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Graduate at Biological Science from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (1982), master's at Immunology from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1986) and PhD at Microbiology from Universidade Federal de São Paulo (1994). Postdoctoral studies at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2004) and postdoctoral studies in Mycology at the University of Michigan, USA (2016). Acting in the following subjects: 1) Escherichia coli: virulence factors, biofilm and antimicrobial resistance; 2) Amphibian chytridomycosis: Isolation and molecular diagnosis of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; 3) Macrofungi of the ARIE Forest of Saint Genebra, diversity and molecular phylogeny.

Selected Publications

Vieira, C. A.; Almeida, C. H. L. N.; Lambertini, C.; leite, D. S.; Toledo, L.F.; First record of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Paraná, Brazil. Herpetological Review, v.43, p. 93-94, 2012

Aguilar, A. V.; Ruano-fajardo, G.; Lambertini, C.; leite, D. S.; Toledo, L.F.; Mott, T.; Chytrid fungus acts as a generalist pathogen infecting species-rich amphibian families in Brazilian rainforests. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, v.114, p. 61-67, 2015 [ doi:10.3354/dao02845 ]

Lambertini, C.; Becker, G.; Jenkinson, T. S.; Rodriguez, D.; leite, D. S.; James, T. Y.; Zamudio, K. R.; Toledo, L.F.; Local phenotypic variation in amphibian-killing fungus predicts infection dynamics. Fungal ecology, v.20, p. 15-21, 2016 [ doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2015.09.014 ]

James, Timothy Y.; Toledo, L. Felipe; Rödder, Dennis; Da Silva leite, Domingos; Belasen, Anat M.; Betancourt-román, Clarisse M.; Jenkinson, Thomas S.; Lambertini, Carolina; Longo, Ana V.; Ruggeri, Joice; Collins, James P.; Burrowes, Patricia A.; Lips, Karen R.; Zamudio, Kelly R.; Longcore, Joyce E.; Disentangling host, pathogen, and environmental determinants of a recently emerged wildlife disease: lessons from the first 15 years of amphibian chytridiomycosis research. Ecology and Evolution, v.5, p. n/a-n/a, 2015 [ doi:10.1002/ece3.1672 ]