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Tainá Rocha
Note: I use open-source tools and platforms. I am interested in good practices about open science (open databases, open software, etc.), good workflows, reproducibility and FAIR principles.
CV available in Portuguese version
Education
PhD in Zoology
Emílio Goeldi Museum
MPEG, Brazil
2017 - 2013
- DISSERTATION: Phylogeographic of disjunct bird between Amazon and Atlantic Forest
MSc in Environmental biology
Federal University of Pará
IECOS, Brazil
2012 - 2010
- THESIS: Phylogeographic analysis of Xiphorhynchus guttatus from Amazon and Atlantic Forest
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher
Brazilian Biodiversity Research Program (PPBio)
Brazil
Present - May-2022
- Impacts of global changes on Brazilian biodiversity and ecosystem services
Main task : Compilation of data generated by the program
Lab Guest
Biogeography / Statistical Models / Informatics lab
Remote, Florida-USA
Present - Nov-2021
- Research collaboration on biodiversity and global change. R package development for biodiversity data.
Biodiversity Researcher and Consultant
Brazilian National Centre for Flora Conservation
JBRJ, Brazil
Mar- 2022 - Aug- 2021
- https://www.iucn.org/commissions/species-survival-commission/resources/iucn-green-status-species
Green Status of threatened species of the Brazilian Cerrado.
The IUCN Green Status classifies species into nine Species Recovery Categories, indicating the extent to which species are depleted or recovered compared to their historical population levels. Each Green Status assessment measures the impact of past conservation on a species, a species’ dependence on continuing support, how much a species stands to gain from conservation action within the next ten years, and the potential for it to recover over the next century.
Here we used predictive models of species niche and potential distribution in scenarios of climate change and land use data of Mapbiomas (https://mapbiomas.org/en) to infer Species Recovery metrics.
Volunteer Researcher at United Nations Volunteers
United Nations
Sep-2021 - Jun-2021
- Research Support for an Automated Analysis of Sustainable Development Goals
https://www.osdg.ai/
Postdoctoral Researcher at Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro
Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling
Supervisor: Marinez F Siqueira
JBRJ, Brazil
2021 - 2019
- Beta diversity (variation in species composition among locations) in Caatinga dry tropical forest using predictions of Generalized dissimilarity Models (GDM) and Baselga Metrics
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/Caatinga_Dry_Forest.github.io - Climatic niche analysis of Syzygiella rubricaulis (Bryophytes)
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/S_rubricaulis_bryophytes - The first botanical explorations of bryophyte diversity in the Brazilian Amazon mountains: high species diversity, low endemism, and low similarity
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/Bryophyte-Amazon-mountains - Predictive models of species niche and potential distribution with future projections of Dimorphandra wilsonii Rizzini (Fabaceae) presented to Green List in the three-year activity plan of the Brazilian Plant Red List Authority member of the Plant Conservation Commitee between 2017-2020 and the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/faveiro - Ferns and lycophytes diversity of Tijuca forest.
