Prof. Dr. Carlos H. A. Santos
Bachelor and Master in Fishing Engineering by Federal University of Ceará - UFC. PhD in Genetics, Conservation and Evolutionary Biology by Brazilian National Institute of the Amazonian Research - INPA in Manaus - Brazil. Currently, Professor at UAST/UFRPE.
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I have interest in the area of aquaculture, as well as in the management and conservation of aquatic organisms, especially in neotropical fauna. My focus has been neotropical fish with great potential for aquaculture, but also with species of great importance to the aquatic ecosystem. I have applied tools of the molecular biology, especially microsatellites, transcriptome, Next Generation Sequencing and environmental DNA.
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Research lines: Conservation Genetics of Organism Aquatic, Improvement of Fish, Nutrigenomics, Adaptation the Climate Change, Environmental DNA and, Next Generation Sequencing.
RESEARCH
The lionfish is currently the main threat to the biological diversity of coastal environments in Pernambuco. This proposal verifying the existence of connections and gene flow between previously established populations, and monitoring the invaded areas by eDNA. The information obtained will be crucial for decision-making and management of populations in the coastal region of the State of Pernambuco.
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Financial support: FACEPE
The research project aims to carry out small-scale production of the freshwater fish species Astyanax lacustris, popularly known as lambari, and for this purpose the production units used will be — recirculation system, bioflocs and aquaponics in the semi-arid region of Pernambuco.
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Financial support: FACEPE
