Gisele Biem-Mori
- Visiting Researcher
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About
Gisele Biem Mori is a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.
Biography
Gisele Biem Mori is a Brazilian biologist whose research focuses on plant strategies and forest functioning. She holds a Master's degree in Botany from São Paulo State University (UNESP) and a Ph.D. in Ecology from the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), Brazil. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham (UK) and a professor in the Graduate Program in Botany at INPA.
Qualifications
2019 - PhD in Ecology - National Institute for Amazonia Research (INPA), Brazil
2014 - MSc in Botany - São Paulo State University, Brazil
2010 - BSc in Biological Sciences - São Paulo State University, Brazil
Research
Research Group
Research Overview
Gisele is interested on how plant functional traits shape community assembly and regulate ecosystem processes, with a focus on tropical forest functioning under changing environmental conditions. Her work spans Amazonian ecosystems, Brazilian wetlands, and tropical forests globally, addressing tree mortality patterns and ecosystem responses to environmental change. She is also a researcher on the Gigante Project, investigating the ecology and evolution of giant trees.