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/Ferns-and-lycophytes
Researcher of Technological Development and Innovation
INCT Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity
Conservation
Supervisor: Mariana M Vale
UFRJ, Brazil
2019 - 2017
- Global land-use and land-cover (LULC) data under historical, current, and also future climatic conditions (different scenarios- SSP and RCPs)
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/LUH2_Data - Predictive models of species niche and potential distribution for Carpornis melanocephala (Passeriformes: Cotingidae) in Rio de Janeiro State,Brazil
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/Carpornis_melanocephala - Predictive models of species niche, potential distribution and niche similarity test to compares two divergent lineages of Microtus californicus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)
https://github.com/Tai-Rocha/Vole
Selected Publications
EU policies to protect the Amazon threaten other Brazilian ecosystems
Context Thomson Reuters Foundation
N/A
2023 - 2023
- Authored by Domingos J. Rodrigues, Geraldo W. Fernandes, Helena G. Bergallo, Tainá C. Rocha, Vitor N. T. Borges-Junior, Guarino Colli, Hernani F. M. Oliveira, Stephannie Fernandes, Nathan C. Fonsêca, Adrian A.Garda, Carlos E. V. Grelle, André V. Nunes, Lucas N. Perillo, Aretha F Guimarães, Ricardo R. da Silveira-Filho, Helena Streit, Tiago S. P. Toma, Pedro L. Viana, Fabio O.Roque
Evolutionary rescue and geographic range shifts under climate change for global amphibians
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
N/A
2023 - 2023
- Authored by Souza KS , Fortunato DS, Jardim L, Levi C, Lima-Ribeiro MS, Mariano CA, Pinto-Ladezma JN, Loyola R, Dobrovolski R, Rangel TF, Machado IF, Rocha T, Batista MG, Lorini ML, Vale MM, Navas C, Maciel MN, Villalobos F, Olalla-Tarraga MA, Rodrigues JFM, Gouveia S, Diniz-Filho JA
GridDER: Grid Detection and Evaluation in R
Preprint at EcoEvoRxiv
Under review Ecological Informatics.
Prize winner of GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge 2022
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Authored by Feng X, Rocha TC, Thammavong HT, Tulaiha R, Chen X,Xie Y, Park D
Climatic conditions may structure the distribution of Syzygiella rubricaulis (Nees) Steph., a disjunct and high elevation species
Under review at Phytotaxa
N/A
2022 - 2022
- Authored by Costa D, Rocha TC. and Siqueira MF
Global land-use and land-cover data: historical, current and future scenarios
Biodiversity Informatics Journal
N/A
2021 - 2021
- Authored by Vale MM, Lima-Ribeiro MS and Rocha TC.
The first botanical explorations of bryophyte diversity in the Brazilian Amazon mountains: high species diversity, low endemism, and low similarity
N/A
2020 - 2020
- Authored by Costa D, Nada F.and Rocha TC.
A dynamic continental moisture gradient drove Amazonian bird diversification
N/A
2019 - 2019
- Authored by Silva SM , Townsend P, Carneiro L, Burlamaqui TCT, Ribas CC, Sousa-Neves T, Miranda LS, Fernandes AM, d’Horta FM, Araújo-Silva LC, Batista R, Bandeira CHMM, Dantas SM, Ferreira M, Martins DM, Oliveira J, Rocha TC, Sardelli CH, Gregory T, Rêgo PS, Santos MP, Sequeira F, Vallinoto M and Aleixo A.
A macroecological approach to evolutionary rescue and adaptation to climate change
N/A
2019 - 2019
- Authored by Diniz-Filho JAF, Souza KS, Bini LM, Loyola R, Dobrovolski R, Rodrigues JFM, Lima-Ribeiro Matheus MS, Terribile CL, RangelTF, Bione I, Freitas R, Machado IF, Rocha TC, Lorini ML, ValeMM, Navas CA, Maciel NM, Villalobos F, Olalla-Tarraga MA, Gouveia S.
Molecular phylogeny and diversification of a widespread Neotropical rainforest bird group: The Buff-throated Woodcreeper complex, Xiphorhynchus guttatus/susurrans (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
N/A
2015 - 2015
- Authored by Rocha TC, Sequeira F, Aleixo A, Rego PS, Sampaio I, Schneider H, Vallinoto M.
Instabilidade Climática e diversidade de espécies na Amazônia
In book: Cenários para Amazônia: clima, biodiversidade e uso da terra
N/A
2014 - 2014
- Authored by Aleixo A, Townsend P, Araújo-Silva LC, Miléo CHM, Batista R, Burlamaqui TCT, Danta SM, Fernandes AM, Ferreira M, Martins DM, Rêgo PS, Ribas CC, Rocha TC, Santos MP, Sardelli CH, Sequeira F, Soares LMS, de Sousa BRS, Sousa SA, Sousa-Neves T, Gregory T, Vallinoto M.
