Referee for Scientific Journals (70 journals, 152 manuscripts)

Current contributor
2023-present: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
2022-present: Mammal Review
2022-present: Ecology Letters
2022-present: Evolution
2022-present: Ecology and Evolution
2022-present: Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2020-present: Mammalian Biology
2022-present: Evolution
2022-present: Ecology and Evolution
2022-present: Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2021 - present: Peer J
2020 - present: Trends in Ecology and Evolution
2020 - present: Proceedings of the Royal Society B—Biological Sciences
2020 - present: Aquatic conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
2020 - present: Frontiers in Marine Science
​2019 - present: Oikos
​​2019 - present: Conservation Biology
2019 - present: Journal of the Royal Society Interface
2019 - present: Animal Cognition
2018 - present: Nature Ecology and Evolution
2018 - present: Biology Letters
2018 - present: Behavioural Processes
2018 - present: Ecosphere
2018 - present: BMC Biology
2017 - present: Journal of Animal Ecology 
2017 - present: Nature Scientific Reports
2017 - present: Marine Ecology Progress Series
2014 - present: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
2014 - present: Royal Society Open Science
2014 - present: Journal of Mammalogy
2013 - present: Animal Behaviour
2013 - present: Behavioral Ecology
2013 - present: Marine Mammal Science

Past contributions
2023: Perspectives in Ecology ad Evolution
2023: Evolutionary Human Sciences 
2023: Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy
2023: Journal of Heredity 
2022: Biodiversity Data Journal
2022: Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
2022: Ecological Indicators
2021: PeerJ 
2020: Functional Ecology
2020: Journal of Complex Networks
2020: Integrative Zoology
2020: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
2020: Mammalian Biology Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde
2020: Science of the Total Environment
2020: Oecologia Australis
2019: IBIS International Journal of Avian Science
2018: Global Ecology and Biogeography
2018: Ecosphere
2018: BMC Biology
2017: PLoS ONE
2018: Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
2018: Zoological Letters
2018: Herpetological Conservation and Biology
2018: Journal of Informetrics
2018: Zoology
2018: Deep Sea Research Part II: Tropical Studies in Oceanography
2017: Human Ecology
2017: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
2017: Mammalia
2017: Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science
2016: Information Systems
2015 - 2016: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK
2014: Endangered Species Research
​2014: Population Ecology
2014: Global Ecology and Conservation
2014: Zoological Studies
2014: Issues in Biological Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research
2013: Biodiversity and Conservation
2012: Thalassas
2012: Pan American Journal of Aquatic Sciences
2011 - 2013: The Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals
2011: Biota Neotropica
​2011: Animal Conservation

Research groups

2021 - present: LABIRINTO: Lab for Animal Behavioral Interaction Research in the Ocean, Oregon State University

2019-2021: Social Evolutionary Ecology Lab, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour, Radolfzell, Germany

2020-2021: Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, University Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

2009-present: Aquatic Mammals Lab, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

2017-present: Coastal and Oceanic Systems Research Group, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Pontal do Paraná, Brazil

2017-present: Human—Non-human Interface Research Group, Universidade de Sergipe, Brazil


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Supervision and Mentorship

 
Postdoctoral scholars (1 ongoing)

1. Ongoing: 2023: Dr. Taylor Hersh, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University. Research: Complexity, diversity, and dynamics of bowhead whale song. Co-mentors: Mauricio Cantor & Kate Stafford

 
PhD students (4 ongoing, 3 completed)

1. Ongoing: 2024-2028: Supervisor, PhD Wildlife Sciences, Oregon State University. Student: João Valle Pereira. Thesis title: “Behavioral mechanisms, population consequences, and ecological resilience of dolphin specialized foraging behavior”. 
2. Ongoing: 2023-2026: Supervisor, PhD degree in Wildlife Sciences, Oregon State University, USA. Student: Michaela A. Kratofil. Thesis title: “Movement ecology of Hawaiian false killer whales: Influence of the physical environment and social structure, with implications for management”
3. Ongoing: 2022-2025: Supervisor, PhD degree in Coastal and Ocean Systems, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Student: Daiane Marcondes. Thesis title: “Social structure and acoustic repertoire of Guiana dolphins in the Paranagua Estuarine Complex”. Co-supervisor: Dr. Camila Domit
4. Ongoing: 2022-2025: Co-supervisor, PhD degree in Coastal and Ocean Systems, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Student: Gabriel Fraga. Thesis title: “Spatiotemporal patterns of sea turtle mortality in southern and southeastern Brazil​”. Supervisor: Dr. Camila Domit, Dr. Maikon di Domenico
5. 2019-2023: Co-supervisor, PhD degree in Ocean Systems, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Student: Stephane P. Moura. Thesis title: “​Spatial dynamics of Guiana dolphins in relation to anthropogenic impacts in southern Brazil”. Supervisor: Dr. Camila Domit
6. 2019-2024: Co-supervisor, PhD degree in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: Alexandre Marcel da Silva Machado. Thesis title: “The influence of individual heterogeneity in the dynamics of dolphin-fishermen foraging and the implications for the dolphin population​”. Supervisor: Dr. Fabio G. Daura-Jorge
7. 2018-2023: Co-supervisor, PhD degree. University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Student: Shanan Atkins. Thesis: “Identifying leverage points to solve the human-wildlife conflict regarding shark nets”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Neville Pillay

