Full Professor at the Department of Ecology and Zoology, Center for Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil. Co-coordinator of the Human Ecology and Ethnobotany Laboratory (ECOHE/UFSC). Master in Ecology (USP) and PhD in Ecology (UNICAMP). My research interests are in the area of Human Ecology, Ethnoecology, Ethnobiology, Ethnobotany, and Biodiversity Conservation.