About me

My academic history

  • 2023 – Present

    Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

  • 2020 – 2023

    Postdoctoral in Genetics and Lizards Adaptation - University of Nevada – Reno, NV, United States - Lab. Mike Logan

  • 2015 – 2019

    Ph.D. in Genetics, Conservation and Evolutionary Biology - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Brazil - Advisor: Prof. Fernanda Werneck

  • 2015

    Adjunct Faculty Appointment, Centro Universitário UNA, Brazil

  • 2011

    Adjunct Faculty Appointment, Centro Universitário UNA, Brazil

  • 2009 - 2015

    Independent Consultant for Enviromental Impacts, Herpetofauna

  • 2009 - 2011

    M.Sc. in Animal Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Brazil - Advisor: Prof. Renato Feio

  • 2005 - 2008

    B.Sc. in Biology, Centro Universitário UNA, Brazil

My research examines the evolution, genomic, ecology, and conservation of Neotropical biodiversity. More specifically, I integrate genetic and evolutionary approaches to investigate how historical and ecological processes generated the high Neotropical biodiversity across different biological levels.
— Renata M. Pirani

Life out of Academia

If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.