Personal presentation

Bachelor's at Ciências Biológicas from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2000), master's at Genetics from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2003) and doctorate at Genetics from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2008). Post-doc at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens and UFRJ. Professor at UNICAMP, Department of Plant Biology. Has experience in Molecular Ecology, evolutionary biology, conservation genetics, population genetics and genomics, evolutionary genomics and transcriptomics; phylogeography and reproductive biology.

Research activities

Bachelor's at Biological Sciences from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2000), master's at Genetics and Molecular Biology from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2003) and PhD at Genetics and Molecular Biology from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2008). Post-doc at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens and UFRJ. I am a Professor at UNICAMP, Department of Plant Biology. I am Head of the Evolutionary Ecology and Genomics Laboratory. I am mainly interested in studing Evolutionary Biology of Neotropical Plants. My main research projects are focus on molecular ecology, evolutionary biology, conservation genetics, population genetics and genomics, evolutionary genomics and transcriptomics; phylogeography and reproductive biology.

Teaching activities

I teach the following Undergrad courses: BT202 - Phylogoegraphy - Biological Sciences BT205 - Biogeography - Biological Sciences Bt201 - Biogeography - Geography

Selected Publications

palma-silva, C; Lexer, C; Paggi, G M; Barbará, T; Bered, F; Bodanese-zanettini, M H; Range-wide patterns of nuclear and chloroplast DNA diversity in Vriesea gigantea (Bromeliaceae), a neotropical forest species. Heredity (Edinburgh. Print), v., p. 00-, 2009 [ doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.116 ]

palma-silva, C. (author Correspondente); palma-silva, C; Wendt, T.; Pinheiro, F.; Barbará, T.; Fay, Michael F.; Cozzolino, S.; Lexer, C.; Sympatric bromeliad species (Pitcairnia spp.) facilitate tests of mechanisms involved in species cohesion and reproductive isolation in Neotropical inselbergs. Molecular Ecology (Print), v.x, p. no-no, 2011 [ doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05143.x ]

Turchetto-zolet, A. C.; Pinheiro, F.; Salgueiro, F.; palma-silva, C.; Phylogeographical patterns shed light on evolutionary process in South America. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, v.22, p. 1193-1213, 2013 [ doi:10.1111/mec.12164 ]

palma-silva, C.; Ferro, M.; Bacci, M.; Turchetto-zolet, Andreia Carina; De novo assembly and characterization of leaf and floral transcriptomes of the hybridizing bromeliad species ( Pitcairnia spp.) adapted to Neotropical Inselbergs. Molecular Ecology Resources, v.xx, p. n/a-n/a, 2016 [ doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12504 ]