I am a biologist with a focus on the ecology of Amazonia. I did my MSc on the impact of fires on birds in seasonally flooded forest ecosystems. After my MSc, I worked as a research assistant in a project of Phylogeography of Elaenia ruficeps (Aves Tyrannidae) from naturally open Amazonian areas, which gave me experience with other Amazonian ecosystems. I also worked in the Field Museum Chicago in 2013 for five months developing microsatellites for E. ruficeps and Xenopipo atronitens (Aves - Pipridae). I did my PhD at the University of Gothenburg, where I worked with the hidden diversity of the Amazonia using environmental DNA. Currently, I am a Humboldt fellow at the University of Duisburg-Essen, working with ecological networks. I am currently employed at Instituto Juruá and Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, where I am deeply involved in community-based conservation initiatives and research concerning the impact of large infrastructure projects, such as Belo Monte, on Indigenous and traditional communities. My work also focuses on studying the dynamics of deforestation in the Amazon region and exploring alternative strategies, such as the promotion of sociobiodiversity products and local protection measures, to foster conservation efforts.