Ana Carolina Oliveira de Queiroz Carnaval
Ph.D. Student
Committee on Evolutionary Biology
University of Chicago
Photo: Sergio Potsch de Carvalho e Silva |
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Education:
- M.Sc. Zoology (1997), Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Licenciate summa cum laude, Biology (1993), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Awards:
- 2002 - Illinois Minority Graduate Incentive Program Award
2001 - National Science Foundation Dissertation Enhancement Award.
2000 - The Explorer's Club Exploration Grant.
2000 - Hewlett Foundation for Latin-American Studies Travel Grant.
1999 - Committee on Evolutionary Biology/The University of Chicago Research Funds.
1999 - Tinker Foundation for Latin-American Studies Travel Grant.
1999 - Committee on Institutional Cooperation/Women in Science and Engineering Initiative Travel Grant.
Grants:
- $20,000 (March 2001-June 2003) National Science Foundation Dissertation Enhancement Grant. Phylogeography of Protoceratophrys boiei and Hyla geographica in rainforest fragments of Northeastern Brazil. Ana Carnaval, John Bates.
Research Interests:
- I am interested in topics related to conservation biology, biogeography, spatial ecology and the evolution of Neotropical amphibians.
Current Research:
- My current research projects seek to investigate the effects of tropical rainforest fragmentation on amphibian assemblages in Brazil via a combination of ecological and molecular approaches. I am also pursuing studies about the evolutionary relationships of frog species distributed throughout the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, hopefully addressing how those relate to Amazonian forms.
Recent Field Trips:
2002 - Atlantic Forest, NE Brazil: Floresta Nacional do Araripe (State of Ceara) and Reserva Biológica de Serra Negra (State of Pernambuco).
2001 - Atlantic Forest, NE Brazil: Parque Nacional de Ubajara, Chapada da Ibiapaba, Serra do Baturite (State of Ceara); Brejo dos Cavalos, Brejo da Madre de Deus, Usina Cruangi, Usina Frei Caneca (State of Pernambuco).
2000 - Atlantic Forest, NE Brazil: Usina Serra Grande (State of Alagoas).
1999 - Amazon Forest, Brazil: Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke (State of
Publications:
- Carvalho e Silva, SP & Carnaval, ACOQ, 1997, Observations on the biology of Scinax flavoguttatus (Lutz & Lutz) and description of its tadpoles (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae). Revue française d’Aquariologie 24, 1-2: 59-64
Recent Papers on Meetings:
- Carnaval, ACOQ. 2002. A phylogeographic study of frogs in forest fragments of northeastern Brazil. Symposium Integrative approaches to biogeography: Patterns and processes on land and in the sea. 2002 Meeting of the Society of Integrative Biology. Anaheim, CA.
Carnaval, ACOQ. 2001. Genetic structure of amphibian populations in Northeastern Brazil: a comparison between natural and human-created forest fragments. 2001 Joint Annual Meetings of Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the HerpetologistÕs League. Indianapolis, IN.
Carnaval, ACOQ. 2001. Genetic structure of amphibian populations in northeastern Brazil: a comparison between natural and human-created forest fragments. 2001 Joint Meeting of the Society for Systematic Biology and Society for the Study of Evolution. Knoxville, TN.
Carnaval, ACOQ. 1999. Fragmentação de ambientes e seus efeitos sobre anf’bios anuros: discutindo teoria e pr‡tica. V Congresso Latinoamericano de Herpetolog’a. Montevideo, Uruguay.
Carnaval, ACOQ. 1999. Morfologia e aspectos da biologia reprodutiva de Scinax argyreornatus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926) (Amphia, Anura, Hylidae). V Congresso Latinoamericano de Herpetolog’a. Montevideo, Uruguay.
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