Mauro Galetti | |
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 Mauro Galetti in the Pantanal, Brazil | |
| Born | 19 January 1967 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Nationality |  Brazil |
| Citizenship | Brazilian and Portuguese |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge, Robinson College |
| Known for | discovering how the loss of animal seed dispersed change the evolution of fleshy fruits |
| Awards | WWF (1998) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Conservation biology,Rainforests |
| Institutions | Universidade Estadual Paulista, Stanford University, Aarhus University,University of Miami, Florida International University |
| Doctoral advisor | David J. Chivers |
Mauro Galetti.[1] is a Brazilian ecologist and conservation biologist. He is a full professor in the Department of Biodiversity [2] at the Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo and has worked at Stanford University (USA), Aarhus University (Denmark) and the University of Miami (USA). He also holds a position as a Courtesy Associated Professor at Florida International University, Miami, FL. Galetti's work has centered on the analysis of the ecological and evolutionary consequences of defaunation. He was awarded by WWF in 1998 and was a Tinker Fellow at Stanford University[3] and a visiting professor at Aarhus Universitet, Denmark in 2017.
He is currently one of the directors of the Center for Research on Biodiversity Dynamics and Climate Change in Rio Claro and Editor-in-Chief of Global Ecology and Conservation.
- ^ "2009 FAPESP Fellows: Mauro Galetti".
- ^ "Professors at the Ecology Department, UNESP".
- ^ "Tinker Fellows: Mauro Galetti". Archived from the original on 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2014-08-29.