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Bats, Science communication, Morphology
Brazil

Biography

I am a mammalogist with research interests in both biological sciences and science communication. My main focus in biology is the study of morphology and its functional aspects in neotropical bats of the Phyllostomidae family, a field I've worked on since my master’s. As a PhD candidate in science communication, I also investigate how bats are represented in the media and its impact on their conservation.

Activities

Employment (4)

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro: Seropédica, BR

2023-03 to present | Researcher (Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde)
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Karen Santos Toledo

State University of Norte Fluminense: Rio de Janeiro, BR

2022-04 to 2023-03 | Treinamento e Capacitação Técnica (TCT 4) (Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais)
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Karen Santos Toledo

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro: Seropedica, RJ, BR

2021-05 to 2022-03 | Assistant curator (Animal Biology)
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Karen Santos Toledo

Associação Educacional Dom Bosco: Resende, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2018-03 to 2018-07 | Substitute professor (Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters)
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Karen Santos Toledo

Education and qualifications (3)

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz: Rio de Janeiro, BR

2023-04 to present | PhD in Ensino (Science communication) (Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC))
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Karen Santos Toledo

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro: Seropedica, RJ, BR

2016-05 to 2021-05 | Master in Biologia Animal (Biologia Animal)
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Karen Santos Toledo

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2019-03 to 2020-08 | Specialist in Divulgação e popularização da ciência (Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (COC))
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Karen Santos Toledo

Professional activities (1)

Rio de Janeiro State University: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

2016-08 to 2023-08 | Collaborator (Biological sciences)
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Karen Santos Toledo

Works (4)

Morphological variation of the brachial plexus in four phyllostomid bat species (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae)

The Anatomical Record
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Karen Santos Toledo; Adriano Lúcio Peracchi; Marcelo Rodrigues Nogueira
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MEDIUM AND LARGE SIZED MAMMALS IN FRAGMENT AT CERRADO, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL

Oecologia Australis
2022-03-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2177-6199
Contributors: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Izar Aximoff; Antônio Marcos dos Santos; Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; Karen Santos Toledo; Antônio Carlos de Freitas; Heloisa Carneiro da Rocha Guillobel
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Karen Santos Toledo

Duplicity of caudal vena cava and renal veins in a Brazilian shorthaired cat - a case report

Veterinarski arhiv
2019-04-15 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0372-5480
Part of ISSN: 1331-8055
Contributors: Department of Animal and Human Anatomy, Biology and Health Sciences Institute, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Anieli Vidal Stocco; Carlos Augusto dos Santos-Sousa; Paulo Souza-Junior; Karen Toledo; Marcelo Abidu-Figueiredo
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Duplicidade da veia renal direita em gato-do-mato-pequeno (Leopardus guttulus): relato de caso

Revista Acadêmica: Ciência Animal
2018-01-25 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1981-4178
Part of ISSN: 0103-989X
Contributors: Anieli Vidal Stocco; Stephanie Cardoso Silva; Karen Dos Santos Toledo; Carlos Augusto Dos Santos-Sousa; Raquel Batista Junger De Carvalho; Marcelo Abidu-Figueiredo
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