Curriculum Vitae
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Education
2015-present:
PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Toronto - Canada
Advisors: Marie-Joseé Fortin & Marc Cadotte
2012-2014:
MSc. in Ecology and Conservation
Universidade Federal do Paraná - Brazil
Advisor: Marcio R. Pie
Thesis: Diversification and microendemism in montane refugia from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
2007-2012:
BSc. in Biology
Universidade Federal do Paraná - Brazil
Advisor: Marcio R. Pie
Honors thesis: The evolution of miniaturization in Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae)
Publications
Submited
Bornschein, Marcos R.; Ribeiro, Luiz F.; Belmonte- Lopes, Ricardo; Firkowski, Carina R.; Pie, Marcio R. How many species resembling Brachycephalus hermogenesi (Anura: Brachycephalidae) are there in southern Brazil? Clarifying issues after the recent description of B. sulfuratus. Zootaxa.
In Press
Bornschein, Marcos R.; Firkowski, Carina R.; Belmonte- Lopes, Ricardo; Corrêa, Leandro; Ribeiro, Luiz F.; Morato, Sérgio A.A.; Antoniazzi-Jr, Reuber L.; Reinert, Bianca L.; Meyer, Andreas L.S.; Cini, Felipe A.; Pie, Marcio R. Geographical and altitudinal distribution of Brachycephalus Fitzinger (Anura: Brachycephalidae) endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. PeerJ.
2016
Firkowski, Carina R.; Bornschein, Marcos R.; Ribeiro, Luiz F.; Pie, Marcio R. Diversification and microendemism in montane refugia from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 100, p. 345-360, 2016.
2015
Bornschein, Marcos R.; Firkowski, Carina R.; Baldo, Diego; Corrêa, Leandro; Belmonte- Lopes, Ricardo; Ribeiro, Luiz F.; Segalla, Magno V.; Pie, Marcio R. Three new species of phytotelm-breeding Melanophryniscus from the Atlantic Rain Forest of southern Brazil (Anura: Bufonidae). PLoS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0142791, 2015.
Ribeiro, Luiz F.; Bornschein, Marcos R.; Belmonte-Lopes, Ricardo; Firkowski, Carina R.; Morato, Sergio A. A.; Pie, Marcio R. Seven new microendemic species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from southern Brazil. PeerJ, v. 3, p. e1011, 2015.
2014
Carnaval, Ana Carolina; Waltari, Eric; Rodrigues, Miguel T.; Rosauer, Dan; VanDerWal, Jeremy; Damasceno, Roberta; Prates, Ivan; Strangas, Maria; Spanos, Zoe; Rivera, Danielle; Pie, Marcio R.; Firkowski, Carina R.; Bornschein, Marcos R.; Ribeiro, Luiz F.; Moritz, Craig. Prediction of phylogeographic endemism in an environmentally complex biome. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, v. 281, p. e20141461, 2014.
Ribeiro, Luiz F.; Ströher, Patrícia R.; Firkowski, Carina R.; Cini, Felipe A.; Bornschein, Marcos R.; Pie, Marcio R. Brachycephalus pernix (Anura: Brachycephalidae), a new host of Ophiotaenia (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea). Herpetology Notes, v. 7, p. 291-294, 2014.
2013
Pie, Marcio R.; Meyer, Andreas L.S.; Firkowski, Carina R.; Ribeiro, Luiz F.; Bornschein, Marcos R. Understanding the mechanisms underlying the distribution of microendemic montane frogs (Brachycephalus spp., Terrarana: Brachycephalidae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. Ecological Modelling, v. 250, p. 165-176, 2013.
Baggio, Rafael A.; Firkowski, Carina R.; Boeger, Maria Regina T.; Boeger, Walter A. Differentiation within and between river basins of Podostemum irgangii (Podostemaceae), a rapid-water macrophyte of southern Brazil. Aquatic Botany, v. 107, p. 33-38, 2013.
2011
Ströher, Patrícia R.; Firkowski, Carina R.; Freire, Andrea S.; Pie, Marcio R. A molecular method for the detection of sally lightfoot crab larvae (Grapsus grapsus, Brachyura, Grapsidae) in plankton samples. Genetics and Molecular Biology, v. 34, p. 529-531, 2011.
Scholarship grants
2015: Restricted award, Ecology and Evolutionary Department, University of Toronto.
2012-2014: MSc. Scholarship, CNPq.
2010-2012: Undergraduate research scholarship, CNPq.
2009-2010: Undergraduate research scholarship, Fundação Araucária.
Teaching Assistance
2016: From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World. University of Toronto - Canada.
2015: Adaptation and Biodiversity. University of Toronto - Canada.
2014: Evolutionary Ecology. Universidade Federal do Paraná - Brazil.
