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Scientist & Data Analyst | Expert in Long-term Forecasting and Predictive Statistics

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing
Research Meta-Research, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection
Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights
Product Development Product Evaluation, Product Validation
Work Experience

Junior Research Associate

Universidad de Zaragoza

November 2025 - Present

Junior Research Associate

Universidad de Zaragoza

November 2025 - Present

Postdocotral Researcher

CREAF-Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications - Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona

December 2023 - November 2025

Postdoctoral researcher

Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications

December 2023 - November 2025

Collaborate Researcher

Universidade Federal de Viçosa - Brazil

November 2022 - December 2024

Postdoctoral researcher

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

December 2022 - November 2023

Postodoctoral researcher

Institute of Botany - Czech Academy of Sciences - Department of Vegetation Ecology

July 2021 - September 2022

Postdoctoral researcher

Institute of Botany

January 2021 - September 2022

Postdoctoral researcher

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

January 2018 - August 2021

PostdoctoralResearcher

Universidade Federal de Viçosa - Brazil

January 2018 - July 2021

Education

ph.D Botany (Plant Biology)

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

March 2013 - March 2017

Doctor in Science

Universidade Federal de Viçosa - Brazil

February 2013 - February 2017

Master (Institute of Landscape Ecology)

University of Münster

March 2015 - December 2015

Guest Ph.D student

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster - Germany

March 2015 - December 2015

Master (Agro-Ecosystem Research)

University of Bayreuth

May 2015 - July 2015

Guest Ph.D student

Universität Bayreuth - Germany

May 2015 - July 2015

Master in Forest Engineering

Universidade Federal de Lavras - Brazil

March 2011 - February 2013

master (Forest Sciences)

Universidade Federal de Lavras

March 2011 - February 2013

Bachelor in Biology

Centro Universitário de Lavras

February 2006 - December 2009

Bachelor’s in Biological sciences

Unilavras - Centro Universitário de Lavras (Brazil)

