Dr. Kauane Maiara Bordin

This is a brief summary of my main academic and professional experiences 📚🌳

Education

2018 – 2022. PhD in Ecology – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Brazil.

Fully funded (CAPES). Supervisors: Professor Sandra Cristina Müller and Dr. Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert

Received the highest score ‘A’ in all modules and in the final thesis.

2016 – 2018. MSc in Ecology - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Brazil.

Fully funded (CAPES). Supervisor: Professor Sandra Cristina Müller

2011 – 2015. BSc in Biological Sciences - Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó, Brazil.

Professional employment

12.2024 - Current. Research Fellow, National Program of Post-Doctoral research. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Brazil

2025. Lecturing –Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS): Methods for carbon estimation in terrestrial areas (30 h)

05.2024 - 11.2024 – Research Fellow; National Institute of Science and Technology in Low Carbon Agriculture. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Brazil

2024. Lecturing –Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS): Methods for carbon estimation in terrestrial areas (30 h).

05.2023 – 08.2023 – Short-term fellow; Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

2023. Lecturing – Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel): Introduction to R environment, Graduate Program in Animal Biodiversity (44 h).

2023. Tutoring and Mentoring – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS): Field Ecology Course, Graduate Program in Ecology (60 h).

10.2022 - 05.2024 – Research Fellow; National Institute of Science and Technology in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of Biodiversity. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Brazil

2020. Tutoring and Field Assistant – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS): Field Ecology Course, Graduate Program in Ecology (160 h).

2013 – Monitor and Field Assistant; Field course in Southern Brazil for tree species identification (2 days)

Invited Talks

07.2025. Variation among communities in the growth-survival trade-offs across forests in the South America. 63rd ATBC in Oaxaca, Mexico

04.2025. The role of disturbance in shaping demographic trade-offs in temperate tree species. International Tree Mortality Network seminar series. Also here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu9MzsRWyn8

07.2023. The strength of demographic trade-offs across Tropical Americas and their underlying mechanisms. ForestGEO Analytical Workshop, Gamboa, Panama.

02.2022. The subtropical forests from Southern Brazil: importance and perspectives. University of Birmingham, UK

09.2021. Amazônia Interdisciplinar. Mudanças climáticas na Amazônia (Climate change across the Amazon Forest).

Institutional Responsibilities And Citizenship

Reviewer for: Science Advances, Scientific Reports, Journal of Ecology, New Phytologist, Journal of Applied Ecology, Oikos, Forest Ecology and Management, Restoration Ecology, Biotropica, Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, Journal of Vegetation Science, Folia Geobotanica, Ecological Indicators, Applied Vegetation Science, Global Ecology and Conservation, Brazilian Journal of Botany, Ecological Processes, Ecology and Evolution, Science of The Total Environment, and other local journals.

Associate editor at: Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation and Journal of Vegetation Science

Networks

2023 – present. Member of Association for Tropical Biological Conservation (ATBC).

2022 – present. Member of Alliance for Tropical Forest Science – Tropical Tree Mortality Working Group.

2021 – present. Member of International Tree Mortality Network.

2019 – present. Member of ForestPlots.net, a global network for forest monitoring across the tropical region.

Soft skills and knowledge

Over the past few years, I have been developing the following skills: