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 Patricia Medici 

Early life and Education
Emilia Patricia Medici, also known as Patricia or Pati, was born on September 7, 1972 in São Caetano do Sul, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. She currently resides in Campo Grande, Brazil. Patricia was born to Brazilian mother, Josefa Feitosa Lacerda, and Italian father, Luigi de Medici. She has one sibling, a brother named Marcel Inhauser. Patricia became engaged to Arnaud Desbiez in 2005, and they married on October 14th 2006. The couple adopted their children, Maria and Gabriel, in 2011, at the age of 2 and 4.

Patricia began her early education by attending the Antonio Caputo Primary School, located in São Paulo, Brazil from 1979 to 1986. She then attended high school at the Singular Anglo Educational Center in São Paulo, Brazil from 1987 to 1989. Patricia began her higher education by attending the University of São Paulo (USP/Universidade de São Paulo) from 1990 to 1995, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in forestry sciences. She later attended and obtained her master’s degree in wildlife ecology, conservation, and management from the Federal University of Minas Gerais ( UFMG/Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) from 1999 to 2001. Here, her thesis was on the translocation and meta-population management of the black lion tamarin, and her supervisor was Dr. Anthony B. Rylands. Finally, from 2005 to 2010, she attended the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent, located in the United Kingdom. Here, she received her Ph.D. in biodiversity management. Her doctoral thesis was on assessing the viability of lowland tapir populations in a fragmented landscape, and her supervisor was Dr. Richard E. Bodmer.

Career and Research:
Patricia Medici began her career as a research coordinator with the lowland tapir conservation initiative at the Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas, Brasil. She began this work in 1992, when she and her husband founded IPE. Patricia started her conservation career in 1995, by taking over coordination of the black-lion-tamarin program. In 1996, she established the Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative (LTCI-IPE). Just 8 years later, she became the Chair of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group. Patricia specializes in the field of biodiversity, conservation, and the global environment. She is especially known for her research on tapirs. Tapirs are a nocturnal hoofed mammal with a stout body, sturdy limbs, and a short flexible proboscis, native to the forests of tropical America and Malaysia.

Professional History

 * 1990 CETESB - Company of Environmental Technology and Sanitation Restoration of Degraded Areas of Atlantic Forest, Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil (Trainee)
 * 1991–1995 IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) Black-Lion-Tamarin Project, Morro do Diabo State Park, São Paulo, Brazil (Trainee)
 * 1992 IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) Survey for New Populations of Black-Lion-Tamarin in São Paulo State, Brazil (Trainee)
 * 1993 IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) Primate Survey, Rio Claro Farm, Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil (Trainee)
 * 1994 IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) Mammal Survey, Caetetús Ecological Station, Gália, São Paulo, Brazil (Trainee)
 * 1994–1995 Instituto Florestal do Estado de São Paulo (Forestry Institute of São Paulo State) Vegetation Survey, Caetetús Ecological Station, Gália, São Paulo, Brazil (Trainee)
 * 1994–1995 Instituto Florestal do Estado de São Paulo (Forestry Institute of São Paulo State) Peccary Project, Caetetús Ecological Station, Gália, São Paulo, Brazil (Trainee)
 * 1996–1999 IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) Black-Lion-Tamarin Metapopulation Project: Experimental Translocation, Mosquito Farm, São Paulo, Brazil (Research Coordinator)
 * 1996–2011 IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) Wildlife Conservation and Management Training Program (WCMTP) (Regional Instructor)
 * 1996–current IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative: ATLANTIC FOREST TAPIR PROGRAM (Coordinator)
 * 2000–current IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) (Chair)
 * 2004–2012 IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group (CPSG) Brasil Network (Convener/Facilitator)
 * 2008–current IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative: PANTANAL TAPIR PROGRAM (Coordinator)
 * 2008–2016 IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) - Steering Committee (Member)
 * 2009–2016 Zoos & Aquariums Committing to Conservation (ZACC) - Steering Committee (Member)
 * 2010–current Escola Superior de Conservação Ambiental e Sustentabilidade (ESCAS) IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research), Brazil Master's Program (Lecturer)
 * 2015–current IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative: CERRADO TAPIR PROGRAM (Coordinator)
 * 2019–current IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative: AMAZON TAPIR PROGRAM (Coordinator)

Awards and Honors:
In 2004, Patricia was honored with the Harry Messel Conservation Leadership Award from the International Union for Conservation of Nature. In 2008, she received both the Golden Ark Award from the Golden Ark Foundation in the Netherlands and the Whitley Award from the Whitley Fund for Nature in the United Kingdom. In 2017, she received the Columbus Zoo Commitment to Conservation Award. On behalf of her research, Patricia received the Research Prize from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) of the University of Kent in the United Kingdom in 2011. In 2015, she gave a TED talk, but has been a TED fellow since 2014. Patricia has also had various articles published for TED. She has also been a National Geographic Explorer since 2019. She was one out of 39 nominees for the Indianapolis Prize 2014. In 2018, she received the William G. Conway International Conservation Award, and in 2019, she received the National Geographic Society / Buffett Award for Leadership in Conservation in 2019.

