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Roberto do Val Vilela

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · Fiocruz

https://researchid.co/betovila
@portal.fiocruz.br
37Scopus Publications
2104Google Scholar Citations
13Google Scholar h-index
16Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Coevolution, Cytogenetics, Evolution, Genetic banks, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Morphometry, One Health, Parasitology, Phylogenetics, Phylogeography, Scientific collections, Systematics, Taxonomy

Biography

Since 2013, I develop Research in Public and Wildlife Health at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), attached to the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the most prominent science and technology health institution in Latin America. With an emphasis on Animal Evolution, my endeavors in Genetics and Evolutionary Biology led me to the following topics: Evolution, Coevolution, Molecular Systematics, Phylogeography, and Cytogenetics. I contribute to the development of Scientific Research in inhospitable environments through unconventional abilities such as Speleology, Rock and Ice Climbing, Mountaineering, High Altitude Mountaineering, and Scuba Diving, passions that started in 1991.

Education

PhD in Genetics and Evolutionary Biology (2010), MSc in Genetics and Evolutionary Biology (2005) and BSc in Biological Sciences (2001), all from the University of São Paulo (USP).

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. New morphological features and phylogenetic insights of Dioctophyme renale from wild carnivores and a domestic dog in South America
    International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife, 2026
  2. Exposure Without Active Infection: Surveillance of Influenza A Viruses and Coronaviruses in Antarctic Seabirds
    Viruses, 2026
  3. Phenotypic Variation Patterns in Oecomys catherinae (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): Craniodental Morphometric Analysis and Its Relationship with Latitudinal Variation in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado Biomes
    Animals, 2025
  4. Praziquantel effect on genetic diversity of wild rodent-derived Schistosoma mansoni in experimentally infected mice
    Experimental Parasitology, 2025
  5. Host diversity mediates the influence of landscape structure on parasite communities in Cerrado agricultural landscapes
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2025

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