 
MSc students (2 ongoing, 10 completed)

1. Ongoing: 2023-2025: Supervisor, Master’s degree in Wildlife Sciences, Oregon State University, USA. Student: Mahmud Rahman. Thesis title: “Risk-taking behavior among bottlenose dolphins: individual variation and social influence”. 
2. Ongoing: 2022-2024: Supervisor, Master’s degree in Wildlife Sciences, Oregon State University, USA. Student: Kyra Bankhead. Thesis title: “The diffusion dynamics of human-induced food provisioning on Sarasota dolphins”. Supervisory committee: Dr. Randall Wells, Dr. Katie McHugh, Dr. Sonja Wild
3.  2022-2024: Co-Supervisor, Master’s degree in Coastal and Ocean Systems, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Student: Fernanda Fecci. Thesis title: “Anthropogenic influence on the parental care of Guiana dolphins”. Co-Supervisor: Dra. Camila Domit 
4. 2020-2022: Co-supervisor, Master’s degree in Ecology, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil. Student: Tainá de Souza Duarte Nogueira. Thesis title: “Social organization of Guiana dolphins in the Todos os Santos Bay”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marcos Rossi-Santos.
5. 2021-2022: Supervisor, Master’s degree in Wildlife Sciences, Oregon State University, USA. Student: Kiera McGarvey Sears. Thesis title: “Parallel Lives: Do bottlenose dolphins cooperate amongst themselves when foraging with artisanal net-casting fishers?”. Co-supervisors: Prof. Dr. Emer Rogan (University College of Cork)
6. 2019-2021: Co-supervisor, Master’s thesis in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: João Valle Pereira. Thesis title: “Individual behavioural variation among artisanal fishermen may affect the foraging cooperation with wild dolphins”. Supervisor: Dr. Fabio G. Daura-Jorge
7. 2019-2021: Supervisor, Master’s degree in Coastal and Ocean Systems, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Student: Daiane Santana Marcondes. Thesis title: “Acoustic behaviour of Guiana dolphin Sotalia guianensis at port and conservation areas”. Co-Supervisor: Dra. Camila Domit 
8. 2019-2021: Supervisor, Master’s thesis in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: Bruna Santos da Silva. Thesis title: “Changes in the socioecological system of artisanal fishery with wild dolphins and the role of cooperative interactions among fishers​”. Co-supervisor: Dr. Natalia Hanazaki
9. 2020-2021: Co-supervisor, Master’s degree in Data Science, University of Barcelona, Spain. Student: Penny Tarling. Thesis title: “Deep learning to count fish in sonar images”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sergio Escalera.
10. 2018-2020: Co-Supervisor, Master’s degree in Coastal and Ocean Systems, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Student: Estela Dibo Soares. Thesis title: “Skin diseases of Guiana dolphins in port and conservation areas: Short-term responses to anthropic disturbance”. Supervisor: Dra. Camila Domit
11. 2016-2018: Co-supervisor, Master’s degree in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: Alexandre Marcel. Thesis title: “Dolphin social preferences are driven by homophily based on specialized foraging with fishermen”. Supervisor: Dr. Fabio G. Daura-Jorge
12. 2013-2015: Co-supervisor, Master’s degree in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: Luiza Beirão-Campos. Thesis title: “Does the space use influence the social structure of Guiana dolphins?”. Supervisor: Dr. Paulo Cesar Simões-Lopes

 
Mentorship of lato sensu graduate students (2 completed)

1. 2023: Co-supervisor, Post-MSc internship in Ecology. Universidade federal de Santa Catarina and Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany. Student: João V.S. Valle-Pereira. Project: “Social foraging and hunting performance in human cooperative systems”. Supervisor: Prof. Fabio Daura-Jorge
2. 2022-2023: Supervisor, Certificate in Wildlife Management. Oregon State University, USA. Student: Kellan Parker. Project: “Social Dynamics and Agonistic Behavior in California Sea Lions in Nonbreeding Colonies”.

