Maria do Carmo Estanislau do Amaral

Maria do Carmo Estanislau do Amaral (born 1959) is a Brazilian botanist, biologist, curator, and academic., who has worked, since 2011, on teaching and research in the Department of Biology, Universidad Estatal de Campinas.

Since 1993 she has been a professor at the Universidad Estatal de Campinas. She works in botany, with an emphasis on seed plant taxonomy, researching the following topics: phylogenetic systematics, macromolecular systematics, interactive multiple access keys, Ochnaceae, Commelinaceae, Orchidaceae, aquatic plants, and the flora of São Paulo.

In 2012, she worked on post-doctorate research at the Universität Zürich, with a grant from the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, FAPESP, Brazil.

Selected publications Some of her most cited publications are:

Memberships Sociedad Botánica de Brasil

Periodical reviewer 2010–present: Phytotaxa (online) 2009–present: Novon (Saint Louis, Mo.) 2010–present: Brittonia (Bronx, N.Y.) 2010–present: Revista Brasileira de Botânica (print) 2011–present: Rodriguésia (print) 2011–present: Acta Botanica Brasilica (print) 2012–present: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society (print) 2016–present: F.R.L.M.S.S.

Research Projects Supervisor 2000–present: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 1995–present: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2008–present: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst 2007–present: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia 2000–present: Serviço de Apoio ao Estudante - UNICAMP