Aline Marcele Ghilardi (born 8 June 1986) is a Brazilian biologist and palaeontologist. She was one of those responsible for the return of the Ubirajara jubatus dinosaur fossil to Brazil in 2023 by promoting the Ubirajara belongs to Brazil campaign (#UbirajaraBelongstoBR). She is currently a Professor and researcher at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.
Aline Ghilardi | |
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 Aline Ghilardi in 2023 | |
| Born | 8 June 1986 Brazil |
| Alma mater | Federal University of São Carlos Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |
| Known for | "Colecionadores de Ossos (Bone Collectors)", Paleozoology, Paleoecology, Paleoichnology, and Ubirajara |
| Spouse | Tito Aureliano |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontologist, Researcher, Biologist, Science communicator |
| Institutions | Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte |
Career
editGhilardi was born on 8 June 1986, in São Paulo. She graduated from UFSCar, where she did her post-doctorate in 2019, her master's degree in Ecology and Natural Resources from PPGERN-UFSCar in 2017, and her doctorate in Geology from PPG-GI UFRJ in 2015.[1]
Since 2020, she has been the coordinator of DINOlab - Diversity, Ichnology and Osteohistology Laboratory, linked to the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), where she has been teaching since 2019.[2][3][4] The focus of her research over the last 15 years has been on palaeoichnology, palaeoecology and palaeohistology. Ghilardi also carries out research into the physiology and diseases of extinct beings.[5] She was one of the researchers who discovered a parasite preserved inside dinosaur bones; the research was published in October 2020 in the scientific journal Cretaceous Research.[6] He has published dozens of scientific articles on paleontology in prestigious publishing houses such as Nature, Plos, Elsevier, and Wiley-Blackwell, among others.[7][8][9][10][11]
In 2018, she coordinated studies in the city of Sousa, Paraíba, to study dinosaur footprints more than 136 million years old that were being destroyed by erosion caused by animals stepping on the ground. In an interview with Diário do Sertão, she said that the action was urgent and aimed to preserve historical heritage.[12]
Ghilardi and her husband, fellow palaeontologist Tito Aureliano, are responsible for the YouTube channel Colecionadores de Ossos.[13] In May 2019, she took part in Conversa com Bial show, talking about the possibility of recreating dinosaurs.[14] In 2021, she took part in Folha de S.Paulo's Habitat podcast.[15]
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Ghilardi was responsible for the "#UbirajaraBelongstoBR" campaign to retrieve the 'Ubirajara jubatus" fossil, which had been illegally removed from Brazil to Germany. In July 2022, twenty-seven years after the removal, German authorities decided that the fossil should be returned to Brazil.[16][17] what happened in June 2023.
References
edit- ^ "GEO - DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOLOGIA - UFRN".
- ^ "Team". DinoLab (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ ""Pint of Science" em Mossoró apresenta a ciência de forma descontraída". Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Norte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ "Especialistas e viajantes dão dicas de segurança para turismo na natureza". Folha de S.Paulo. 2022-01-12. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Mulheres do RN ocupam papel de destaque na Ciência; conheça histórias". Tribuna do Norte. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Em descoberta inédita no mundo, cientistas brasileiros encontram parasita preservado dentro de ossos de dinossauro". G1. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ Rodrigues, Meghie. "Aline Ghilardi: Fighting Against Colonialism and Sexism in Paleontology". EOS.
- ^ Timmons, Jeanne. "Dinosaurs and the evolution of breathing through bones". Ars technica.
- ^ Duarte, Fernando. "Cinco curiosidades sobre 'superjacaré' brasileiro mais forte que tiranossauro". BBC News.
- ^ Black, Riley. "Why Smuggled Fossils Are Hurting Paleontology". Smithsonian Magazine.
- ^ Baraniuk, Chris. "Gruesome 'Blood Worms' Invaded a Dinosaur's Leg Bone, Fossil Suggests". Scientific American.
- ^ "DESCASO! Pesquisadora revela que Vale dos Dinossauros pode acabar em Sousa; pegadas estão desaparecendo". Diário do Sertão (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Como cientistas brasileiros colonizaram o YouTube". BBC News Brasil. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Pesquisadores acreditam na possibilidade de recriar dinossauros: 'Não está muito longe'". Gshow. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Ser humano faz espécies sumirem mil vezes mais rápido do que o previsto; ouça podcast". Folha de S.Paulo. 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Após campanha, Brasil retoma da Alemanha fóssil de 1º dinossauro com penas". Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Rare dinosaur heads home as Germany agrees to return Brazilian fossil". www.science.org. Retrieved 2022-08-06.