 
Mentorship of undergraduate students (1 ongoing, 9 completed)

1. 2023-2024:  Supervisor, capstone project, bachelor's degree in Marine Studies, Oregon State University, USA. Student: Andy Warrick. Project: “Killer whales and white sharks interactions”.
2. 2021-2022: Supervisor, honours thesis in Biological Sciences. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: Bernardo Jacob. Project: “Occurrence and behaviour of Scaled Chachalacas (Ortalis squamata) in urban rainforest fragments of the Santa Catarina Island”.
3. 2019: Supervisor, honours thesis in Biological Sciences. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil. Student: Bianca Perez. Project: “Behavioural budget of females and calves of right whales in southern Brazil breeding ground”. Co-supervisor: Dra. Karina Groch.
4. 2019: Supervisor, undergraduate research training in Animal Behaviour. Placement Year from Plymouth University, UK, to Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: Emilie Ehrhardt. Supervisor (Plymouth): Prof. Simon Ingram; Co-supervisor (UFSC): Prof. Fábio Daura-Jorge
5. 2018: Supervisor, undergraduate research training in Teaching and Research at the University Hospital, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: Jéssica Sueli dos Santos Batista
6. 2018: Collaborator, undergraduate research training in Zoology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: André Nogueira. Thesis title: “Occurrence of killer whales in southern Brazil”. Supervisor: Dr. Paulo Cesar Simões-Lopes.
7. 2017-2018. Supervisor, Professional Training Year in Zoology, Cardiff University, Wales UK and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: Jack Peter Ford. Thesis title: “Do dolphins that interact with fishermen use signature whistles?”.
8. 2017-2018: Supervisor, Honour’s thesis in Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: João Valle-Pereira. Thesis title: “The influence of behavioural context on the social structure of dolphins that forage with artisanal fishermen”.
9. 2018-2018: Supervisor, undergraduate research training in Ecology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil. Student: Bianca Perez. 
10. 2015-2016: Supervisor. East Hampton High School, New York. Student: Brooke Santiago. Project: Are sperm whales chattier in larger groups?

 
Member of supervisory committee of graduate students (6 ongoing, 2 completed)

1. 2024 - present. Charlene Pérez-Santos, MSc student in Wildlife Sciences, Oregon State University. Primary supervisor: Dr. Josh Stewart. Supervisory committee: Mauricio Cantor, et al.
2. 2023 - present. Amanda Puitiza, PhD candidate in Animal Sciences, Oregon State University. Primary supervisor: Prof Monique Udell. Supervisory committee: Mauricio Cantor, et al.
3. 2023 - present. Sabena Siddiqui, PhD candidate in Wildlife Sciences, Oregon State University. Primary supervisor: Prof Will White. Supervisory committee: Mauricio Cantor, et al.
4. 2021 - present. Clara Bird, PhD candidate in Wildlife Sciences, Oregon State University. Primary supervisor: Prof Leigh Torres. Supervisory committee: Mauricio Cantor, Tiffany Garcia, Jamie Cornelius
5. 2022 - present. Shansunnahar, PhD student in Wildlife Sciences, Oregon State University. Primary supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lisa Ballance; Supervisory committee: Mauricio Cantor, Megan Jones, Josh Stewart.
6. 20223 – present. Yaly Mevorach, PhD candidate. University of Haifa, Israel. Thesis: “The influence of social structure on communication complexity of sperm whales (Physeter ma crocephalus)”. Primary supervisors: Shane Gero, Dan Tchernov; Supervisory committee: Amiyaal Ilany, Mauricio Cantor
7. 2022 - 2023. Joshua Bowman, Masters’ student in Wildlife Sciences, Oregon State University. Thesis: “When the Hunter Becomes the Hunted: An Investigation of Chemical Alarm Signaling in Elasmobranchs”. Primary supervisor: Prof Taylor Chapple. Supervisory committee: Mauricio Cantor, Jonathan Armstrong, Jamie Cornelius
8. 2022 - 2023. Haley McKinnon, Masters’ student in Environmental Arts and Humanities; Certificate in Wildlife Management; College of Liberal Arts Write. Oregon State University. Thesis: “Seeing the Oceans for the Whales: How Whales Get Lost in the Sea of Human Perceptions”. Supervisory committee: Mauricio Cantor, Ehren Pflugfelder, Michael Nelson, Joshua Reeves

