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Lucas Porto
Evolutionary biologist
Supervisions

Siqi Chang
(Completed: 2026 - 2026)
Project: Competition and Climate shaped Hyaenidae Diversification Differently
in Africa and Eurasia
(Master student)
Imperial College London

Dorothy Woo
(Completed: 2026 - 2026)
Project: Projected future extinctions threaten unique ecological functions in Canidae
(Master student)
University College London

Eduarda Kjekshus Mansur Haddad
(Completed: 2024 - 2025)
Project: Different Stories, Same Characters: The Impact of Databases on Estimating Canidae
Diversity Over Deep Time
(Undergraduate student)
University of São Paulo
CNPq grant awarded

Nathália Caldeira Dias
(Completed: 2023 - 2025)
Project: Another brick in the law: evaluating the biological and statistical aspects of the third law of paleobiology
(Master student)
Co-supervision
University of São Paulo
Assessment committees
Jônatas Chaves Silveira
Project: Espécies extintas revelam padrões ocultos da regra de Bergmann em canídeos.
(Master student - thesis defense).
Federal University of Sergipe (2026).
Felipe Medeiros Ceccagno
Project: EVORREGIÕES DE CETÁCEOS Uma abordagem evolutiva para a biogeografia marinha global.
(Master student - thesis defense).
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2026).
Rômulo da Rosa Silveira
Project: Fossoriality as a Macroevolutionary Driver of Mammal Evolution.
(PhD student - qualifying exam).
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2026).
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