​Research Overview

Georgia is a field ecologist, interested in the interactions between plants and insects. Specifically, she has been working in the Brazilian Amazon investigating associations between plants, its herbivore enemies and its ant mutualistic partners.


Education
2010- present Ph.D. candidate in Biology (Ecology), University of Utah, Utah, USA

                         Advised by Drs. Phyllis Coley and Thomas Kursar 

2008-2010 M.A. in Biology (Ecology), National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil

                     Advised by Dr. Maristerra R. Lemes

2002-2007 Forestry Engineering, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

                    Advised by Dr. José Roberto R. Pinto

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Fellowships and Scholarships

2014-present Science Communication Fellowship, Natural History Museum of Utah

2011-present Teaching Assistant Fellowship, University of Utah

2010-2011 Water, the Environment, Science and Teaching Fellowship, University of Utah
2008-2010 Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development Master Scholarship
2003-2005 Institutional Program for Scientific Initiation Scholarship, IBAMA



Grants

​2012 Conservation, Research and Education Opportunities Grant
2011 Nagoya Grant, University of Utah
2010 Bio-Boot Camp Grant, University of Utah


Publications

Sinimbu, G.; P.D. Coley; M.R. Lemes; J. Lokvam; T.A. Kursar. 2012. Do the antiherbivore traits of expanding leaves in the Neotropical tree Inga paraensis (Fabaceae) vary with light availability? Oecologia 170: 669-676

 

C.E. Knadler, Jr.; G. Sinimbu. 2011. Natural reforestation of abandoned Eucalypt plantations in the Brasilia National Forest. In Jain, S. et al. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference. Phoenix, Arizona
 

Sinimbu, G.; A.C. Porto; C.P. Damasceno; F.D.R. Souza; S.R. Silva. 2007. Phytosociology in a sensu stricto Cerrado in Floresta Nacional de Brasília DF. Revista Brasileira de Biociências, 5: 1183-1185
 

Coradin, V.T.R.; J.A.A. Camargo; L.F. Marques; E.R. Silva-Junior; G.S. Silva; M.Q. Matos; F.D.R. Souza. 2005. Species similar to mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King.): Illustrated key for field anatomic identification. IBAMA: v.1. p.24