Participation in Graduate Examination Committees

Examiner of doctorate thesis defenses (11 theses, 7 institutions)
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1. August 2023: PhD in Biodiversity and Nature Conservation, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Candidate: Yasmin Viana; Thesis: “Possíveis alterações na produção acústica de Odontocetos em contextos de co-ocorrência”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Artur Andriolo. Examining committee: Dr. Thiago Amorim, Prof. Mauricio Cantor (supplant)
2. December 2022: PhD in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Bianca Romeu; Thesis: “Spatial and temporal variations in the occurrence of the Lahille's bottlenose dolphins in southern Brazil via continuous passive acoustic monitoring”. Supervisor: Prof. Fabio Daura-Jorge; Examining committee: Prof Artur Andriolo, Prof Selvino Neckel de Oliveira, Prof. Paulo Simões-Lopes, Prof. Renata Santoro Souza-Lima; Dr. Mauricio Cantor
3. September 2022: PhD in Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia. Candidate: Leonie Huijser. Thesis: “Social structure and use of signature whistles in Moreton Bay bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)”. Principal Advisors: Prof. Michael Noad & Prof Rebecca Dunlop. Examining committee: Prof. Ewa Krzyszczyk, Prof. Mauricio Cantor
4. January 2021: PhD in Biological Sciences, University of Rio Grande, Brazil and Flinders University, Australia. Candidate: Rodrigo Genoves; Thesis: Genetic and social structure of Lahille’s bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus gephyreus) in the Patos Lagoon estuary and adjacent coastal waters. Supervisors: Prof Eduardo Secchi, Prof. Luciana Moller, Prof. Guido Parra. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor and others.​
5. October 2018: PhD in Psychology and Biology, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Candidate: Lais Menes Ruiz Cantano; Thesis: “Comportamento e dinâmica social de duas espécies de ratos-de-espinho em cativeiro sob a visando das redes sociais"; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Patricia Monticelli. Examining committee: Dr. Mauricio Cantor, Dr. Adriana Sicuto de Oliveira-Ueno, Dr. Patricia Ferreira, Dr. Wilfried Klein.
6. February 2018: PhD in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Anaide Wrublevski Aued; Thesis: “Macroecologia de comunidades bentônicas recitais do Atlântico Sul Ocidental: padrões e processos”. Supervisors: Prof. Bárbara Segal, Prof. Sergio R. Floeter. Evaluating committee: Prof. Tito Lotufo, Prof. Malva M Hernandez, Dr. Eduardo H. Ghiel., Prof. Ronaldo Francinni, Dr. Mauricio Cantor (Supplant member)
7. February 2018: PhD in Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Candidate: Caio Noritake Louzada.Thesis: “Uma sociedade subaquática: Explorando as relações sociais e os padrões espaciais da população de botos-cinza do estuário de Cananéia”.  Supervisor: Emygdio Leite de Araujo Monteiro Filho. Evaluating committee: Dr. Mauricio Cantor, Dr. Roberto Fusco-Costa, Prof. Dr. Fabio G. Daura-Jorge, Prof. Paulo C. Simões-Lopes
8. February 2018: PhD in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Juliano A. Bogoni; Thesis: “Contingência vs. Determinismo: o papel dos paradigmas neutros e de nicho nos padrões de diversidade de mamíferos na mata atlântica sulamericana”. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Nivaldo Peroni, Dr. Mauricio Graipel. Evaluating committee: Prof. Dr. Adriano Paglia, Prof. Dr. Fabio G. Daura-Jorge, Dr. Mauricio Cantor, Prof. Dr. Sergio R. Floeter
9. August 2017: Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Australia. Candidate: Fernando M. Diaz-Aguirre; Thesis: “Socio-genetic structure of southern Australian bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops cf. australis) in a South Australian embayment”. Supervisor: Prof. Luciana Moller, Prof. Guido Parra. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor and others.​
10.  June 2017: Ph.D. in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Candidate: Thiago O.S. Amorim. Thesis: “Bioacústica de baleias cachalotes (Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758) com ênfase no oceano Atlântico Sul occidental”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Artur Andriolo. Examining committee: Dra. Juliana C. di Tullio, Dr. Mauricio Cantor, Dr. Marcelo Veronesi Fukuda, Dr. Fabio Prezoto.
11. May 2017: PhD in Psychobiology, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Brazil. . Candidate: Adriana Sicuto.; Thesis: “Etologia e bioacústica da comunicação de alarme em capivaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris): complexidade funcional e a influência das relações sociais”. Supervisor: Prof. Dra. Patricia Monticelli. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor and others.​

 
Examiner of qualifying/preliminary exams of doctorate defenses (14 theses, 5 institutions)

