Lúcia G. Lohmann holds an under-graduate degree in Biology from the University of São Paulo, Brazil (1995), a Masters and a Graduate Certificate in Tropical Biology & Conservation from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL, 1998), and a Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics from the University of Missouri-St.Louis (1998, 2003). She was a post-doctoral fellow at the CCSD (Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development) at the Missouri Botanical Garden (2004). She is currently a faculty at the Department of Botany of the University of São Paulo (USP, since 2004), Executive Director of the Association for Tropical Biology & Conservation (ATBC, since 2019), Research Associate at the Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT, since 2004), and Research Associate at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG, since 2008). She is an Associate Editor for Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution (since 2017), member of the São Paulo Academy of Sciences (ACIESP, since 2020); corresponding member of the Botanical Society of America (BSA, since 2020); and, honorary member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAA&S;, since 2021). She is also a Council Member of the Red Latinoamericana de Botánica (RLB, 2013-2018), Flora Neotropica (2003-presente), Flora of Brazil (2008-present), and Flora of Paraguay (Jardin Botanique de Genéve & MOBOT, 2007-present). Her research is highly integrative, combining components of taxonomy, molecular systematics, ecology, and evolution to understand the processes that have shaped the history of diversification and biogeography in the Neotropics. Her research has a special focus in the plant family Bignoniaceae, a conspicuous component of Neotropical forests and an excellent model to study the origin and evolution of Neotropical biodiversity. E-mail: . (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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| La parte joven de la Amazonia |
| The young Amazon |
| Artists on an Expedition, Biologists in the Museum |
| The rain that united two forests |
| Para entender el origen de la selva |
| Seeking to understand the origin of the forest |
| La evolución escrita en las lianas |
| La evolución escrita en las lianas |
| Evolution written in lianas |
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The Amazon Rainforest biome hosts the highest species diversity on Earth and strongly contributes to global climate as a major reservoir of carbon storage. In addition, the Amazon Rain Forest is crucial for atmospheric moisture production and distribution over South America, which supplies surface waters to the world´s largest river system connecting the Andes with the equatorial Atlantic…
Lianas represent 1/3 of the total biomass of leaves from tropical forests and contribute up to 40% of woody stems from these forests. Lianas also account for a large percentage of the species diversity of tropical forests, as well as constitute an important source of food for many animals. The tribe Bignonieae includes 392 species and 21 genera, and constitutes the most diverse and abunda…
We propose a new evolutionary and environmental synthesis of Amazonian biodiversity that will seek to answer 11 key research questions on 4 target-taxa (butterflies, plants, birds, primates): Question 1 asks where biodiversity is distributed in Amazônia. We will develop the most complete georeferenced database to date for Amazonian vascular plants and terrestrial vertebrates and then use …
The tribe Bignonieae includes all neotropical lianas in the plant family Bignoniaceae (360 species and 21 genera) and constitutes the most abundant and diverse group of lianas in the Neotropics. This project aims to study Anemopaegma Mart. ex Meisn., the third largest genus in the tribe. Anemopaegma includes lianas and shrubs that are endemic to regions with oligotrophic soils (poor in nu…
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Understanding the patterns and processes involved in the origin and maintenance of biological diversity is a key question in biology. A variety of factors, including history and ecology, have influenced population divergence in the past leading to speciation. However, we still do not have a clear understanding of the relative importance of those factors for the diversification of most lin…
Phylogenies describe the relationships among organisms, representing a key tool for evolutionary and biogeographical studies. Studies of this nature are essential for improved knowledge of the origin and history of diversification of the Neotropical biota. The plant family Bignoniaceae represents an iconic group of the Brazilian flora, broadly known due to the conspicuous flowers of the T…
Events of vicariance and dispersion are models traditionally applied for explanating biogeographic hypotheses. Primary hypotheses about the disjunctions between South America and Africa and between the Atlantic Forest and the Amazon Forest are based on the Gondwana split during the Cretaceous and the latter on the climatic changes from the Miocene. These events would have forged not only …
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Phylogenies depict evolutionary relationships among organisms, representing a key component of biodiversity studies. Indeed, phylogenetic trees provide the basic framework for sound classification systems, evolutionary, and biogeographical studies. Studies of this nature are crucial for an improved understanding about the origin and history of diversification of biotas. The plant family B…
The Neotropics are the most species-rich tropical region in the world and have been considered an engine of plant diversity to the planet, as species leaving the American tropics has largely exceeded immigration during the Cenozoic. Thus, biotic interchanges have played a key role in the Neotropical assembly. Despite that, some important components of the Neotropical flora have been hypot…
The unequal distribution of taxa across the Globe has intrigued scientists for a long time. In particular, the observation that the Neotropics is more diverse than the Paleotropics has led ecologists, evolutionary biologists, systematists and biogeographers to search for explanations to this pattern for several hundred years. Indeed, few issues have been as exciting to scientists as the o…
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| 1 / 1 | Ongoing scholarships in Brazil |
| 35 / 18 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| 9 / 9 | Completed scholarships abroad |
| 56 / 36 | All research grants and scholarships |
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