Patricia da Costa - Team
Office of the Deputy Head of: Research and Development
Sector: Research Group
Date of Hire: 03/06/2002
Registration: 308524
Mini-curriculum
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences-Ecology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1997) and PhD in Biodiversity and Conservation from the Bionorte Network (2019). She currently holds the position of Researcher at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) at Embrapa Meio Ambiente (2020-present). Previously, she was employed as a Researcher at Embrapa Roraima from 2002 to 2019. Her research focuses on non-timber forest management, ecosystem services, and dendrochronology. She was a member of the Amazon Portfolio Management Committee (2022-2024), holds an Advisory Member position at the Amazon Brazil Nut Observatory (OCA; 2023-present) and is the vice-leader of the CNPq Research Group "AMAZON_NUT: Value chain of the Brazil nut". She also contributes as a Collaborative Professor in the Graduate Program in Natural Resources (PRONAT) at the Federal University of Roraima (2022-present).
Education
1992 - 1997
Graduação em Ciências Biológicas
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Obtained year: 1997
1999 - 2001
Graduação em Licenciatura Plena em Ciências Biológicas
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Obtained year: 2001
1998 - 2002
Mestrado em Agronomia (Ciências do Solo)
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Title: Fauna do Solo em Plantios Experimentais de Eucalyptus grandis, Acacia Mangium e Pseudosamanea guachapele
Obtained year: 2002
Advisor: Avílio Antônio Franco
2015 - 2019
Doutorado em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia -Rede Bionorte(Biodiversidade e Conservação)
Universidade Federal de Rondônia
Title: Ecologia populacional de Copaifera pubiflora Benth. na Amazônia Setentrional e suas implicações para o manejo do oleorresina
Obtained year: 2019
Advisor: Lucia Helena de Oliveira Wadt
Areas of expertise
- Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Ecology / Subárea: Applied Ecology / Especialidade: Conservation Biology
- Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Ecology / Subárea: Plant Ecology
- Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Ecology / Subárea: Plant Ecology / Especialidade: Restauração Florestal
- Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Forest resources and Forest Engineering / Subárea: Nature Conservation / Especialidade: Recovery of Degraded Areas
- Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Forest resources and Forest Engineering / Subárea: Forest Management