Hello everybody,
My name is Fernando Passos and I would like to give a brief introduction to WildHub and everyone.I am a Brazilian professor and I have studied animals in several regions of Brazil, especially in the Atlantic Forest. I am a field biologist, passionate about fauna. Since the 1980s, I began my activities with fieldwork, which culminated in my master's and doctoral research, studying for 8 years the biology and behavior of the black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus), an endemic primate species threat of extinction. After that, I expanded my focus from primatology to other mammal species, monitoring a community of bats for 5 years in a mountainous area of the Atlantic Forest, in southeastern Brazil. During this time I became a professor at the Paraná Federal University/UFPR, where I have carried out research and I have supervised studies on wildlife ecology and conservation. But I have also worked with Scientific Collections and Museums, being Curator of the Scientific Collection of Mastozoology at UFPR. For 10 years I coordinated a large project of fauna monitoring, studying amphibians, reptiles and mammals in an area of PETROBRAS, which suffered a large oil spill, maintaining studies on the impact, recolonization and recovery of this fauna.
This makes it clear that I am interested in exchanging ideas about wildlife natural history, being able to teach and learn from the discussions presented here at WildHub. As I said, I am passionate about fauna, conservation and natural history, and I am very interested in discussing these topics. Greetings everyone.
I am Full Professor and Curator of the Scientific Collection of Mastozoology (CCMz) of the Department of Zoology, at the Federal University of Paraná-UFPR, and coordinator of the Laboratory of Biodiversity, Conservation and Ecology of Wild Animals-LABCEAS/UFPR, since 1998. I have around 161 publications, including many scientific articles in journals, books and book chapters. I am a Biologist from the Federal University of São Carlos-USFCar (1987), I have a Master's degree in Ecology from the State University of Campinas-UNICAMP (1992), a PhD in Ecology and Natural Resources from UFSCAR (1997) and Post-doctorate from UNICAMP/FAPESP (1998 ). I am a member of the Brazilian Society of Primatology-SBPr, having been president of SBPr, in the 2009-2011 administration. I am also a member of the Brazilian Society of Zoology/SBZ and participating in the board of directors, in the 2000-2002, 2002-2004, 2004-2006, 2006-2008, 2008-2010 and 2010-2012 administrations. Furthermore, I am also a member of the Brazilian Society for the Study of Chiropterans-SBEQ and the Brazilian Society of Mastozoology-SBMz. I am currently a professor in the following Graduate Programs: PG Zoology (https://www.prppg.ufpr.br/site/ppgzoo/en/) and PG Ecology and Conservation (https://www.prppg.ufpr.br/site/ppgecologia/en/) at UFPR. I have experience and great interest in the areas of Zoology and Ecology, with an emphasis on Conservation of Animal Species, Biodiversity, Animal Behavior, Natural History, Ecology, Fauna Inventories and Monitoring. I have worked on research in the areas of Mastozoology and Primatology, especially with the following animal groups, bats, carnivores, primates, in the themes of biology, ecology and conservation, but also with other neotropical wildlife species, especially if they are endangered species.
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A warm welcome to WildHub, Fernando! Great to have you join us and thank you for sharing your background and interests with us. Are there any work challenges you are currently facing in your job that you could use the community's help with?
Perhaps of interest to you could be our WildHub Community Advocate role here, which can be a great experience for networking as well as shaping and supporting the conversations in our global community. Let us know if you have any questions.
Dear Thirza,
Thank you for the welcome to WildHub. My biggest challenge now is managing the large number of undergraduate and graduate students that I am supervising. Many of these students came after the COVID-19 pandemic after I offered a Fauna Management and Conservation course every semester, from 2020 to 2023. As a result, I am guiding more than 20 students, and this is certainly a big challenge. Thank you and I make myself available for discussions.
Dear Fernando,
Thank you for sharing this work challenge with us; it sounds like a high number of students to supervise. If our community can help you by providing a space for your many students so you can easily share information and resources between you to the many students and the students can exchange this knowledge with their peers, please let me know. You may already have such a space, but I found that moving from "1:1 communication" to "many to many communication" works more efficiently. More information about inviting others to WildHub can be found here.
Welcome to WildHub, Fernando!
Thank you for the welcome to WildHub.
Welcome to Wildhub community 🤗.
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Thank you for the welcome