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Dr. Renata M. Pirani (she/her)
Herpetologist, Evolutionary Biologist, current working with Macroevolution patterns, Nature Explorer, and an outdoor sports person.
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I am an evolutionary biologist interested in how historical and evolutionary processes generated the high Neotropical biodiversity of amphibians and reptiles (species and population level). I am currently a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
CURRENT EVENTS
(Updated March 2024)
Reception to honor the ORCA/IAC Chancellors Postdoctoral Fellows and the UCLA recipients of the Racial and Social Justice (RSJ) and Latinx Studies Seed (LSS) Grants (jan/2024)
Online curse “Statistical Phylogeography and
Environmental Adaptation", Brazil - 2023
Organized by Prof. Fernanda P. Werneck
Online curse “Filogeografia 2022", Uruguai - 2022
Organized by Prof. Arley Camargo
Online curse “Statistical Phylogeography and
Environmental Adaptation", Brazil - 2021
Organized by Prof. Fernanda P. Werneck
Documentary Expedition
Raposa Serra do Sol
National Park Monte Roraima
Trailer Documentary "Expedição Científica do IcmBio Raposa Serra do Sol" at the Indigenous land Raposa Serra do Sol, Roraima state, Brazil - Amazonia 2019.
I Encontro do PPG-CFT
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Manaus, Brazil
Coming soon...
The genetic basis of a colorful signal: the polymorphic dewlap of the slender anole (Anolis apletophallus).
PIRANI, R. M., ARIAS, C., CURLIS, J. D., NICHOLSON, D. J., STAPLEY, VARGAS, M., MCMILLAN, W. O., COX, C. L., LOGAN, M. L. (SUBMITTED).
Local adaptation and vulnerability to climate change in a widespread Amazonian Forest lizard.
YVES, A., AZEVEDO, J.A.R., PIRANI, R.M. & WERNECK, F.P. (SUBMITTED)
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