Thiago Belisario D’Araujo Couto Full name: Thiago Belisario D’Araujo Couto Nationality: Brazilian E-mail: [email protected] Personal website: https://thiagocoutoblog.wordpress.com/ Phone: +1 (206) 685-9582 Lab website: http://depts.washington.edu/oldenlab/ Twitter: @thiagobacouto Instagram: @thiagobacouto Current position: Postdoctoral Associate at Institute of Environment, Florida International University (Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Anderson). EDUCATION PhD in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. (2015 – 2020). University of Washington, Seattle, USA. MSc in Ecology. 2013. National Research Institute of Amazonia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil. BSc in Biological Sciences. 2010. University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Brazil. GRANTS & AWARDS • Wiley Top-Cited Article 2018-2019. Journal: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. • LACA Professional Development Scholarship (2019). Latin America and Caribbean Section, Society for Conservation Biology. • Early Career Grant (2018). National Geographic Society. [Link]. • Rufford Small Grant (2018). The Rufford Foundation. [Link]. • IdeaWild Grant. (2018). IdeaWild. • Graduate Student Research Fellowship Award (2017). Society for Conservation Biology. • People’s Choice Award (2016). 27th Annual Graduate Student Symposium of the University of Washington. • Program Science without Borders (2015-2019). Full PhD scholarship (4 years of salary, tuition and benefits). LASPAU/CNPq. PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed journals: • Couto, T.B.A. & Olden, J.D. (2018). Global proliferation of small hydropower plants – science and policy. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16: 91-100. • Couto, T.B.A.; Zuanon, J.; Olden, J.D. & Ferraz, G. (2017). Longitudinal variability in lateral hydrologic connectivity shapes fish occurrence in temporary floodplain ponds. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 75: 319-328. • Couto, T.B.A.; Espírito-Santo, H.M.V.; Leitão, R.P.; Bastos, D.A.; Dias, M.S. & Zuanon, J. (2015). Os peixes e as poças: o uso de áreas marginais alagáveis por peixes de igarapés amazônicos. Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia, 116: 31-40. • Dias, M.S.; Zuanon, J.; Couto, T.B.A.; Carvalho, M.; Carvalho, L.N.; Espírito-Santo, H.M.V.; Frederico, R.; Leitão, R.P.; Mortati, A.F.; Pires, T.H.S.; Torrente-Vilara, G.; Vale, J.; Anjos, M.B.; Mendonça, F.P. & Tedesco, P.A. (2016). Trends in studies of Brazilian stream fish assemblages. Natureza & Conservação, 14: 106-111. • Couto, T.B.A.; Aquino, P.P.U. (2011). Structure and integrity of fish assemblages in streams associated to conservation units in Central Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 9: 445-454. • Aquino, P.P.U.; Couto, T.B.A. (2010). Pisces, Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae, Hasemania crenuchoides Zarske and Géry, 1999, Hyphessobrycon balbus Myers, 1927 and 1 Thiago Belisario D’Araujo Couto Oligosarcus planaltinae Menezes and Géry, 1983: New records in Distrito Federal, Central Brazil. Check List, 6: 594-595. In preparation/under review: • Couto, T.B.A.; Messager M.L. & Olden J.D. (in review). Balancing small hydropower with loss of river connectivity to safeguard Brazilian inland fisheries. Nature Sustainability. • Couto, T.B.A.; Rezende R.S. & Olden J.D. (in preparation). Freshwater community responses to habitat lentification by small hydropower plants in Southern Brazil. Freshwater Biology (target journal). Other publications: • Olden, J.D.; Vitule, J.; Pompeu, P.S.; Couto, T.B.A. & Occhi, T.V.T. (2019). Dam collapse at Brazilian mine exposes grave safety problems. The Conversation, January 2019. • Olden, J.D. & Couto, T.B.A. (2018). Small hydropower plants defy what is meant by “small”. International Water Power & Dam Construction, March 2018. • Zuanon, J.; Couto, T.B.A.; Barros G.G. (2015). Ictiofauna de quatro Unidades de Conservação de Uso Sustentável no interflúvio Madeira-Purus. In: M. Gordo and H. Pereira. Unidades de Conservação do Amazonas no Interflúvio Purus-Madeira: Diagnóstico Biológico. Editora da Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil. pp. 85-115. Recent presentations in scientific meetings: • Couto, T.B.A.; Messager M.L. & Olden J.D. (2019). Riverine fragmentation by small hydropower dams threaten Brazilian migratory fishes. