Thallasseus maximus, Isla de San Andrés, Colombia, January 2016
Doctoral students
Andres Rojas (Started Fall 2018: Co-advised by Paulo Guimarães; Universidade de São Paulo) TBA Gabriel Macedo (Started Fall 2017: Co-advised by Cibele Biondo; Universidade Federal do ABC) "The evolution of sexual dimorphism in antbirds (Aves, Thamnophilidae): patterns and processes" Sergio Bolívar (Started Fall 2015; Co-advised by L. F. Silveira; Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo) "Comparative phylogeography of passerine birds with circum-Amazonian distribution" Fernanda Bocalini (Started Fall 2015; Co-advised by L. F. Silveira; Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo) "Biogeography of birds in the Pernambuco center of endemism" Ariane Gouvêa (Started Fall 2014; Co-advised by L. F. Silveira; Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo) "Taxonomy and biogeography of Rynchops niger (Rynchopidae) and Phaetusa simplex (Sternidae) (Aves: Charadriiformes): using morphology and molecular markers to investigate the role of rivers in the evolution and migration of waterbirds"
Masters students
Renata Beco (Started Summer 2016; Co-advised by L. F. Silveira; Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo) "Evolution of visual and acoustic signals in the antwrens of the tribe Formicivorini (Aves, Thamnophilidae)"
Alumni
Diego Cueva (2015–2018; MSc. Universidade de São Paulo) "Molecular phylogeny of the genusThraupisand species limits of the T. episcopus - sayaca complex" Cristiane Apolinário (2015–2017; MSc. Universidade de São Paulo) "Phylogeography of the Pionus maximilianispecies complex" Eamon Corbett (2016–2017; BSc. Harvard University) – Now PhD student at Louisiana State University "Phylogeography of the Rufous-fronted Thornbird (Phacellodomus rufifrons), with implications for South American dry forest biogeography."
