Carlos Vinicius Silveira da Cunha Melo

@pgetno.ufrpe.br

Zoology
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

PhD Student in the Graduate Program in Ethnobiology and Nature Conservation. Holds a Master’s degree in Biodiversity from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (2024) and a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Pernambuco (2021). My research interests focus on the evolution of human medicinal behavior. During my master’s studies, I investigated intentional gestural communication in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus), receiving the Robert Glaser Travel Grant from the Gesellschaft für Primatologie and support from the Animal Behavior Collective. I am currently investigating the origins of local human medical systems by comparing medicinal behavior in humans and non-human primates.

EDUCATION

Biological Sciences - Bachaleor - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2017 - 2021)
Master in Biodiversity - Biodiversity Postgraduation Program - Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (2022 - 2024)
Phd in Ethnobiology and Nature Conservation - Ethnobiology and Nature Conservation Postgraduation Program - Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (2025 - now)

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Animal Science and Zoology

Publications

GONÇALVES, PAULO HENRIQUE SANTOS ; DA CUNHA MELO, CARLOS VINÍCIUS SILVEIRA ; DE ASSIS ANDRADE, CLARA ; DE OLIVEIRA, DANILO VICENTE BATISTA ; DE MOURA BRITO JUNIOR, VALDIR ; RITO, KÁTIA F. ; DE MEDEIROS, PATRÍCIA MUNIZ ; ALBUQUERQUE, ULYSSES PAULINO . Livelihood strategies and use of forest resources in a protected area in the Brazilian semiarid. ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY, v. on, p. line, 2021. Citações: