Curriculum vitae

Last updated February 3, 2025

Education

PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Podos

2020–present

MSc, University of São Paulo

Ecology

Advisors: Dr. Eduardo S. A. Santos & Dr. Rafael Maia

2016–19

BSc, Mackenzie University

Biological Sciences

Advisors: Dr. Paola L. Dall'Occo & Dr. Miguel Â. Marini

2011-15

Peer-reviewed Articles

6. Graham, ZA, JJ Florentino, SP Smithers, JCT Menezes, JE Carvalho & AV Palaoro. Claw coloration in the fiddler crab Leptuca uruguayensis has no correlation with male quality. Current Zoology. Link

2024

5. Menezes, JCT & AV Palaoro. Flight hampers the evolution of weapons in birds. Ecology Letters 25: 624–634. Link

2022

4. Menezes, JCT & ESA Santos. Habitat structure drives the evolution of aerial displays in birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 482-493. Link

2020

3. Menezes, JCT & MÂ Marini. Predators of bird nests in the Neotropics: a review. Journal of Field Ornithology 88: 99-114. Link

2017

2. Menezes, JCT. Spontaneous approach and apparent play solicitation by a young free-living tayra Eira barbara in response to the observer's presence. Revista de Etologia 13: 25-29. Link | PDF

2014

1. Menezes, JCT, BC Barbosa, & F Prezoto (2014). Previously unreported nesting associations of the Yellow-olive Flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens) with social wasps and bees. Ornitología Neotropical 25: 363-368. PDF

2014

Grants & Awards

Fellowships & Research Grants

UMass Fieldwork Grant

$ 5,000

2024

UMass Natural History Collections Scholarship

$ 5,000

2022

UMass Predissertation Grant

$ 1,000

2022

UMass Spaulding-Smith Fellowship

$ 50,000

2021, 25

UMass OEB First Year Fellowship

$ 5,762

2021

ABS Developing Nations Research Grant

$ 1,652

2019

CAPES Master's Fellowship

$10,600

2016–2018

Travel Awards

Animal Behavior Society

2018, 23

UMass Graduate School Travel Award

2023

UMass IDGP Travel Award

2023

Princeton EEB Scholars Program, NJ

2018

Presentations

Presented as *poster or †talk

Relationship between amplitude and frequency in bird vocalizations

†59th Conference of the Animal Behavior Society, San José, Costa Rica

2023

Flight hampers the evolution of weapons in birds

†57th Conference of the Animal Behavior Society (Virtual)

2020

Habitat structure drives the evolution of aerial displays in birds

*Princeton EEB Scholars Program, Princeton, NJ

†55th Conference of the Animal Behavior Society, Milwaukee, WI

2018

Lack of remote monitoring of nests may explain why few Neotropical nest predators are mammals

*Ornithological Congress of the Americas, Puerto Iguazú, Argentina

2017

A meta-analysis of New World nest predators

*X Neotropical Ornithological Congress, Manaus, Brazil

2015

Reviewing Experience

(chronological)

Scientific Journals

  • Proceedings B (5)
  • Nature Communications (1)
  • Ornithology/The Auk (3)
  • Ecology & Evolution (1)
  • Ornithology Research/Brazilian J. of Ornithology (6)
  • PeerJ (3)
  • J. of Herpetology (2)
  • J. of Ethology (1)
  • Wilson J. of Ornithology (3)
  • Ornitología Neotropical (2)

Society Grants

  • Animal Behavior Society Student Research Grant (3)

Teaching Assistant Experience

Evolution

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA • Guest speaker in six lectures • led grading team • helped design assignments

2024

Animal Behavior

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA • Led four lab sections total (24 students per section)

2022, 23

Experimental Comparative Physiology

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA • Led two lab sections (24 students per section)

2022

Animal Behavior

University of São Paulo, Brazil • Assisted students at in-class exercises

2019

Use of R Language for Data Analysis in Ecology

University of São Paulo, Brazil • Assisted students at in-class exercises

2018

Volunteer Experience

Volunteer & Departmental Service

OEB Mentoring Committee

Helped run peer mentoring program for incoming students • mentored three students

2022–24

OEB Seminars Committee

Elected student representative • helped curate and organize weekly seminars

2022–23

EcoEncontros Seminar Series Committee

Helped organize 91 seminars • created ecoencontros.ib.usp.br/en • treasurer

2018–20

Butantan Institute

Abundance point-counter in the Bird Observatory's monthly census

2017–19

PROEX Student Committee

Helped allocate Graduate Program's budget to research projects by 36 graduate students

2017–18

Contributions to Citizen Science

iNaturalist

Helped identify 3,299 observations

Submitted 3,117 observations

2016–present

eBird/Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Hotspot editor for Brazil

Made 872 annotations for Merlin Sound ID

Submitted 8,347 bird checklists

2015–present

Selected Workshops

Summer School on Mathematical Biology

ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, Brazil

Instructor: Dr. Roberto Kraenkel

2020

Macroevolution

University of the Republic, Uruguay

Instructors: Dr. Liam Revell & Dr. Luke Harmon

2019

Phylogenetic comparative methods

Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Instructor: Dr. Diogo Provete

2017

Ornithology field course

Butantan Institute, Brazil

Lead instructor: Luciano Moreira-Lima

2016

Taxonomy & systematics

Mackenzie University, Brazil

Instructor: Dr. Gustavo Schmidt

2012

Work Experience

Freelance field ornithologist

Bird surveys in the Atlantic and Amazon forests

2015–20

University of Brasilia/Infraero

Research assistant in the wildlife management team of Congonhas/São Paulo Airport

2014

Skills

Software

  • R
  • R Markdown
  • Shiny
  • DeepLabCut
  • BayesTraits
  • NetLogo
  • QGis
  • Adobe Illustrator

Language

  • Portuguese (mother language)
  • English (fluent • ILR3 certificate)
  • Spanish (intermediate • ILR2 certificate)
  • German (elementary • ILR3 certificate)
  • Italian (elementary)
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