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We are an experienced team of ecologists, we are engaged in cutting-edge research into how biological systems are affected by natural and human disturbances. Our work is fueled by a passion for understanding how ecosystems function and how they can be effectively managed in the face of global change. Our team is based in indifferent parts of the world and institutions, mostly AMAP-IRD (Montpellier, France), SoGE- University of Oxford (UK), and UNEMAT (Brasil) where we work alongside other world-class researchers to address some of the most pressing ecological questions of our time.
Dr. Imma Oliveras Menor
Research Director
Dr. Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Manoela Schavion Machado
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Gian Luca Spadoni
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Vinicius Peripato
Postdoctoral researcher
Francisco Navarro Rosales
Doctoral Researcher
Natasha Lutz
Doctoral researcher
Helena Roland Lima
Doctoral Researcher
Major Leandro Alves
Doctoral researcher
Ty Loft
Doctoral researcher
Flávio Campos Oliveira
MSc student
Karine Pereira
MSc student
Imma Oliveras Menor - Group leader
I am an ecosystem ecologist that explores the vulnerability and resilience of ecosystems to global change. I am interested on how changes in the abiotic conditions – and particularly extreme drought events and modified fire regimes – affect plant form and function, and how this aggregates to diversity and ecosystem functioning. I am particularly passionate about mountainous and tropical environments.
I am Research Director in disturbance ecology at AMAP-IRD, Senior Researcher at the Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford, and Visiting Associate Professor at the Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (Brazil). I lead a research group in disturbance ecology and global change.
I love learning languages and learning from new cultures. I love spending time outdoors, especially running, hiking and mountaineering, and when being outdoors is not an option I practise yoga and mindfulness meditation and I also love dancing, cooking and photography.