UF Center for Latin American Studies
Dr. Bruna is on leave for the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters.
Science and Science Policy in Latin America, Bibliometrics/Scientometrics, Tropical conservation and ecology, Statistics and Data Management for Latin American Studies.
Brazil (Amazonia, Cerrado)
Bruna has a joint appointment with the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Department and the Tropical Conservation and Development Program. He received his BS and MS from the University of California-San Diego and a Ph.D. in Population Biology from the University of California-Davis; he joined the Center in 2002 after completing an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship at Brazil's Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. His research awards have included grants and fellowships from the National Science Foundation, The Ford Foundation, and the David and Lucille Packard Foundation. Results of Bruna’s research have been published in Ecology, Nature, and Conservation Biology.
Bruna’s research focuses on (1) the causes ecological consequences of deforestation and other human activities on tropical ecosystems, especially Amazonia and the Cerrado, (2) Latin American Science and Science Policy, especially (a) factors that influence within- and between-country patterns of scientific productivity in Latin America and (b) the role of international collaboration on the impact of scientists and their research (c) the structure of scientific institutions and networks. He has served as Thesis Committee Chair for MALAS students conducting research on topics ranging from affirmative action in Brazil to how abiotic conditions change in tropical forest fragments.
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