Catia Nunes da Cunha is currently working as Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso, Department of Botany and Ecology.She completed PhD in Ecology and Natural Resources at the Federal University of São Carlos. She did postdoctoral fellowship in Wetland Ecology at the Max-Planck Institut für Limnology, Tropical Ecology Group - Germany. Member of the scientific committee and organizer of the 8th International Wetland Conference, 2008 held in Cuiabá-MT, member of the scientific committee 9th IWC 2012, Orlando Fl, USA. Organizing Member and Scientific Committee of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd National Congress of Wetlands (CONBRAU), Member of the Science Wetland Society and the Global Wetland Consortium. Researcher and Coordinator of the Associated Laboratory Biodiversity and Management of Wetlands - INCT - Wetlands (INAU) / CNPq- UFMT, Coordinates the Ecological Studies Center of the Pantanal (NEPA), UFMT. She was part of the Working Group that developed scientific bases for Identification and Characterization of Brazilian Wetlands, and the classification of Macrohabitats of the Pantanal for management purposes. Participates in the Pantanal Research Center (CPP) as responsible for the scientific bases to support the Conservation and Use of the Pantanal. Adviser in postgraduate programs in Ecology and Conservation of Biodiversity, IB / UFMT and the Center West of doctorate in Biotechnology and Biodiversity (PPGBB-MT).

Pantanal, Cambarazal, Biodiversity, Macrohabitats, Vegetation, Wetlands ecology, Conservation ecology