February 2006 - December 2009

Certifications
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Écio Souza Diniz, Eladio Rodríguez-Penedo, Roger Grau-Andrés, Jordi Vayreda, Marcos Fernández-Martínez (2025). Optimal set of leaf and aboveground tree elements for predicting forest functioning . Biogeosciences.
Écio Souza Diniz, Filipe S. Dias, Luís Borda-de-Água, Patricia María Rodríguez González (2024). Anthropogenic disturbance and alien plant invasion drive the phylogenetic impoverishment in riparian vegetation . Biodiversity and Conservation.
Écio Souza Diniz, Pedro Henrique Santos Mota, Josué Paoli Reis, Walter da Silva Costa, Edson Valgas de Paiva, Jacinto Moreira de Lana, Gustavo Bretas Lage, Cibele Hummel do Amaral (2023). Connectivity value of Atlantic forest fragments: pathways towards enhancing biodiversity conservation . Brazilian Journal of Botany.
Écio Souza Diniz, Cibele Hummel do Amaral, Lucas Arthur de Almeida Telles, João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto (2023). Improved retrieval of phylogenetic signals from normalized foliar reflectance spectra in Neotropical forest gaps . Community Ecology.
Neil Damas de Oliveira Junior, Écio Souza Diniz, Rubem Samuel de Avila Jr (2023). Composition and phylogenetic structure of Pampean grasslands under distinct land use and presence of alien species . Community Ecology.
Pedro Manuel Villa, João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto, Écio Souza Diniz, Arshad Ali, Andreza Viana Neri, Sebastião Venâncio Martins, Prímula Viana Campos, Herval Vieira Pinto-Junior, Jamerson Souza da Costa, Alex Josélio Pires Coelho, et al.(2023). Soil factors rather than stand age drive tree phylogenetic diversity along Amazon Forest succession . Ecological Engineering. 189. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 106915. Elsevier {BV}
A. S. Pinto, E. S. Diniz, S. F. Lopes (2023). Phylogenetic diversity and structure in moist and dry upland forests in the semi-arid region of Brazil . Brazilian Journal of Biology.
Nathália Ribeiro Henriques, Giselle Martins Lourenço, Ecio Souza Diniz, Ecio Souza Diniz, Ecio Souza Diniz, Tatiana Cornelissen, Tatiana Cornelissen, Tatiana Cornelissen(2022). Is elevation a strong environmental filter? Combining taxonomy, functional traits and phylogeny of butterflies in a tropical mountain . Ecological Entomology. 47. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 613--625. Wiley
Écio Souza Diniz, Rodolfo Oliveira Costa, Larissa Areal Carvalho Müller, Jan Thiele, Marconi Souza Silva (2021). PHENOLOGY, REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF Chresta scapigera (LESS.) Gardner (ASTERACEAE) . Oecologia Australis.
Écio Souza Diniz, Alexandre Simões Lorenzon, Nero Lemos Martins de Castro, Gustavo Eduardo Marcatti, Osmarino Pires dos Santos, José Carlos de Deus Júnior, Rosane Barbosa Lopes Cavalcante, Elpídio Inácio Fernandes-Filho, Cibele Hummeldo Amaral (2021). Forecasting frost risk in forest plantations by the combination of spatial data and machine learning algorithms . Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.
Pedro Manuel Villa and Sebasti{\~{a}}o Ven{\^{a}}ncio Martins and {\'{E}}cio Souza Diniz and Silvio Nolasco de Oliveira Neto and Andreza Viana Neri and Herval Pinto-Junior and Jaquelina Alves Nunes and Marcelo Leandro Bueno and Arshad Ali(2021). Taxonomic and functional beta diversity of woody communities along Amazon forest succession: The relative importance of stand age, soil properties and spatial factor . Forest Ecology and Management. 482. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 118885. Elsevier {BV}
Écio Souza Diniz, Markus Gastauer, Jan Thiele, João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto (2021). Phylogenetic dynamics of Tropical Atlantic Forests . Evolutionary Ecology.
{\'{E}}cio Souza Diniz and Markus Gastauer and Jan Thiele and Jo{\~{a}}o Augusto Alves Meira-Neto(2021). Phylogenetic dynamics of Tropical Atlantic Forests . Evolutionary Ecology. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Alex Jos{\'{e}}lio Pires Coelho and Luiz Fernando Silva Magnago and F{\'{a}}bio Ant{\^{o}}nio Ribeiro Matos and Nayara Mesquita Mota and {\'{E}}cio Souza Diniz and Jo{\~{a}}o Augusto Alves Meira-Neto(2020). Effects of anthropogenic disturbances on biodiversity and biomass stock of Cerrado, the Brazilian savanna . Biodiversity and Conservation. 29. (11-12). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 3151--3168. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Diniz, E.S., Carvalho, W.A.C., Santos, R.M., Gastauer, M., Garcia, P.O., Fontes, M.A.L., Coelho, P.A., Moreira, A.M., Oliveira Menino, G.C., Oliveira-Filho, A.T.(2017). Long-term monitoring of diversity and structure of two stands of an Atlantic Tropical Forest . Biodiversity Data Journal. 5. (1).
Gastauer, M., Almado, R.P., Miazaki, A.S., Diniz, É.S., Moreira, L.C.B., Meira-Neto, J.A.A.(2016). Species composition, community and population dynamics of two gallery forests from the Brazilian Cerrado domain . Biodiversity Data Journal. 4. (1).
Ecio Souza Diniz, Ana Paula Pavanelli, Ana Paula Pavanelli, Flávio José Soares Júnior, Flávio José Soares Júnior, Flávio José Soares Júnior (2010). Estrutura populacional de Lychnophora pinaster Mart. em um trecho de Campo Rupestre no sul de Minas Gerais, Brasil . PESQUISAS. BOTÂNICA.
BOOK
Ecio Souza Diniz, Ecio Souza Diniz, Ecio Souza Diniz, Ecio Souza Diniz, Ecio Souza Diniz, Thiele, Jan, Thiele, Jan, Thiele, Jan (2021). Aplicações de modelos de regressão em R para análise de vegetação . Novas Edições Acadêmicas.
(2021). Modelos de regressão no R . Clube de Autores.