Markus Gastauer holds a PhD in Botany from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), a post-doctorate in Ecology from the same institution, and a master’s degree in Entomology from the University of Bonn, Germany. He has a degree in Agronomy. As a researcher at ITV DS in the area of recovery of degraded areas, he is dedicated to monitoring and developing bioindicators. He also works as a collaborating lecturer at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) and the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). His research includes biodiversity patterns, restoration ecology, soil-plant interactions, and the dynamics of the Atlantic Forest.

Leonardo Trevelin holds a PhD in Zoology from the Federal University of Pará / Emílio Goeldi Museum of Pará (UFPA/MPEG), with a sandwich doctorate at the University of Kent. He also holds a master’s degree in Zoology and a bachelor’s degree in Ecology from São Paulo State University (UNESP). As an assistant researcher at ITV DS, he works with landscape ecology and genetics, mammal ecology, forest restoration, and subterranean ecology.
He is a collaborating professor in master’s and graduate programs, with a focus on Chiroptera.

Tasso Guimarães holds a PhD and a master’s degree in Geology from the Federal University of Pará, and a degree in Oceanography from the same university.

As a researcher at ITV DS since 2012, he has worked on fluvial-lacustrine stratigraphy, environmental geochemistry, applied palynology, and social perception of hydrological risks. He studies ecological transitions, critical species, and vulnerable communities, with a focus on Amazonian territories impacted by mining. Guimarães uses transdisciplinary and multiproxy approaches to socio-environmental diagnostics and sustainable planning.

He is an editor and reviewer for international journals and a professor in the Professional Master’s Degree in Sustainable Use of Natural Resources at ITV, having coordinated the program from 2019 and 2021.