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Program Coordinator
Tropical Conservation and Development Program
343 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Tel: 352-273-4734
Fax: 352-392-7682
E-mail: psampaio@latam.ufl.edu
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Research Interests
Coordination of scholarship and other financial support competitions sponsored by the Tropical Conservation and Development Program and the Amazon Conservation Leadership Initiative Program.
Geographic Expertise
Brazil, Amazonia, Atlantic Rainforest
Background
Patricia previously served as Assistant Director of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project in Manaus, Brazil and most recently has worked as a Biological Scientist at the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation. Her background includes field research in tropical forest ecology and conservation, as well as undergraduate and graduate education related to tropical conservation and development. She holds an MS in Ecology from Universidade de Sao Paulo and a BA in Biology from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. She is a native speaker of Brazilian Portuguese.