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Education

• Ph.D in Zoology, Universidade Federal do Parana (UFPR), 2017-2022
• M.S. in Zoology, Universidade Federal do Parana (UFPR), 2015-2017
• B.S. in Biology, Universidade Estadual do Parana (UNESPAR), 2010-2014

Research experience

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Rohlfs Lab, University of Oregon, current
• Ph.D intern at the ToBo Lab, Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai’i, 2019-2020
• Graduate researcher with Marcos Barbeitos at UFPR, 2017-2022

Publications

Asynchronous Hatching and Extended Parental Care in Aegla schmitti (Decapoda, Anomura)

Adam, C. L., Marochi, M., Lacerda, M., Trevisan, A., & Masunari, S. (2017). Asynchronous Hatching and Extended Parental Care in Aegla schmitti (Decapoda, Anomura). Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 60, e17160372.

Ontogenetic shape changes and sexual dimorphism in Aegla marginata Bond-Buckup and Buckup, 1994

Adam, C. L., Marochi, M. Z., & Masunari, S. (2018). Ontogenetic shape changes and sexual dimorphism in Aegla marginata Bond-Buckup and Buckup, 1994. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 90(02), 1521-1532.

Genetic structuring and species boundaries in the Atlantic stony coral Favia (Scleractinia, Faviidae)

Adam, C. L., Toonen, R. J., Carlon, D. B., Zilberberg, C., & Barbeitos, M. S. (2024). Genetic structuring and species boundaries in the Atlantic stony coral Favia (Scleractinia, Faviidae). Zoologica Scripta, 53(3), 376-394.

Genetic diversity and population structure of the semiterrestrial crab Armases benedicti (Brachyura, Sesarmidae) along the North Brazilian coast

Adam, C. L., Schubart, C. D., Masunari, S., & Marochi, M. Z. (2024). Genetic diversity and population structure of the semiterrestrial crab Armases benedicti (Brachyura, Sesarmidae) along the North Brazilian coast. Crustaceana, 97(5-9), 553-566..

TRACKing Tandem Repeats: a customizable pipeline for identification and cross-species comparisons

Adam, C. L., Rocha, J., Sudmant, P., & Rohlfs, R. (2024). TRACKing Tandem Repeats: a customizable pipeline for identification and cross-species comparisons. bioRxiv, 2024-09.

Presentations

• “Phylogenetics of the Atlantic reef-building coral Favia spp. (Scleractinia, Mussidae)” (2021). II Virtual Meeting of Systematics, Biogeography, and Evolution.
• “Challenges of the Life Sciences graduate after graduation” (2021). Panel discussion at the Life Sciences Undergraduate Program at the Universidade Tecnológica do Paraná, Ponta Grossa, Brazil.
• “Bayesian species delimitation, morphometry and connectivity among Favia gravida (Scleractinia: Mussidae) along the South Atlantic” (2019). Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology, Hawai’i, USA.
• “Next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics” (2019). Invited talk at the X Semana Acadêmica de Biologia, Universidade Estadual do Paraná, Paranaguá, Brazil.

Grants and Fellowships

• Coral Bleaching RCN Early Career Fellowship, granted in 2020 by the Ohio State University.
• Institutional Internationalization Program (PRINT), granted in 2019 by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES).
• Ph.D. scholarship awarded by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) from 2017-2021.
• Master’s scholarship awarded by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) from 2015-2017.

Services

• Coordinator of judging session for Evo-Wibo (2025). Blaine, Washington, USA.
• Member of the Science Outreach committee for the Zoology graduate program (2019-2023). Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
• Student representative for the Zoology graduate program (2018-2019). Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
• Organizer of the V Zoology Symposium (2019). Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.

Other Activities

• Social Media Manager for the “Science Wise Podcast: Lessons from people who shape science” (current).
• Instructor of the undergraduate course “R for Data Science (R4DS)” (2025). University of Oregon, Eugene, USA.
• Instructor of the undergraduate course “Manipulation of DNA Sequences” (2018). Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.