Ricardo Sazima

Tall, blond and (minimally) fit. :-) Currently living in Valinhos, São Paulo - Brazil. Like sports, travel, food and wine. Shy, although people usually disagree. Always willing to talk to intelligent people and discover new, interesting or funny stuff.

Worked in diverse areas such as computer networks, e-Learning (country wide project) and Electronic Financial Transactions (international projects). Participation in scientific meetings, with 2 papers on e-Learning. More? Get in touch!

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering; Master's degree in Electric Engineering, both at UNICAMP.

Interests: Web 2.0, Human-Computer Interface, e-Learning.

Cristina Sazima

I believe traveling is the best way of spending my own money; I feel great with sunny weather and when diving in warm salty waters. Love any kind of animals, but especially dogs, monkeys, fishes, octopuses, geckos and Ewoks. I really like to study, to read, to learn new stuff, and always try to do things on my own, despite not always being successful =))

As a Biology student I started my scientific life in 1996 with reef fishes' natural history, mainly cleaning symbiosis, also the research theme for my MSc thesis. After that, I studied foraging associations between reef fishes and other animals, mainly nuclear-follower fish associations, for my PhD dissertation. Now, I am studying ecological networks in reef fishes and looking at their structure and at the influence of ecological correlates, as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil.

Education: Biological Sciences

Interests: Natural History, Behaviour, Reef Fishes, Ecological Networks

Marlies Sazima

Education: Biological Sciences

Interests: Flower Biology, Pollination, Dispersal, Reproduction, Bees, Hummingbirds, Bats

Ivan Sazima

Watching friends, from fishes to mammals. Outdoors whenever have a chance, trekking, diving, climbing, crawling, creeping, and photographing both above and below water surface.

Retired as for February 2008, but still associated with the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Museu de Zoologia) as a researcher. Doing field research on the friends described above, writing scientific and popular papers, teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Education: Biological Sciences

Interests: Natural History, Behaviour, Vertebrates