Letícia Couto Garcia

Ganhadora do prêmio "Para Mulheres na Ciência", categoria: "Ciências da Vida" de 2021, promovido pela L Oréal, Academia Brasileira de Ciências e Unesco. Sou Professora Adjunta da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, coordenadora do Laboratório Ecologia da Intervenção (LEI/UFMS). Oriento nos Programas de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal (mestrado) e no Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação (mestrado e doutorado) da UFMS. Tenho interesse na aplicação do conhecimento científico na tomada de decisão, principalmente no que tange a Ecologia da Restauração e da Intervenção com a interação entre os aspectos biológicos, socioeconômicos, políticos e legais da adequação ambiental. Graduei-me em Ciências Biológicas, com bacharelado em Ecologia, pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) e, na mesma universidade, fiz o mestrado no programa de Ecologia, Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre. Fiz o doutorado no programa de Biologia Vegetal na Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Durante este período, fiz doutorado sanduíche na University of Western Australia, no Ecosystem Restoration & Intervention Ecology Research Group. Fui pós-doc do Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental (CRIA). Posteriormente, trabalhei na The Nature Conservancy do Brasil (TNC) como Especialista em Restauração no programa de Conservação da região da Mata Atlântica e Cerrado Central. Fui Professora Visitante na Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul de 2014 a 2016. Sou membro representante do centro-oeste do Conselho Superior da SOBRE- Sociedade Brasileira de Restauração Ecológica, participo do Comitê Científico do Instituto Terra, da Coalizão Ciência e Sociedade. O LEI é membro do Observatório do Pantanal e da Coalizão Brasil, Clima, Florestas e Agricultura. Contato: garcialcbio@yahoo.com.br Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3081-8973 Scopus Author ID: 55802153700 ResearcherID: I-4040-2012

Laureate of the "For Women in Science" programme in 2021, awarded in the Life Sciences category, L'Oréal Brasil, in partnership with UNESCO in Brazil and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC). Currently joined as Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), coordinator of Laboratory of Intervention Ecology (LEI/UFMS), contributing to the Plant Biology (master) and Conservation and Ecology (master and PhD) Postgraduate Programs. I have interest in the application of scientific findings for decision-making. Particularly concerning biologic, socioeconomic, political, and legal aspects of environmental planning within the scope of Restoration and Intervention Ecology. I?ve completed my BS in Biology at Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Brazil with Honours in Ecology followed by a Master in Ecology, Conservation, and Management, supervised by José Pires de Lemos-Filho, focusing on the following subjects: monitoring plant phenology and seed germination in undisturbed areas of ironstone outcrops and in mining restoration area. I?ve concluded my PhD in the Plant Biology Program at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil, working on monitoring the effects of forest restoration analysed via plant functional groups, functional diversity, plant phenology, forest structure, canopy light interception, as well as focusing on a critical analysis of environmental law, supervised by Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues and Flavio A. Mäes dos Santos. During this time, I did a six month PhD exchange at the University of Western Australia, in the Ecosystem Restoration & Intervention Ecology Research Group, supervised by Richard Hobbs. In 2012, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Reference Center on Environmental Information (CRIA), working with Townsend Peterson on the subjects: digital accessible knowledge, primary biodiversity data, inventory completeness, conservation status, and ecological niche modelling. I`ve worked at The Nature Conservancy?s Latin America region as a Restoration Specialist in the Atlantic Forest and Central Savanna´s Conservation Program, coordinating projects and monitoring restoration in the region of AFCS, as well as collaborating with the academic community. I was Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) from 2014 to 2016. I am collaborating with: UNEP- United Nations Environment Programme IPBES- The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services BPBES - The Brazilian Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services SOBRE- Brazilian Society for Ecological Restoration (Sociedade Brasileira de Restauração Ecológica) The Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact (Pacto pela Restauração da Mata Atlântica) Brazilian Coalition on Climate, Forests and Agriculture (Coalizão Brasil Clima, Florestas e Agricultura) Coalition for Science and Society (Coalizão Ciência e Sociedade) Pantanal Observatory (Observatório do Pantanal) Instituto Terra Contact: garcialcbio@yahoo.com.br Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3081-8973 Scopus Author ID: 55802153700 ResearcherID: I-4040-2012