I work on conservation genetics of subtropical palms in southern Brazil, with a few approaches such as population genomics, phenotyping under environmental stresses, progeny tests for breeding and sustainable management, uses and economic significance of palms.

I begun projects with palms in the last four years, briefly after I was hired by UFRGS. We have done recent genotyping-by-sequencing of a few populations of palms belonging with genus Butia and genus Syagrus. We are in the process of analyzing and publishing the first papers on the matter. A recent systematic review shows a little of what has been done with the palms that we are working with: Phenotypic and molecular basis for genetic variation in jelly palms (Butia sp.): where are we now and where are we headed to? (DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2023-0145; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37948507/).

Main skills: statistical analysis with R; population genomics; molecular biology techniques; field and greenhouse phenotyping.

Crop Science
Genomics
Population Genetics
Quantitative genetics

I am looking for people interested in studying mechanisms of palms to cope with climate change. These include adaptation to climate change, climate resilience of palm species and populations, restoration of degraded areas with palms. People with expertise in ecological niche modeling, genome assembly, epigenomics, highthrouput genotyping and related expertises should be of great assist to the project.

conservation of endangered palms, population genomics, population epigenomics, adaptation to climate change, climate resilience of palms

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