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA. • Couto, T.B.A. & Olden, J.D. (2018). Small hydropower dams disrupt riverine connectivity and threaten freshwater biodiversity in Brazil. ESA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA. • Couto, T.B.A. & Olden, J.D. (2017). A expansão silenciosa das pequenas hidrelétricas: tendências globais, consequências ecológicas e desafios políticos. Encontro Brasileiro de Ictiologia, Porto Seguro, Brazil. • Couto, T.B.A. & Olden, J.D. (2016). Don't be fooled by size alone: global trends and ecological implications of small hydropower plants. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Sacramento, USA. MEDIA COVERAGE & INTERVIEWS • Paraná planeja série de mini-hidrelétricas como fonte alternativa de energia. July 2019. Gazeta do Povo. • The unexpectedly large impacts of small hydropower. August 2018. Forbes. • Small hydropower a big global issue overlooked by science and policy. March 2018. Mongabay. • Small hydroelectric dams increase globally with little research, regulations. January 2018. UW News. ADDITIONAL COURSE WORK & TEACHING EXPERIENCE • Teaching Assistant (2019). Introduction to R Programing/Advanced R programming for Natural Scientists (University of Washington, USA). Instructor: Kristin Privitera-Johnson. • Sciencetelling Bootcamp and Spotlight (2019). National Geographic Society, Manaus, Brazil. • Teaching Assistant (2015). II Workshop on Hierarchical Modeling for Ecologists: abundance and movement estimation (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil). Professors: Marc Kéry, Juan Manuel Morales and Gonçalo Ferraz. 2 Thiago Belisario D’Araujo Couto • Guest lecturer (2015). Vertebrate Zoology (Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil). Lecture: Biology, evolution and conservation of bony fishes. Professor: David Pantoja. • Teaching Assistant (2014). I Workshop on Hierarchical Modeling for Ecologists (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil). Professors: Marc Kéry and Gonçalo Ferraz. • III Southern-Summer School on Mathematical Biology (2014). International Centre for Theoretical Physics/South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo, Brazil. • Workshop on Bayesian Population Analysis Using WinBUGS (2012). Vogelwarte/Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Esporles, Spain. • Southern-Summer School on Mathematical Biology (2012). International Centre for Theoretical Physics/South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo, Brazil. • Lecturer (2012). Amazonian stream fishes: ecology, behavior and evolution (Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil). Instructors: Thiago B. A. Couto, Tiago Pires, and Rafaela Ota. • Teaching Assistant (2012). Population Ecology (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Brazil). Professors: Gonçalo Ferraz. • Field course: Ecology of the Amazon Forest (2011). Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP – INPA/Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute), Manaus, Brazil. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, ICMBio (Brasília, Brazil). Full- time temporary contract (April – August 2015). Department of Assessment of Biodiversity Protection. • UNISOL/NUSEC-UFAM (Manaus, Brazil). Temporary contract consultant (March – October 2013). Management plans of nine protection areas near the highway BR-319 in the Brazilian Amazon. ADDITIONAL SKILLS Languages • Portuguese (first language), English (fluent) and Spanish (basic level). Programming Languages • Advanced use of R, WinBUGS, and JAGS. GIS skills • Proficient in ArcGIS: spatial analysis tools including vector and raster analysis, model builder, surface models, and flow accumulation. PEER REVIEWS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS • Aquatic Sciences, Journal of Fish Biology, Iheringia, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Acta Amazonica, Endangered Species Research, Hydrobiologia, Ecohydrology, Energy Policy. VOLUNTEERING & ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES • Freshwater Initiative – University of Washington (2017 – 2019). Member of the student steering committee. • PUB-SEATTLE: “Pesquisadores e universitários brasileiros estudando em Seattle” (2017 – 2019). Member of the group of Seattle-based researchers from Brazil (University of Washington). 3 .