Dr Dirleane Rossato
I am very happy to work as a research assistant at Maria McNamara's Research Group, focusing on the projects' ethical documentation.
As a biologist working on the ethics of a paleontology project, it reaffirms that I am completely passionate about the interdisciplinary fields. First and foremost, I adore all things that include ecology and evolution, such as butterfly wing color patterns that can tell an ecological story. I also consider art and science to be good matches, so I developed a game board for teaching ecology and evolution at a secondary school where the butterflies' wing color patterns were the traits under selection. During my PhD I worked a little bit in applied science evaluating the effect of different banana plantations on biodiversity. Moreover, I have been involved in research, focusing to understand the biotic and abiotic impacts acting upon wing color patterns at mimicry rings.
Finally, I am also enthusiastic about programming (Python and R), crocheting, and gardening.
Publications
- ROSSATO DO, KAMINSKI LA (2019) Müllerian mimicry behaviours. Ed. Vonk J and Shackelford TK. Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. USA. (https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-55065-7_687)
- ROSSATO DO, BOLIGON D, FORNEL R, KRONFORST MR, GONÇALVES GL, MOREIRA GRP (2018) Subtle variation in size and shape of the whole forewing and the red band among comimics revealed by geometric morphometric analysis in Heliconius butterflies. Ecology and Evolution. DOI 10.1002/ece3.3916. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29607024/)
- ROSSATO DO, KAMINSKI LA, ISERHARD CA, DUARTE LS (2018) More Than Colours: An Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Wing Shape Diversity in Butterflies. Advances in Insect Physiology. DOI 10.1016/bs.aiip.2017.11.003. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S006528061730036X)
- ROCHA EA, LUZ FA, ROSSATO DO, MILLAN C. Does fire disturbance change insect composition and the frequency of darker phenotypes in a grassland community? (2015) Revista Brasileira de Biociências (Online), v. 13, p. 219223. (http://www.ufrgs.br/seerbio/ojs/index.php/rbb/article/view/3317)
- ROSSATO DO, LUDWIG, A, DEPRA, M, LORETO ELS, RUIZ A, VALENTE VLS (2014) BuT2 Is a Member of the Third Major Group of hAT Transposons and Is Involved in Horizontal Transfer Events in the Genus Drosophila. Genome Biology and Evolution, v. 6, p. 352365. (https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/6/2/352/535453)
Biography
- 2020 – 2021: Post-Doctorate at LEMA (Laboratório de Ecomorfologia e Macroevolução – at The Department of Ecology of UFRGS).
- 2020: Lecture assistant in Ecology and Conservation at UFRGS, Brazil (EAD).
- 2018: Lecture in Waste Management in Technical course in Environment and Introduction of environmental biotechnology in Technical course in Biotechnology at Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, IFRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
- 2016: Lecture in Molecular Ecology for the undergraduate Biological Sciences course at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
- 2015 – 2019: Licentiate in Biology at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS-Brazil). Thesis title: Jogo para facilitar o entendimento de processos ecológicos e evolutivos.
- 2014 – 2018: PhD in Ecology at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS-Brazil). Thesis title: Dispersal, the key process to modulate ecological and evolutionary dynamics of butterflies.
- 2012 – 2014: Master in Ecology at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS-Brazil). Thesis title: Coevolution of heliconian butterfly wing color pattern revisited: lack of advertence in Heliconius erato toward other comimics.
- 2007 – 2011: Bachelor in Biology (Genetics) at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS-Brazil). Thesis title: Characterization and evolutionary analysis of the BuT2 element in the genus Drosophila.