Danilo Neves
Life Sciences
Ecologist Danilo Neves is originally from the cerrado (grasslands) of Goiás, but he studied biological sciences and earned a master’s in plant biology at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. His Ph.D. in plant biology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais included a sandwich fellowship at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. Neves then returned to Edinburgh for his post-doctorate and later completed post-docs at the University of Arizona in the United States and the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, England. He returned to UFMG to take up a teaching position in the Botany Department. In his free time, he enjoys hiking and living in nature.
