Rodrigo Hirata Willemart, PI
I did my undergraduate studies at the University of São Paulo (2000), where I also have defended my PhD, in the Zoology Department (2005). During this period I have also worked at the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (Argentina) and the Université de Bourgogne (France). In 2006-2007 I was a PostDoctoral research fellow at the University of Nebraska (USA), and during this period I have also worked at Harvard University (USA). In 2008 I was PostDoctoral research fellow in the Zoology Department of the University of São Paulo. In 2014 I worked at Aberystwyth University, in Wales. Since 2008 I am a professor at School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of the University of São Paulo.
Complete CV:
http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?metodo=apresentar&id=K4776306Y2
Students of LESCA (PLEASE SEE THE PAGE IN PORTUGUESE FOR THE UPDATED VERSION)
Bruna Taques Gomes
 She is carrying out a study about the studies on sensory ecology in Brazil and also preparing a manuscript on the sensory ecology of cave arachnids.
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Elene da Silva Souza
 She has worked on the predatory interaction between harvestmen and spiders (see Publications) and is now involved in a project on the use of environmental cues for spatial orientation in the harvestman Discocyrtus pectinifemur.
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Guilherme Pagoti
 He is studying the use of space and displacements of the harvestman Jussara sp. in the field. The ultimate goal is to obtain information about how males and females get to find each other.
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Nathalia Fernandes
 She is studying the evolution and sexual dimorphism of sensory setae in harvestmen of the family Gonyleptidae (Arachnida, Opiliones).
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Suelyn Barbosa de Lima
 She is studying the sexual behavior of the harvestman Gryne perlata (Opiliones, Cosmetidae).
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Co-advised students
Alessandra Zola Ramin
 A student at the Institute of Biosciences of the University of São Paulo (IBUSP), she is studying the ontogenetical development of glandular openings in the harvestman Heteromitobates albiscriptus (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). The project is advised by Pedro Gnaspini (IBUSP).
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Erika Portela
 She is a student at the Federal University of Amazonia (UFAM). Her project is about the influences of chemical cues on habitat choice in spiders of the family Ctenidae. This project is advised by Thierry Gasnier (UFAM).
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Former students
Barbara Crespo Dias
 She has studied the predatory interaction between the spider Ctenus ornatus (Ctenidae) and the harvestman Mischonyx cuspidatus (Gonyleptidae). We are currently preparing the manuscripts.
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Gilson Costa dos Santos
 He has studied the use of chemical cues in learning in the harvestman Discocyrtus invalidus.
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Jessica Silva Campanha
 She has studied the possible uses of the spoon shaped pedipalps in cosmetid harvestmen.
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Luanda Abrão de Carvalho
 She has studied the predatory interaction between the spitting spider Scytodes globula and the harvestman Discocyrtus invalidus.
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Ivan Ascêncio Dias
 A student at the Institute of Biosciences at the University of São Paulo (IBUSP), he has studied how the knowledge about evolution influences the religiosity among graduate students. This project was advised by Antonio Carlos Marques and co-advised by Rodrigo H Willemart.
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I did my undergraduate studies at the University of São Paulo (2000), where I also have defended my PhD, in the Zoology Department (2005). During this period I have also worked at the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (Argentina) and the Université de Bourgogne (France). In 2006-2007 I was a PostDoctoral research fellow at the University of Nebraska (USA), and during this period I have also worked at Harvard University (USA). In 2008 I was PostDoctoral research fellow in the Zoology Department of the University of São Paulo. In 2014 I worked at Aberystwyth University, in Wales. Since 2008 I am a professor at School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of the University of São Paulo.
