My research interests include bioprospecting for separation and identification of bioactive substances from Atlantic rain forest and synthesis of bioactive compounds for neglected diseases using N-heterocyclic structures. In addition, we have also focused our research on Ecology and Biodiversity to produce knowledge about the human occupation history, the socioeconomic and ethno knowledge relations as indissoluble social aspects of the use of biodiversity. email:luizeverson@ufpr.br