Postdoctoral Research Scholar at University of Nevada, Reno & Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
Roles: Insect imaging and entomological biodiversity
Languages: Portuguese (native) / English / Spanish
Dr. Freire-Jr. is working on his postdoctoral research, investigating the impact of urbanization on the taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of fruit-feeding nymphalid butterflies. Throughout his career, Dr. Freire-Jr. has developed skills in sampling design, statistical analysis, and data visualization focused on insect diversity. His collaboration with the LimeLight team was fundamental in providing images of hundreds of moth species used for training the machine learning identification system.
Education Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Nevada, Reno - UNR, 2021-current. Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR, Brazil, 2021-2023. Universidade de Brasília - UnB, Brazil, 2024-current.Ph.D., Ecology, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil / University of Nevada, Reno - UNR, 2015.M.S., Zoology, Universidade de Brasília - UnB, Brazil, 2008-2010.B.S., Biology, Centro Universitário de Brasília - UNICEUB, Brazil, 2000-2005