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Bit About the Instructors
Dr. Timothy Kittel has taught in the
SEE-U program since its inception in 2000. He has been the Instructor
for SEE-U courses in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, the Dominican Republic's
Caribbean Coastal Ecosystems, and for 5 previous years in Brazil.
This year, Tim will be the Instructor for Brazil first & second sessions.
Tim is a research ecologist at the University
of Colorado, Boulder, where he also teaches Winter Field Ecology.
He is a biogeographer and climatologist – pursuing this, he has travelled
and worked throughout much of the world, including South America, Africa,
Asia, Australasia, and Europe. In 2006, he taught on Semester
At Sea for the Institute for Shipboard Education, traveling and teaching
through East, Southeast, and South Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean.
Tim is an avid telemark skier and, when that’s not possible, settles for
mountain and road biking. HOME
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Alexandre Túlio Amaral
Nascimento is an IPÊ researcher and the coordinator of the “Black-Faced
Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus caissara) Conservation Program” (PROGRAM
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multidisciplinary work in conservation biology and wildlife management
is motivated by the need to find effective conservation solutions at local
scales. In his Masters degree in Applied Ecology at the University
of São Paulo, Alexandre is studying how forest structure in the
Atlantic Rainforest affects the black-faced lion tamarin's use of space.
This work will guide conservation management strategies in selecting the
most suitable forest sites for the protection of these animals.
Alexandre has been an Assistant Instructor
for SEE-U Brazil since 2004. In 2008, he will again be an instructor
and share with us his ecological and environmental knowledge, as well as
aspects of Brazilian culture. He writes, he will "again be teaching
SEE-U and doing his best for all to have a very pleasurable time during
the course."
Juliana Suieko Shimabukuro is a Brazilian
vet interested in wild animals and their diseases, in particular in the
role of veterinary medicine in conservation. During her Master’s
degree in Veterinary Epidemiology at the Laboratory of Epidemiology and
Biostatistics, Veterinary Medicine College, University of São Paulo,
she worked on leptospirosis
epidemiology in capybaras
(Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) from along the Tietê
River (São Paulo state).
Juliana took the SEE-U course in Brazil in
2004 and has been an Assistant Instructor for the class for the past three
years (in 2006 in both Brazil and the Dominican Republic). Her interests
include conservation, pets, hiking, and photography. |
Alexandre Amaral
2008-II Assistant
Instructor
Juliana Shimabukuro
- 2008-I & II Assistant Instructor
& Chatô
- Honarary TA
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Kaitlin Baird is a marine
biologist interested in coral and oyster reef ecology as well as community-based
conservation and protected area management in both aquatic and terrestrial
systems. She is a recent graduate of the MA program in Conservation
Biology at Columbia University and currently works on coral reef genetics
at the American Museum of Natural History.
This is Kaitlin’s first year working with
SEE-U Brazil. Her interests include Scuba diving, biking, photography,
cooking, and traveling. |
Kaitlin Baird - 2008-I
Teaching Assistant
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Fernando Lima is a wildlife
biologist with special training on endangered species management at the
University of Kent, UK. At the Catholic University of Minas Gerais (Brazil),
he is interested in understanding the dynamics of ocelot populations in
the Atlantic Rainforest for his Master’s research. He has been a researcher
at IPÊ – Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas since 2003 and
specializes in ecology and conservation of neotropical felids.
This is Fernando’s first year working in SEE-U
and he hopes to explore conservation topics with Columbia students.
Fausto Machado da Silva is a Brazilian
biologist specializing in Stream Ecosystem Ecology. For his Masters
degree in Ecology and Evolution, at the State University of Rio de Janeiro,
he is studying carbon dynamics in freshwater attached algae. This
work will help us better understand material and energy flow in streams
and human impacts on these processes. He’s working in the University’s
Laboratório
de Rios e Córregos (Rivers and Streams Lab) with Dr. Timothy
Peter Moulton.
This is Fausto’s first session as a TA for
SEE-U. He’s interested in basic science, teaching, conservation,
scientific photography and music. |
Fernando Lima
2008-I Teaching Assistant
Fausto Machado da
Silva
2008-II Teaching Assistant
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Instructors – 2008 Session I & II (Saturday May
24 - Saturday June 28, 2008 & Saturday July 5 - Saturday Aug 9, 2008):
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