Yuri L R Leite

Yuri Leite is a Brazilian national who received his PhD in IYuri Leite is a Brazilian national who received his PhD in Integrative Biology from the University of California at Berkntegrative Biology from the University of California at Berkeley in 2001. His undergraduate degree is from the Federal Ueley in 2001. His undergraduate degree is from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and he niversity of Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and he has worked on...See more

Yuri Leite is a Brazilian national who received his PhD in IYuri Leite is a Brazilian national who received his PhD in Integrative Biology from the University of California at Berkntegrative Biology from the University of California at Berkeley in 2001. His undergraduate degree is from the Federal Ueley in 2001. His undergraduate degree is from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and he niversity of Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and he has worked on applied biodiversity science projects for the has worked on applied biodiversity science projects for the NGO Conservation International in the past year. He now holdNGO Conservation International in the past year. He now holds a tenured faculty position at the Federal University of Ess a tenured faculty position at the Federal University of Espirito Santo, in Vitoria on the southeastern coast of Brazilpirito Santo, in Vitoria on the southeastern coast of Brazil. He has had considerable field experience throughout Brazil. He has had considerable field experience throughout Brazil, including Amazonian and Atlantic coastal rain forests as w, including Amazonian and Atlantic coastal rain forests as well as the dry caatinga and cerrado biomes. His research focell as the dry caatinga and cerrado biomes. His research focuses on the evolution and systematics of mammals, primarily uses on the evolution and systematics of mammals, primarily rodents and marsupials. rodents and marsupials. See less