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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). 

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CURRENT EVENTS

(Updated March 2024)

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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)

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Online curse “Statistical Phylogeography and
Environmental Adaptation", Brazil - 2023
Organized by Prof. Fernanda P. Werneck

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Online curse “Filogeografia 2022", Uruguai - 2022
Organized by Prof. Arley Camargo

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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. 

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I Encontro do PPG-CFT

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)

Manaus, Brazil

Coming soon...

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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. (UNDER REVIEW).

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. (UNDER REVIEW)

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