Karine Frehner Kavalco

She is a Full Professor at the Federal University of Vicosa - Evolutionary Biology area, and a master's and doctoral advisor in the Graduate Programs of Ecology (PPG-Eco) and Conservation and Management of Natural and Agrarian Ecosystems (MCENA), both at UFV, as well as in the Graduate Program of Zoology (PPG-Zoo) at UFMG. She spent a year as an "honorary visitor" at the Department of Genetics and Genomic Biology, University of Leicester - UK , working with WGS and cytogenomics of neotropical fish species. Her studies have emphasized the evolutionary and ecological genetics of fish and her scientific production mainly involves themes related to the knowledge of biodiversity and its evolution, especially Characiformes and Siluriformes. She acts directly with Scientific Outreach.