1. March 2021: Prelim examination of PhD thesis in Ecology, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Candidate: Pamela Vanessa Friedemann Tavares. Thesis: “Habitat type partially explains modular interactions between palm individuals and seed dispersers”. Supervisor: Paulo R Guimarães Jr. Examing committee: Dr. Marco Aurélio Ribeiro de Mello, Dr. Marcio da Silva Araujo, Dr Laura Carolina Bello Lozano, Dr Adriana Maria Zanforlin Martini, Dr. Mauricio Cantor (supplant), Dr. Flavia Delgado Santana
2. December 2020. Prelim examination of PhD thesis in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Clarissa R. Teixeira. Thesis: “Ecologia trófica do boto-cinza, Sotalia guianensis: novas perspectivas temporais, espaciais e individuais”. Supervior: Prof. Paulo C. Simões-Lopes; Examining committee: Prof. Silvina Botta, Prof. Fábio Daura-Jorge, Mauricio Cantor
3. November 2020. Prelim examination of PhD thesis in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Lorena Pinheiro Silva. Thesis: “Efeitos da disponibilidade de nutrientes e da dominância de cianobactérias sobre a estrutura e dinâmica de comunidades planctônicas”. Supervisor: Prof. Mauricio Mello Petrucio, Examining committee: Dr. Andros Tarouco Gianuca, Dr. Mauricio Cantor
4. February 2019. Prelim examination of PhD thesis in Experimental Psychology, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Candidate: Marcelo Fernandes-Bolaños; Thesis: "The individual and the social structure in Sapajus xanthosternos. Supervisor: Prof Dr Patricia Izar. Committee: Dra. Catarina Miranda, Mirim Garcia Mijares, Juliana Marques, Mauricio Cantor (Supplant examiner)
5. September 2019: Prelim examination of PhD thesis in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Macarena Agrelo. Thesis: “Why individual history matters: long-term study of southern right whales off Península Valdés revealed sex-specific survival and changes in the use of the calving ground”. Supervisors: Prof Dr Fabio Daura-Jorge, Prof. Paulo Simoes-Lopes. Examining committee: Dr. Mauricio Cantor (supplant) and others
6. June 2019: Prelim examination of PhD thesis in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Renan L. Paitach. Thesis: “A “seal safe” acoustic deterrent may help to mitigate bycatch, the most serious threat to the franciscana dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei”. Supervisor: Prof Dr Marta Cremer. Examining committee: Dr. Fabio Daura-Jorge, Dr. Leonardo Wedekin, Dr. Mauricio Cantor
7. December 2018: Prelim examination of PhD thesis in Ethnobiology and nature Conservation, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Candidate: María Fernanda De La Fuente Castellón; Thesis: “Estratégias de forrageio e rede social em primatas de vida livre: uma abordagem experimental”.  Supervisor: Prof. Dra. Nicola Schiel. Examining committee: Dr. Júlio César Wicca-Marques, Dr. Paul A. Garber, Dr. Mauricio Cantor (supplant committee member)
8. October 2018: Prelim examination of PhD thesis in Coastal Systems, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Candidate: Luciana Gama. Thesis: "Dieta, comportamento e ecologia trófica de tartarugas-verde (Chelonia mydas) no Oceano Atlântico sul ocidental mediante análises moleculares". Supervisor: Dr. Camila Domit. Examining committee: Dr. Mauricio Cantor
9. September 2018: Prelim examination of PhD thesis in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Lorena Pinheiro-Silva; Thesis: “Species complementarity primarily drives zooplankton top-down control on phytoplankton in a shallow lake dominated by non-toxic cyanobacteria”. Supervisors: Prof. Mauricio Petruccio, Dr. Andros Gianuca. Examining committee: Dr. Mauricio Cantor, Prof. Dr. Andrea S. Freire, Dr. Andrea Koettker.
10. October 2017: Prelim examination of PhD thesis in Oceanic and Coastal Ecosystems, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Candidate: Luciana Gama; Thesis: Uso de biomarcadores moleculares para a conservação de tartarugas-verde (Chelonia mydas) no Atlantico Sul ocidental". Supervisor: Dra. Camila Domit. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor and others
11. June 2017: Ph.D. proposal in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Renan Lopes Paitach; Thesis: "Monitoramento acústico passivo de Pequenos Cetáceos na Baía Babitonga: Ecologia e Conservação". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marta Cremer. Examining committee: Prof. Dr. Fabio Daura-Jorge, Dr Leonardo Wedekin, Dr. Mauricio Cantor
12. November 2016: Prelim examination of PhD thesis in in Psychology, Universidade de São Paulo, Riberão Preto, Brazil. Candidate: Lais Cantano. Thesis: “A dinâmica da vida social de Trinomys setosus Desmarest 1816 (Rodentia: Echimyidae) em cativeiro sob a ótica das redes sociais”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Patricia Monticelli. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor and others
13. August 2015: Prelim examination of PhD thesis in Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Candidate: Caio Noritake Louzada. Thesis: “Uma sociedade subaquática: "Explorando as relações sociais e os padrões espaciais da população de botos-cinza do estuário de Cananéia". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Emygdio LA Monteiro-Filho. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor and others
14. ​October 2015: PhD qualifying exam in Ecology and Conservation, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Candidate: Caio Noritake Louzada. Seminar: “Culture in mammals” Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Emygdio LA Monteiro-Filho​. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor

Examiner of master’s thesis (12 dissertations, 5 institutions)
 

