I’m a marine biologist studying the effects of climate change on
species and ecosystems.

I’m currently an associate researcher at the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), part of IODE/IOC/UNESCO. I contribute to the EU Horizon project MPA Europe, where our work package, in collaboration with partners, is generating species distribution models for over 12,000 marine species occurring in European waters. This supports the prioritization analysis that aims to map optimal locations for marine protected areas in Europe.

My research interests focus primarily on how climate change affects ecosystems, with experience in distribution modelling, thermal biology, and ecophysiology. Coding is an integral part of my work: I program mainly in R, but also in Python. Check out my GitHub repository.

2014 BSc Biological Sciences (Marine Biology) Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus do Litoral Paulista. São Paulo, Brazil.

2017 MSc Zoology Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus de Botucatu. São Paulo, Brazil.

2023 PhD Biological Oceanography Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico. São Paulo, Brazil.

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Research.

Range shiftsarrow_outward

Marine organisms are facing unprecedent challenges due to climate change. Understand how those changes, especially temperaure increase, will affect organisms is essential. In this project we used an intertidal organism, which is in the interface between land and ocean, to study the effects of temperature increase and dessication on the organismal physiology. We compared the effects in two fiddler crab species which inhabits distinct areas of the mangrove (one more exposed to desiccation stress and the other in shadowed areas). We are also employing new techiniques to understand how those organisms deal with thermal control (still ongoing).

Coral reefsarrow_outward

Despite being one of the most productive and diverse ecosystems of the world, coral reefs are also one of the most threatened in the Anthropocene. In this project we will use Ecological Niche Modelling techniques to trace and predict the impacts of climate change on keystone species of reef ecosystems in the Atlantic ocean.

Thermal biologyarrow_outward

Marine organisms are facing unprecedented challenges due to climate change. Understand how those changes, especially temperature increase, will affect organisms is essential. In this project we used an intertidal organism, which is in the interface between land and ocean, to study the effects of temperature increase and dessication on the organismal physiology. We compared the effects in two fiddler crab species which inhabits distinct areas of the mangrove (one more exposed to desiccation stress and the other in shadowed areas). We are also employing new techniques to understand how those organisms deal with thermal control.

Publications

Data visualization & Coding

I also like to work on data visualization, having helped to create dashboards, maps, graphs, publications, reports, among others.

eDNA dashboard dashboard

MPA Europe range maps dashboard

OBIS species data sheet article

Reef Encounter full_coverage

Previous experience

Prior to working at OBIS, I worked as a laboratory technician at the Universidade Federal de São Carlos, supporting practical classes and managing the zoological collection. During my undergraduate course I also did a research internship at the School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Wales (UK).

Contact

You can contact me through s.principe[at]unesco.org or find me on Linkedin.