Carlos Frederico Duarte Rocha

Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil

Biography

Carlos F D Rocha is Professor of Ecology at the Department of Ecology, Institute of Biology at the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) where he works since 1988. He received his Master’s (1987) and PhD (1992) degrees in Ecology both from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil. His main interests are in Ecology and Conservation of amphibians and reptiles. And he has more than 360 published articles. He has already supervised 31 students in PhD degree and 39 in Master´s degree. He is Adjunct Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution at UERJ. Since 1993, he is the Leader of the Tropical Vertebrate Ecology Group of the Brazilian Council of Science and Technology (CNPq) of the Brazilian Environmental Ministry Coordinating 101 researchers (44 PhD researchers and 57 Graduate and undergraduate students). Since 2004, he is Level I-A CNPq Researcher (Higher level of Brazilian scientists attributed by the Brazilian Council of Science and Technology (CNPq) of the Brazilian Environmental Ministry.