1. August 2023: MSc in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Daniel Barboza Capella. Thesis: “Habitat, morfologia e seleção sexual como motores de diversificação acústica em aves da família Pipridae” Supervisors: Dr. Selvino Neckel de Oliveira, Dr. Guilherme Renzo Rocha Brito; Examining committee: Prof. Carlos Barros de Araujo, Dr. Mauricio Cantor
2. September 2023: MSc in Biological Sciences, Bristol University, UK. Candidate: Mackenzie Meier. Thesis: “Evidence for the strategic use of vocal signals during a cooperative task in bottlenose dolphins”. Supervisor: Stephanie King, Examining committee: Dr. Stephen Montgomery, Dr. Mauricio Cantor.
3. October 2021: MSc in Coastal and Oceanic Systems, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Candidate: Gabriel Fraga da Fonseca. Thesis: “Avaliação dos padrões de encalhe e potenciais causas de mortalidade em Caretta caretta nas regiões sudeste e sul do Brasil”. Supervisor: Dr. Camila Domit, Dr. Maikon di Domenico. Examining Committee: Dr. Mauricio Cantor, Dr. Pedro V. Castilho, Dr. Andre Barreto.
4. May 2021: MSc in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Isadora Cord. Thesis: “Biogeografia Marinha Brasileira: Uma Abordagem Multi-Táxon Para Delinear a Setorização De Sub-Províncias”. Supervisor: Sergio Floeter. Examing Committee: Paulo Horta, Luiz Roch, Tito Lotufo, Mauricio Cantor (supplant examiner)
5. October 2020: MSc qualifying exam in Oceanic Systems, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil. Candidate: Tawane Yara Nunes. Thesis: “Ecologia populacional de tartarugas-verde juvenis, Chelonia mydas, no entorno de unidades de conservação no Paraná”. Supervisor: Dr Cmaila Domit. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor, and others
6. January 2019: MSc thesis in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Maiara Hayata. Thesis: "Padrões de uso e compartilhamento de recursos alimentares de elasmobrânquios do sul do Brasil" Supervisor: Prof. Renato Hajenius Aché de Freitas; Co-supervisor: Dr. Hugo Bornatowski. Committee: Dr. Mauricio Cantor, Prof. Dr. Getúlio Rincon
7. April 2018 : MSc thesis in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Candidate: Jéssica Fernandes de Melo. Thesis: "O sonar do boto vermelho: há diferença entre espécies e subespécies do gênero Inia?" Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Artur Andriolo. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor (supplant) and others
8. May 2017: MSc in Coastal and Oceanic Ecosystems, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Candidate: Stephane P.G. Moura. Thesis: “Uso do habitat pelo boto-cinza (Sotalia guianensis) no entorno de unidades de conservação no complexo estuarino de Paranaguá, Paraná, sul do Brasil”. Supervisor: Dr. Camila Domit. Examining committee: Profa. Dra. Marta Cremer, Dr. Mauricio Cantor.
9. May 2017: MSc in Coastal and Oceanic Ecosystems, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Candidate: Adriana V. Miranda. Thesis: “Estimativa de densidade e tamanho populacional de botos-cinza, Sotalia guianensis (van Bénéden, 1864), no complexo estuarino de Paranaguá, Paraná​” Supervisor: Dr. Camila Domit. Examining committee: Profa. Dra. Marta Cremer, Dr. Mauricio Cantor.
10. May 2017: MSc in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Candidate: Isabela Barasuol Fogaça. Thesis: "Aspectos demográficos e ecológicos em adensamentos da espécie historicamente útil Butia catarinensis Noblick & Lorenzi em Imbituba, Santa Catarina". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nivaldo Peroni. Examining committee: Profa. Dra. Tania C. Tarabinni, Dra. Michelle S. Dechoum, Dr. Mauricio Cantor.
11. Mar 2017: MSc in Animal Behaviour, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Candidate: Bruna Ribeiro Duque. Thesis: "Grupo misto de Globicephala melas e Tursiops truncatus: classificação e caracterização dos assobios registrados no Oceano Atlântico Sul, Brasil". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Artur Andriolo. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor and others
12. September 2016: MSc in Psychology, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Candidate: Paula Verzola-Olivio. Thesis: "Associações preferenciais e o papel da fêmea nas relações intersexuais em cobaias (Cavia porcellus)". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Patricia Monticelli. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor and others.

​Examiner honour’s theses by undergraduate students (7 theses, 3 institutions)
 

1. December 2023: Honours thesis proposal in Biological Sciences, Oregon State University. Student: Mattea Holt Colberg. Thesis: “Insights into Antarctic blue whale migrations from seasonal and diel vocalization trends off New Zealand”. Supervisors: Dr. Dawn Barlow, Prof. Leigh Torres. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor.
2. December 2022: Honours thesis proposal in Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: Luisa Lehrm Peres. Thesis: “Dinâmica populacional do caranguejo Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758) no Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo e na Ilha da Trindade”. Supervisor: Andrea Freire. Examining committee: Dr. Carolina Bezamat, Dr. Mauricio Cantor
3. November 2018: Honours thesis in Psychobiology, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Student: Tainá de Souza Duarte Nogueira. Thesis: "“Variações na estrutura social de cobaias em grupos com diferentes densidades e após o nascimento de filhotes”. Supervisor: Profa Dra Patrícia Ferreira Monticelli. Co-supervisor: Ma. Paula Verzola Olivio​. Examining committee: Dr. Mauricio Cantor, and others.
4. November 2018: Honours thesis in Ecology, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Student: Wilson Fança de Oliveira Neto. Thesis: "Analise das relaçoes de dominância e padrões de distribuição de alimento entre companheiros de ninho da espécie Mischocyttarus cerberus (Polistinae, Mischocyttarinii)". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Fábio Santos do Nascimento. Co-supervisor: Dr. André Rodrigues de Souza​. Examining committee: Dr. Mauricio Cantor, and others.
5. November 2017: Honours thesis in Oceanography, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: Gabriela Decker Sardinha. Thesis: A influência da estrutura de habitat nas interações agonísticas da ictiofauna de Bali, Indonésia”. Supervisor: Sergio R Floeter. Committee: Dr. Fabio Daura-Jorge, Dr. Juan Pablo Quimbayo, Dr. Mauricio Cantor
6. July 2017: Honour's thesis in Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Student: Andre Chagas Costa Neves. Thesis: "Mapeamento de áreas críticas para conservação de cetáceos no Arquipélago de Santa Catarina". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. José Salatiel, Prof. Dr. Fabio Daura-Jorge. Examining committee: Dr. Mauricio Graipel, Carolina Bezamat, Dr. Mauricio Cantor
7. November 2014: Honour’s thesis in Biology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Student: Julia Cavalli Pierri. Thesis: “Duração das marcas naturais utilizadas na foto-identificação de boto-cinza (Sotalia guianensis)." Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Paulo C Simões-Lopes, Fabio Daura-Jorge. Examining committee: Mauricio Cantor and others.

