Thiago
Belisario D'Araujo Couto
Thiago is a freshwater ecologist and conservationist who is passionate about rivers and tropical fishes. His work addresses scientific questions that have on-the-ground management and conservation implications for freshwater environments. He is currently a postdoctoral associate in the Tropical Rivers Lab, where he is working on varied projects on citizen science and fisheries management in the Amazon Basin, Thiago got his PhD in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences from the University of Washington (2020) and his master's degree in Ecology from the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - Brazil (2013). He received several grants and awards throughout his career, which included the Science Without Borders Scholarship (CNPq), the LACA Professional Development Scholarship (Society for Conservation Biology), the Rufford Small Grant (Rufford Foundation) and the Early Career Grant from the National Geographic Society.
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