Erika Hingst-Zaher
Director/Researcher at Museu Biológico · Instituto Butantan
Research Interests
Conservation, Citizen Science, One Health
Biography
Researcher and Museum Director at Instituto Butantan, interested in vertebrate zoology and ecology, as well as science dissemination and outreach. Works on taxonomy of mammals, morphometrics and morphology and its application to the evolution of vertebrates, as well as biodiversity inventories, monitoring, and conservation related to human health.
Education
Graduated in Biology at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with Masters Degree in Ecology at the Graduate Program in Ecology, UFRJ, and PhD in Genetics and Evolution with CAPES fellowship at the AMNH/CUNY. Post Doc as a Young researcher FAPESP at the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Recent Scopus Publications
- Diversity and pathogen surveillance in chigger mites across Brazil's five biogeographic regions
- A survey of vector-borne bacteria in bat-associated mites (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae and Spinturnicidae) from Brazil reveals the presence of Ehrlichia spp.
- Bite, hold and vibrate: Courtship behaviour in the Brazilian glass lizard Ophiodes fragilis
- To be (cryptic) or not to be? Variation in detectability by prey explains the diet of an ambush predator
- Mercury exposure of purple martins (Progne subis) in Brazil: a comparison between two non-breeding sites
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9547-6666
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1LX6rLEAAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=24830106500