Reviewer of grants for funding agencies 

2024: Animal Behavioral Society – Early Career Research Grant
2023: Human Frontiers Science Program (https://www.hfsp.org)
2023: Deutschland Forschungsgemeinschaft– German Research Foundation (https://www.dfg.de/en/)
2022 - 2024: Hatfield Marine Science Center, Graduate Student Grants
2021: Brazilian Biodiversity Fund - FUNBIO scholarship review
2021 - 2022: National Geographic Expert Reviewer
2021: Graduate Women in Science 2021
2018 - 2024: The Animal Behaviour Society Student Research Grants, member of reviewing committee
2015 - 2017: The Rufford Foundation, member of evaluating committee

Conference Reviewing Committee Member

2019: ASAB Meeting Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Konstanz, Germany
2018: I Research and Education Week, Centro de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
2018: VIII SAPECO, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Graduate Programme in Ecology
2017: VII SAPECO, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Graduate Programme in Ecology
2016: Lett Symposium. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
2013: Lett Symposium. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
2012: XV Reunión de trabajos de expertos en mamíferos acuáticos de America del Sur. Puerto Madryn, Argentina. 16 - 20 Sep 2012
2011: XXIII Semana científica de estudos biológicos. Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil. 30 Aug - 02 Sep 2011

Book reviewer

2023: The University of Chicago Press
2013: Technical Books Editora (In Portuguese).

Events Organization

2023: Slesinger E. & CANTOR, M. Early Career Support Group, HMSC Research Summit, Oct 18 2023; Oregon State University
2023: van der Wal J, Cram D, CANTOR, M. II Interspecies Cooperation Workshop, Cambridge University, Cambridge UK. Jul 6-7 2023
2016: Monticelli, P., CANTOR, M. 2016. Symposia: Redes de Interação e Comportamento Animal. in: Encontro Anual de Etologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil. November 12-15, 2016.
2014: Lacharité, M., CANTOR, M. 014. Software Carpentry Bootcamp at Dalhousie University. Barneche, D.R., Gavin Simpson, G., Dickson, R., Morrison, D. (instructors). Halifax, NS, Canada

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Academic employment: Universities & Non-profit organizations

18.  Max-Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour - Radolfzell am Bodensee, Germany
  Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Collective Behaviour


17.  University Konstanz - Konstanz, Germany
  Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Biology
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16.  University of the Witwatersrand - Johannesburg, South Africa
2018 - 2024   Honorary Researcher, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences

15.  Universidade Federal do Paraná, Pontal do Paraná, Brazil
2019 - current   Collaborating Professor, non-tenured, Graduate Programme in Coastal and Oceanic Systems
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14.  Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
2018 - 2024   Collaborating Professor, non-tenured, Graduate Programme in Ecology


​13.  Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
2018 - 2019   Adjunct Lecturer, fixed-term, Centre for Biological Sciences

12. Universidad Federal do Paraná - Pontal do Sul, PR, Brazil
2017 - 2018 Postdoctoral research fellow, Centre for Marine Studies

11.  Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
2016 - 2018   Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Ecology and Zoology

10. Dalhousie University - Halifax, NS, Canada
2012 - 2016           Biology PhD student, Whitehead Lab

9.  Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
2009 - Present           Voluntary Researcher: Aquatic Mammals Laboratory: Tursiops truncatus ecology in Laguna, SC, Brazil

8. Tropical Dolphin Research Foundation (non-profit organization) - Florida Keys, Florida, USA
2011 - 2013           Collaborator Researcher: dolphin social networks