Identification and phylogenetic inferences on stocks of sharks affected by the fishing industry off the Northern coast of Brazil
Genetics and Molecular Biology
N/A
2009 - 2009
- Authored by Rodrigues-Filho LF, Rocha TC, Rego PS, Schneider H, Sampaio I, Vallinoto M.
Other publication types
Third Report- GREEN STATUS
GREEN STATUS Activity Progress Report for 10 Cactaceae species
Online
Dec 2021
Second Report- GREEN STATUS
GREEN STATUS Activity Progress Report for 10 Cactaceae species
online
Oct 2021
First Report- GREEN STATUS
GREEN STATUS Activity Progress Report for 10 Cactaceae species
Online
Sep 2021
Journal Reviewer
Committee Member
Modeling species distribution of plant species as tool for assessing the impacts of climate changes andprogress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 13 and 15 in Brazilian semi-arid biome
Final Master committee. Student: Lucas Peixoto Teixeira
Advisor: Marcelo FreireMoro
UFC, Brazil
Apr 2022
Leave out or put in - selecting input data to improve ecological niche models applied to conservation and climate change analysis: an approach using the Atlantic Goliath Grouper, Epinephelus itajara (Perciformes)
Final Master committee. Student: Eduardo Motta Carelli Minsky. Advisor: Maria Lucia Lorini. Institution: UNIRIO
UNIRIO, Brazil
Jun 2021
Wallacean knowledge shortfall of mammals inthe Central Corridor of the Atlantic Forest
Final undergraduate committee. Student: Inês Motta Comarella. Advisor: Francisco Candido Cardoso Barreto. Institution: UFES
UFES, Brazil
Jul 2021
Impacts on the food behavior of birds in the urban, semi-urban and rural environment in the municipal of Capanema, Pará
Final undergraduate committee. Student: Luana Gabriela Costa Bezerra. Advisor: Breno Barros. Institution: UFRA
UFRA, Brazil
Mar 2021
Modeling species distribution of plant species as tool for assessing the impacts of climate changes andprogress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 13 and 15 in Caatinga biome
Master’s qualifying examination. Student: Lucas Peixoto Teixeira. Advisor: Marcelo Freire Moro. Institution: UFC
UFC, Brazil
Feb 2021
Strategies for conservationof endemic and threatened species: Hindsia glabra K.Schum E Aosa uleana (Urb.Gilg) Weigend
Master’s project monitoring committee. Student: Bárbara Piovani Luz Aieta Afonso. Supervisor: Marinez Ferreira de Siqueira. Institution: ENBT/JBRJ
ENBT-JBRJ, Brazil
Aug 2020
Seabird habitat use and its association offoraging with Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) in Sepetiba Bay (2018).
Undergraduate monitoring committee. Student:Leonardo Gomes Pacheco de Sá. Advisor: Maria Alice dos Santos Alves. Co-advisor: Rodrigo Hipolito Tardin Oliveira. Institution: UFRJ
UFRJ, Brazil
Jul 2018
Teaching Experience
Guest lecture.
Plant Biology Postgraduate
UFPE, Brazil
Sep-2021 - Sep-2021
- Ecological Niche Models: Introduction to Theory and Practice (60 h) | https://classroom.google.com/u/0/r/Mzg4ODE4NDg1NDQx/sort-first-name
Instructor
Biology department
PUC-Rio, Brazil
2020 - 2019
- Ecological Niche Models and Species Distribution Models, theory and practice (40 h)
- Public tools for spatial analysis of biodiversity (40 h)
Instructor
ENBT Postgraduate
ENBT-JBRJ, Brazil
2020 - 2020
- Ecological niche modeling: theory and practice. Modeling potential species distribution. Niche concept and its application. Algorithms modeling. Source of biotic and abiotic data. Maps and spatial analysis using GIS. Tools for processing and preparing biotic and abiotic data. R programming to modeling. Applications. Model testing and validation (40 h) | https://classroom.google.com/u/0/r/MTI2NTU0NzQ0Nzcw/sort-last-name
Guest Lecture
II National Meeting on Biological Collections and their Interfaces
IVB, Brazil
2020 - 2020
- Ecological niche models and biological conservation in future scenarios of global changes (5 h)
Guest lecture.
