Understanding how mangroves work, and how they connect to the surrounding environment.
My research centres on mangrove and coastal ecology: how this ecosystem is structured, how it changes through time, and above all how it connects to other ecosystems around them. My doctorate at Leibniz-ZMT (Bremen, Germany) traced organic matter across the mangrove forest—salt flat—terrestrial forest continuum using molecular fingerprinting (Py-GC/MS) and microbial metabarcoding, on semi-arid mangroves on both sides of the Atlantic.
Earlier research with Biota/FAPESP and the ReBentos network covered mangrove structure, historical ecology, and the framing of mangroves as panarchies, alongside foundational benthic, meiofauna, and marine-mammal survey work along the Brazilian coast.
Quantified ecological connectivity between mangroves and the terrestrial realm through sediment chemistry and molecular fingerprinting.
Studied mangrove structure, variability, and change through time across Brazilian sites with Biota/FAPESP and ReBentos.
Developed the framing of mangroves as panarchies and contributed to ecosystem-degradation theory.
Built early research experience in benthic and meiofauna sampling and marine-mammal behaviour observation.
Sine-Saloum estuary
Experimental ecology
Salt flat ecotone
Lab analysis
Araçá Bay
Mangrove-terrestrial interface