Carolina Carvalho holds a PhD in Ecology and Biodiversity from São Paulo State University (UNESP), a master’s degree in Ecology and Evolution from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), and a degree in Biological Sciences from UNESP. As a researcher at ITV DS, she investigates how landscape structure, human activities, and intraspecific variation influence ecological processes such as pollination and seed dispersal. Carvalho uses barcoding, metabarcoding, geotechnologies, and statistical methods to monitor species and understand ecological interactions.
She was an intern at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and at the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO) in Portugal.

Amanda Vidal holds a PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), a master’s degree from the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), and a degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Oncology and Medical Sciences from UFPA and ITV DS. As a researcher at ITV DS in the area of Environmental Genomics, she works with an emphasis on transcriptomics, regulatory networks, and the use of second and third generation sequencing platforms.

Sibelle Vilaça holds a PhD in Evolutionary and Environmental Biology from the Università di Ferrara, Italy, and a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Genetics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). As a researcher at ITV DS since 2023, she has been working on evolutionary genetics, genomics, microbiomes, environmental DNA, and conservation of endangered species.
She has been a fellow in international programs such as Alexander von Humboldt in Germany, NSERC in Canada and Marie Sklodowska-Curie in Italy.

Cecílio Caldeira holds a PhD in Integrative Plant Biology from the Université de Montpellier/SupAgro (2013), a master’s degree in Plant Physiology from the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), and is an agronomist from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). As a researcher at ITV DS, he has experience in plant physiology and nutrition, large-scale phenotyping, analysis of large databases, and transcriptomics. He co-supervises students in Brazil and France.

Alexandre Aleixo holds a PhD in Zoology from Louisiana State University, a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), and a livre-docência (habilitation) in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Helsinki. He teaches in graduate programs at the Emílio Goeldi Museum of Pará (MPEG) and the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). As a leader of the Environmental Genomics group at ITV DS, he works in zoology and animal genetics, with an emphasis on biogeography, evolution, molecular systematics, and taxonomy of Neotropical vertebrates, and has published more than 350 scientific papers.