Biological Sciences- Bachelor’s Degree
UVA, Brazil
2019 - 2018
- Ecological niche models under a biogeography perspective (3 h)
- Ecological Niche Models and Species Distribution Models (3 h)
Guest lecture
Biological Sciences- Bachelor’s Degree
UFRA, Brazil
2018 - 2017
- Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) (12 h)
- Data for ecological niche models (12 h)
Guest lecture
Biological Sciences Undergraduate
UNESA, Brazil
2017 - 2017
- Introduction to databases which provide input to perform ecological niche models (3 h)
High school teacher
Dinâmica Natural
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017 - 2015
- Science classes
Mentoring Experience
Technical Advisor
Geographic Information System (GIS). Student: Tainá Cunha Udine Bernardino. Institution: Federal University of
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Geographic Information System (GIS). Student: João Pedro Sousa Cerqueira Cruz. Institution: Federal University of
Rio de Janeiro
RJ, Brazil
2019
Selected Talks & Scientific communication
I have a website to talk about science communication, provide tutorials and diverse content.
VI International Seminar on Statistics with R
VI SER rgee: an R package to use Google Earth Engine| Participation as a Speaker.
online
May 2022
Global land-use and land-cover data: historical, current and future scenarios
Final presentation in OLS-2|Slides
Online
2020
Open tools and databases to analyze biodiversity in space and time
Week curator at Biodiversity in Focus | Webpage for the content shared
Online
2020
Selected Events
V International Seminar on Statistics with R
V SER event was recognized by the R Foundation (2018) for its pioneering in Latin America in bringing together an expressive number of R users| Participation as a listener.
Online
2021
Forum of Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa
RNP 2019. Challenges of digital transformation in teaching and research will lead debates at 2019 RNP Forum| Participation as Guest speaker.
Brasília, Brazil
2019
Workshop Evolutionary Rescue
The workshop was organized by José Alexandre Diniz-Filho professor. The general concept of “evolutionary rescue” refers to the possibility of rapid Darwinian adaptation of populations under a strong effect of environmental stress. Specifically, in this workshop we discussed: 1) the concept of evolutionary rescue and the theoretical models in evolutionary genetics that have been used to study this process, and; 2) the integration of these theoretical models with ecological niche modelling techniques, in a context of climate change and anthropogenic changes in the landscape, 3) their implications for the conservation of diversity in the face of these changes, at different spatial scales. Analyses were implemented for some species of amphibians, such as model organisms, and the possibilities of expanding these analyses to a global scale were discussed, and several sub-projects to be carried out in the coming years on this topic were defined. 20h
Goiânia, Brazil
2018
Complementary Training Courses
R for Data Science II
This course aims to deepen the essential concepts of programming in R for Data Science. Advanced data manipulation techniques from real data analysis problems, including texts and dates, and functional programming concepts. 18 h
Online
Nov 2021- Jan 2022
Flexdashboard: Interactive panels using R
Analyze. Share. Reproduce. Your data tells a story. Use rmarkdown and Flexdashboard and transform your analysis into high-quality documents, reports, presentations and dashboards. 4 h
Online
Mar 2021
Managing tables with dplyr R package
The main functions of dplyr for handling tables. 4 h
Online
Feb 2021
Regular expressions (regex) for data cleaning
Regex as part of the data cleaning and transformation process using Tidyverse R packages. 4 h
Online
Feb 2021
Open Life Science program
OLS-2. Training for early stage researchers and young leaders interested in furthering their Open Science skills.
Online
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
Writing academic manuscripts using rmarkdown
This training provided the different steps and tools for writing academic manuscripts or technical reports in an automated and reproducible way using R and rmarkdown. 4 h
Online
Sep 2020
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