7. Instituto Baleia Jubarte – IBJ (non-profit organization) - Abrolhos Bank - Caravelas, BA, Brazil
2009 – 2011               Researcher: Guiana dolphin Project 
 Collection and analysis of photo-identification data (500 hours on board), Mark-recapture analysis, Social analysis, Network theory
2008 - 2009                Researcher: Humpback Whale Project
Collection of biopsy samples, behavioral responses.
2007 - 2007                Intern: Humpback whale research cruises (941 hours on board)
Collection of behavioral data, biopsy samples, photo identification, acoustic recordings, strandings and environmental education

6. Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, MOTE Marine Laboratory - Sarasota, FL, USA
2008 - 2008                Internship on the project "Depredation and Fishing interactions involving Bottlenose Dolphins(301 hours on board). Photo identification (Collection and analysis), Behavior data, boating skills 
2008 – 2008               Voluntary: Whale and Dolphin Hospital
2008 – 2008               Voluntary: Sea Turtle Patrol

5.  Projeto Baleia de Bryde / CEMAR (non-profit organization) - Ubatuba, SP, Brazil
2008 – 2008               Internship: Bryde’s whale research cruises and land based data collection

4. Projeto Baleia Franca – PBF (non-profit organization) - Imbituba, SC, Brazil
2005 - 2005                Internship: Rigth whale monitoring
Theodolite and behavioral data collection (whale watching interacions)

3. Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP - Campinas, SP, Brazil
2006 – 2007               Internship: Lab of Plant-Vertebrate Interactions
Undergraduate project: Seed dispersal by birds in a reforestation fragment
Undergraduate project: Small mammals as seed dispersers in an urban forest fragment
2004 – 2006               Internship: Lab of Ecology of Reptilia
Undergraduate project: Reproductive Biology of Epicrates cenchria cenchria (Serpentes: Boidae)
Undergraduate project: Reproductive Biology of Leptodeira annulata annulata (Serpentes: Colubridae)
2003 – 2003               Internship: Lab of Ecology of Crustacea
Undergraduate project: Commensalism between Gammaridae and Ascidiacea
2002 – 2002               Internship: Lab of Ecology and Behavior of Mammals
Field work with mark-recapture of small mammals and otters in Rainforest fragments

2. Brazilian Sea Turtle Project / Brazil - TAMAR - Ubatuba, SP, Brazil
2006 – 2006               Internship: Field work on sea turtle tagging and interaction with local fishermen

1. Brazilian Research Centre of Reptiles and Spiders - Instituto Butantan - São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2004 - 2005                Internship: Snake scientific collection and lab work on reproductive cycles of snakes 
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Field work Experience

Atlantic Rain Forest (Brazil)
2002-2003 Non-flying small mammals: capture-recapture, tagging, body measurements, diet
2003 Puma distribution: odor traps, diet
2003 River otter: diet

Atlantic Rain Forest Urban fragments (Brazil)
2006 Birds seed dispersal: feces sampling for seed dispersal
2006-2007 Rodents and Marsupials: capture-recapture, tagging, body measurements, blood sampling, diet, seed identification and germination tests
2008 dawn fishes: catch-release
2008 Rain forest: plant ecology

Scientific collections (Brazil)
2004-2005 : Boidae and Dipsadini snakes reproductive ecology: body measurements

Vertebrate land-based sampling and monitoring (Brazil)
2005 Right Whale in southern Brazil: land-based behavioral sampling, theodolite
2006 Sea turtle: mark recapture

Restinga/dunes (Brazil)
2009 Spiders in dune plants: plant ecology

Inshore boat-based cetacean surveys (Brazil, USA, Australia)
2007 Humpback whales off the Abrolhos Bank: stranding monitoring; acoustic, behavioral, photographic and remote biopsy sampling
2008 Bottlenose dolphins off Sarasota: behavioral and photographic sampling
2008 Bottlenose dolphins off the Florida Keys: behavioral and photographic sampling
2007, 2009 to 2011 Guiana dolphins off Caravelas River Estuary: behavioral and photographic sampling
2010, 2011 Bottlenose dolphins off Laguna: behavioral and photographic sampling
2011 Bottlenose dolphins off Bunbury Bay: behavioral and photographic sampling
2011 Guiana dolphins off Santa Catarina Island: behavioral and photographic sampling 
2017 Bottlenose dolphins off Laguna: underwater behavioral sampling
2018 Bottlenose dolphins off Laguna: multiplatform data sampling: high-resolution underwater sonar imaging, unmanned aerial vehicle footage, hydrophone acoustic recording, photo-identification, and land-based behavioural sampling

Offshore boat-based cetacean surveys (Dominica, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Canada)
2012 Sperm whales off Dominica, Caribbean: acoustic, behavioral and photographic sampling
2013, 2014 Sperm whales off Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands: acoustic, behavioral, photographic, skin and feces sampling
2015 Beaked whales off Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador: acoustic, behavioural and photographic sampling

Aerial cetacean surveys (Brazil)
2018 Right whales off southern Brazil: Aerial survey (helicopter-based photo-identification)

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