapa (2016). Master in Environment and Development (PRODEMA-UFRN) (2019). She is currently a PhD student of the Systematics and Evolution postgraduate program (PPGSE-UFRN) focusing in Paleomycology, and also works as administrative technician at UFRN.
PhD student in Biological Sciences
Masinissa Rasaona
Bachelor in Geosciences and Master in Vertebrate Paleontology from the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Currently PhD student in Biological Sciences at Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA) researching Archosauromorpha from the Triassic period.
MSc student in Earth Sciences
Virginia Silva Maciel
Technician in Environmental Management trained at IFRN and Bachelor in Ecology at UFRN (2022). Masters degree student in Geodynamics at PPGG-UFRN. Currently reseaching aspects of paleoautoecology and physiology of Smilodon populator.
MSc student in Earth Sciences
Marciana Leandro de Lima
Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (2022). He has been a member of the paleontology laboratory at Museu Câmara Cascudo since 2019, where he contributes to the identification of plant fossils from the Potiguar Basin and to the extension project "Ciência Andante". She is currently a postgraduate student in Geoscience Teaching at the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte and works as a collaborator in educational activities at the Câmara Cascudo Museum. Study emphasis: Geosciences, paleobotany, paleoecology, environmental, heritage and museum education
MSc student in Earth Sciences
Rebecca Erickson
Bachelor in Biology Education (UFRN, 2024)/ Bachelor in Visual Arts Education (UFRN, 2015), and Cert. H.E. in Fine Arts at the University of Derby, United Kingdom. Currently a masters degree student studying Geodynamics at PPGG, focusing in Paleoichnology of the Rio do Peixe Basin in Paraíba.
MSc student in Earth Sciences
Lívia Pacifico Silva
Bachelor in Biological Sciences from the Centro Universitário do Leste de Minas Gerais (UNILESTE). Masters degree student at PPGG-UFRN.
MSc student in Systematics and Evolution
Felipe Eduardo Freire de Melo
Bachelor in Biology Education from UFRN. Masters degree student in PPGSE focusing in fossil plants.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
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Undergraduate in Biology
Vítor Porpino Gomes Costa
Bachelor in Laws (UFRN-2022), and currently pursuing a second undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences. Interested in systematics, evolution and paleontology of vertebrates, with a focus on actinopterygian fish.
Undergraduate in Biology
Cledston Matheus Andrade Macário
Undergraduate student of Biological Science at UFRN. Currently also a member of the Adalberto Antônio Varella-Freire Entomological Collection (DMP-UFRN), focusing on fossil insects from the Araripe Basin.
Undergraduate student of Biology
Matheus Pinheiro dos Santos da Rocha
Undergraduate student of Biological Sciences from UFRN. Member of the Paleontology Laboratory at Museu Câmara Cascudo (MCC) since 2019, where he contributes to the description, organization and maintenance of fossils from the vertebrate collection of the Potiguar Basin and in the extension project "Ciência Andante". In MCC he does mediation and educational activities in the Educational and Cultural Action Sector. At Dinolab, he carries out research in the areas of paleobiology. morphology and systematics.
Undergraduate in Biology
Pedro Fernandez Guedes
Undergraduate in Biological Sciences (UFRN). He is interested in vertebrate paleontology, with a focus on Taphonomy and Paleoichnology.
Undergraduate of Geophysics
Alexander Costa de Oliveira
Undergraduate student of Geophysics (UFRN), interested in applying geophysical methods to paleontology, such as ground penetrating radar.
FORMER MEMBERS
MSc student in Mathematics Education
Patrick Godoi
Bachelor in Natural Sciences and Mathematics Education from the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT). Master in Natural Sciences and Mathematics Education from the Postgraduate Program in Teaching Natural Sciences and Mathematics at UFMT. Acted as substitute professor at UFMT, and basic education teacher or Mathematics.
MSc student in Geopaleontological Heritage
Juan Henrique Bueno Xavier
Bachelor in Biological Sciences from UFRN (2021). Master's student in Geosciences: Geopaleontological Heritage at the National Museum (UFRJ). Researching echinodermata evolution, trace fossils and paleoecology.