Team leader
Graduate students
Undergraduate students
Felipe Mezini Severino
BS: Environmental Science – Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil (2019)
Completed studies (MSc)
Daniela Mayumi Iano
BS: Biological Science – University of Santo Amaro, Brazil (2013)
MSc Thesis: Number of eggs per seed and population stability in Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus: an investigation of population structure
Cássia de Souza Siqueira Cesar
BS: Biological Science – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema), Brazil (2015)
MSc Thesis: Larval competition and life-history variation in Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus
Eloísa Brandão Haga
Master in Ecology and Evolution – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema)
Brazil (2015)
MSc Thesis: Geographic variation in body size and sexual size dimorphism in a seed-feeding beetle infesting Leucaena leucocephala
Prof. Dr. Marcelo Nogueira Rossi
Associate Professor
Postdoc in Population Interactions (2004), Unesp/Botucatu-SP, Brazil
Doctorate in Zoology (2001), Unesp/Botucatu-SP, Brazil
Master in Zoology (1997), Unesp/Botucatu-SP, Brazil
Laboratório de Ecologia Populacional de Insetos (LEPOPI)
Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp)
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Ecology
Arthur Riedel, 275, Eldorado
09972-270 - Diadema, SP, Brazil
Currently waiting for application of new students in the Ecology and Evolution post-graduation program (starting in 2025)
Carina Maria Vela Ulian
Master in Ecology and Evolution – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema)
Brazil (2014)
MSc Thesis: Intraspecific variation in body size and sexual size dimorphism in filostomid bats
Julia Dias de Freitas
Master in Ecology and Evolution – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema)
Brazil (2013)
MSc Thesis: The effect of mutualism between ants and phytophagous insects in the structure and stability of the arthropod community associated with Psittacanthus robustus (Loranthaceae)
Completed studies (BS students)
Aline Torres Leopoldino
BS: Environmental Science – Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil (2019)
Project: The effect of temperature on fitness of Bruchinae insects
Tatiana Espinola
BS: Biological Science – Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil (2019)
Project: Biocontrol of Meloidogyne nematodes by Bacillus in soybean in Brazil
Bárbara Alves Santana
BS in Biological Science – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema), Brazil
Bachelor's Thesis: Efeito da predação por Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) na emergência e no desempenho de plântulas de Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae)
Leonardo Kenhiti Kita
BS in Biological Science – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema), Brazil
Bachelor's Thesis: How important is ecology to biological control practitioners?
Isabela de Cola Perea
BS in Biological Science – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema), Brazil
Bachelor's Thesis: The effect of temperature on fitness of Bruchinae insects
Mayara Aparecida dos Santos
BS in Biological Science – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema), Brazil
Bachelor's Thesis: The effect of predation from Bruchinae insects (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on seed germination
Bruno de Lima Araújo
BS in Biological Science – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema), Brazil
Bachelor's Thesis: Oviposition pattern of Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) on seeds and fruits of Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae)
Amanda Vieira da Silva
BS in Biological Science – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema), Brazil
Bachelor's Thesis: Is the germination of Leucaena leucocephala seeds facilitated by Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus predation?
Bárbara Cristina Alves Nunes (2015)
BS in Biological Sciences – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema), Brazil.
Bachelor’s Thesis: Relationship between quality of Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) seeds and life-history traits of Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)
Alícia Wood (2014)
BS in Biological Sciences – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema), Brazil.
Bachelor’s Thesis: Geographic distribution and diversity of parasitoids on Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), a predator of Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) seeds
Bachelor’s Thesis: Plasticity in egg size of Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus infesting Leucaena leucocephala seeds with different physical traits
Nathalie Cristinie Oliveira Silva (2013)
BS in Biological Sciences – Federal University of São Paulo (Diadema), Brazil.