Paulo Monteiro Brando holds Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Ecology from the University of Florida and a degree in Forestry Engineering from the University of São Paulo with a stay at the McGill University. In addition to being an IPAM researcher, he is an accredited professor at the Master’s Program in Ecology and Conservation at the State University of Mato Grosso (Unemat). His research explores the effects of climate change and land use on forest depletion in the Amazon region through the use of ecological experiments, dynamic vegetation models and statistics, and remote sensing techniques. In June 2012, Dr. Brando received the award Luis F. Bacardi Young Scientist for Advances in Tropical Conservation at the Tropical Conservation Biology Association (ATBC) Conference, held in Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul.
