Diego José Santana

Research Leader

Diego José Santana
I am a professor working in the Zoology lab at Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). I have a biology degree from Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras Santa Marcelina (FAFISM) in Muriae (MG), a Master's Degree in Animal Biology, from the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) in Viçosa (MG), and graduated with a Ph.D in Biological Sciences (Zoology) at Universidade Federal da Paraíba, in João Pessoa (PB). I used to be a post-doc working in the Laboratório de Anfíbios e Répteis at  the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, in Natal (RN).  I have experience in zoology with an emphasis in herpetology, mainly working with frogs, in themes such as natural history, systematics, phylogenetics and biogeography. I'am advising in postgraduate programs of "Animal Biology" and "Ecology and Conservation" at UFMS, and also in the "Animal Biology" at UNESP.

METAMORPHOSED
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​Associate Researches and ​Post-Docs

Sarah Mângia 🇧🇷 
Fundect/CNPq PDJ
Sarah work mainly with amphibian systematics and phylogeography. She also does sci-comm in her social media
Priscila Carvalho 🇧🇷 
FAPEC/UFMS/IMASUL​
Pri continue on the lab focusing her efforts to understand the evolution of water snakes in the tribe Hydropsini
Hugo Cabral 🇵🇾 
BECAL PY
Hugo will continue his studies with biogeography and systematics on Chacoan snakes

FROGLETS
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​Doctoral Students

Luciana Valério 🇧🇷 
​Biodiversity / IBILCE - UNESP
Luciana is evaluating the evolution and taxonomy of the skinks genus Manciola.
Sean Keuroghlian-Eaton 🇧🇷
Ecology and Conservation / UFMS
Sean focuses on assessing the impact of fire on anuran antagonistic ecological networks in the Pantanal region. His work involves evaluating food webs and parasitic networks.
Igor Leal Brito 🇧🇷 
Biochemistry / UFMS*
*(co-advised)
Igor works with neurobiochemistry and characterization of biological activity in samples of amphibian toxins.
Priscila do Nascimento Lopes 🇧🇷 
Ecology and Conservation / UFMS
Pri is researching the ecological impact of wildfires on amphibian populations and communities within the Pantanal.
Douglas Moore 🇧🇷​
​Biodiversity / IBILCE - UNESP
Douglas is studying the morphological evolution of the genus Dryophylax and the historical  biogeography of these snakes.
João Emílio Almeida Jr 🇧🇷 ​
​Ecology and Conservation / UFMS *
*(co-advised)
​Nuno is presently engaged in monitoring Pantanal caimans, with a primary focus on their ecology utilizing Passive Acoustic Monitoring techniques.
Leandro Avelar Oliveira 🇧🇷​
Animal Biology / UFMS
Leandro study the evolution and biogeography of torrent frogs (Hylodes), and how environmental factors have influenced their size

TADPOLES
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​Master's Students

Amanda Varago 🇧🇷
Animal Biology/UFMS
Amanda is working on Physalaemus centralis phylogeography, evaluating several aspects on its genetic  diversity
Álvaro Lima 🇧🇷
Ecology and Conservation/UFMS
Alvaro is evaluating how fires in the Pantanal affect lizard assemblages.
Cristopher Antúnez-Fonseca​ 🇭🇳 
Ecology and Conservation/UFMS
Christopher is studying the phylogeography of Rhinella scitula throughout its distribution in the Upper Paraguay Basin.
Kelvin Mori 🇧🇷
Animal Biology /UFMS
Kelvin is engaged in researching the evolutionary history and phylogeography of the snake Dryophylax chaquensis across its geographical range.
​Ryan Christopher Kridler 🇺🇸
Ecology and Conservation/UFMS
​Ryan’s research focuses on using bioacoustics to assess anuran community response and recovery from wildfires in the Pantanal.
Rafaela Machado 🇧🇷
​Ecology and Conservation/UFMS
Rafa is assessing the impact of distinct fire regimes in the Pantanal on the structure and dynamics of anuran food webs.
Kariny Suarez
Biodiversity / IBILCE - UNESP
Kariny is conducting a study on the Trachycephalus biogeography.  She will evaluate their diversification and geographic patterns.

EMBRYOS
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​Undergraduate Students

Lauany Serafim 🇧🇷 ​
Matheus Sthanley 🇧🇷 ​
Ana Alice Cabral 🇧🇷 
Jamille Portilho  🇧🇷
Gabriel Nantes 🇧🇷 ​
Caio Lucas 🇧🇷 ​
Varnuz Artur  🇧🇷 ​





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Diego José Santana