Biologist (botany), Conservation Scientist, Explorer and acting Project Manager of the Conservation Assessment Unit - NuAC, at the Brazilian National Centre for Flora Conservation – CNCFlora in Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden; I hold a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Universidade Santa Úrsula, Brazil (2012) and a Master's degree in Plant Diversity from the University of Reading, UK (2016). My areas of expertise lies in botany, conservation biology, landscape ecology, conservation genetics of Threatened plants and phytogeography. Member of the IUCN SSC Plant Conservation Committee, IUCN SSC South America and IUCN SSC Species Monitoring Specialist Group. Assessing and managing the extinction risk assessment of the Brazilian flora is my main task as Co-Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Brazil Plant Red List Authority (IUCN SSC BP-RLA).  My research has made substantial contributions to the understanding of species extinction risk, conservation planning, and the preservation of the Brazilian plant diversity both in and ex situ. Part of my daily activities also consists in go out to the field to track back putative lost species and to monitor population sizes/trends and habitat shifts for Brazilian Threatened/Near Threatened plants.