My first experience with insects was during my B.Sc. course in Biology with field and laboratory activities
in a project on Ecology of Drosophila in Itatiaia (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), when I discovered the
wonderful diversity of flies. As I had developed an early interest for Diptera taxonomy, I was introduced to
Dr. Hugo de Souza Lopes, who enrolled me in the training at the Museu Nacional/UFRJ (1980) under his advise
and the supervision of Profa. Rita Tibana. Since then I have conducted my research in Sarcophagidae taxonomy,
and I have been devoted to the study of the Neotropical fauna. Now, as a professor of the Museu Nacional,
I have been trying to stimulate each entomology student to become a taxonomist, mainly in Diptera and
especially in Sarcophagidae. But the challenge is only at its beginning!
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My first experience with insects was during my B.Sc. course in Biology with field and laboratory activities
in a project on Ecology of Drosophila in Itatiaia (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), when I discovered the
wonderful diversity of flies. As I had developed an early interest for Diptera taxonomy, I was introduced to
Dr. Hugo de Souza Lopes, who enrolled me in the training at the Museu Nacional/UFRJ (1980) under his advise
and the supervision of Profa. Rita Tibana. Since then I have conducted my research in Sarcophagidae taxonomy,
and I have been devoted to the study of the Neotropical fauna. Now, as a professor of the Museu Nacional,
I have been trying to stimulate each entomology student to become a taxonomist, mainly in Diptera and
especially in Sarcophagidae. But the challenge is only at its beginning!