Publications:

 * Medici, E.P.; Freixedas, V.M.; Victor, R. 1992. The Curricular Evolution of the Forestry Course at the Agricultural College of Piracicaba. In: Proceedings of the XX International Forestry Students Symposium: Learning from Forests. Biodiversity Workshop. Padova, Italy.
 * Medici, E.P. 1992. Wildlife Management: Brazilian Situation and the Participation of Forestry Sciences in the Curriculum at the Agricultural College of Piracicaba. In: Proceedings of the XX International Forestry Students Symposium: Learning from Forests. Wildlife Management Workshop. Padova, Italy.
 * Medici, E.P. 1997. Patrícia Medici: Study and conservation project, Morro do Diabo State Park. In: Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group. Vol. 7.
 * Valladares-Pádua, C.B.; Cullen Jr., L.; Pádua, S.M.; Ditt, E.H.; Medici, E.P.; Betini, G.S.; De Lucca, A. 1997. Resgatando a Grande Reserva do Pontal do Paranapanema: Reforma agrária e conservação da biodiversidade. In: Proceedings of the National Congress of Protected Areas. pp. 783-792. Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
 * Medici, E.P.; Valladares-Pádua, C.B. 1997. Biologia e conservação da anta (Tapirus terrestris) no Parque Estadual Morro do Diabo, São Paulo, Brasil. In: Proceedings of the III International Conference on Wildlife Management in Amazonia and Latin America: Mammals Workshop. National Museum of Natural History ‘Noel Kempff Mercado’, ‘Gabriel René Moreno’ University and Florida University. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
 * Medici, E.P. 1998. Medici study moves into new phase. In: Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group. Vol. 8.
 * Medici, E.P. 1999. Tapirs studied in forest fragments. In: Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group. Vol. 9.
 * Medici, E.P. 2000. Medici study continues in Pontal. In: Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group. Vol. 10.
 * Montenegro, O.L.; Medici, E.P.; Bodmer, R.E. 2000. Conservación y manejo de tapires latinoamericanos. In: Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en Amazonia y Latinoamérica. E. Cabrera, C. Mercolli & R. Resquin (Eds.). pp. 295-299. Fundación Moisés Bertoni and Florida University. Asunción, Paraguay.
 * Medici, E.P. 2001. Order Perissodactyla, Family Tapiridae (Tapirs): Biology. In: Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of South American Wild Animals, Eds. M. E. Fowler and Z. S. Cubas, pp. 363-367. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa.
 * Medici, E.P. 2001. Translocação e manejo metapopulacional de mico-leão-preto, Leontopithecus chrysopygus Mikan 1823 (Callithricidae - Primates). Masters Dissertation. Federal University of Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. pp. 110.
 * Mangini, P.R.; Velastin, G.O.; Medici, E.P. 2001. Protocols of chemical restraint used in 16 wild Tapirus terrestris. Archives of Veterinary Science, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. V. 6: 6-7.
 * Shoemaker, A.H.; Medici, E.P.; Naranjo, E.J.; Torres, D.A.; Constantino, E.; Strien, N.V.; Todd, S.; Matola, S. 2001. IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Red List for Tapirs (Red List Assessment).
 * Medici, E.P. 2002. Lowland tapirs as landscape detectives for the Atlantic Forest: A new conservation approach. In: Proceedings of the First Forum about In-Situ Conservation Projects Supported by European Zoos. Doué-la-Fontaine Zoo. Angers, France.
 * Medici, E.P. 2002. Conservation biology of lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) and their potential as landscape detectives in the Pontal do Paranapanema Region, São Paulo State, Brazil. In: Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group. Vol. 11 / Number 1.
 * Foerster, C.R.; Medici, E.P. 2002. The influence of large herbivores on Neotropical forests. In: Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group. Vol. 11 / Number 1. Medici, E.P. 2003. Lowland tapirs as landscape detectives of the Atlantic Forest: An innovative conservation approach. In: Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group. Vol. 12 / Number 1.
 * Medici, E.P.; Valladares-Pádua, C.B.; Rylands, A.B.; Martins, C.S. 2003. Translocation as a metapopulation management tool for the black lion tamarin, Leontopithecus chrysopygus. In: Primate Conservation: The Journal of the Primate Specialist Group. Vol. 19: 23-31.
 * Medici, E.P.; Miller, P.S.; Holst, B.; Strien, N.V.; Lynam, A.; Salas, L.A. 2003. Malay Tapir (Tapirus indicus) Conservation Action Plan. IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) & IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group (CPSG).
 * Medici, E.P.; Holst, B. 2004. Launching of the Brazilian Network of the IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group (CPSG). In: Neotropical Primates: The Newsletter of the Primate Specialist Group.
 * Medici, E.P. 2004. The Second International Tapir Symposium. In: Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group. Vol. 13 / Number 1.
 * Shoemaker, A.H.; Medici, E.P.; Naranjo, E.J.; Quse, V.; Constantino, E.; Traeholt, C.; Chalukian, S.C. 2004. IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Red List for Tapirs (Red List Assessment).
 * Medici, E.P.; Miller, P.S.; Lizcano, D.J.; Montenegro, O.L.; Arenas, S.S.; Suárez-Mejía, J.A.; Shoemaker, A.H. 2004. Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) Conservation Action Plan. IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) & IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group (CPSG).
 * Medici, E.P. 2005. The Influence of Large Herbivores on Neotropical Forests. In: Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group. Vol. 14 / Number 1.
 * Medici, E.P.; Waters, S. 2005. Action Planning for Tapir Conservation. In: Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group. Vol. 14 / Number 2.
 * Medici, E.P. 2005. Lowland Tapir Footprint Identification Technique. In: Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group. Vol. 14 / Number 2.
 * Shoemaker, A.H.; Medici, E.P.; Naranjo, E.J.; Quse, V.; Lizcano, D.J.; Traeholt, C.; Chalukian, S.C. 2006. IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Red List for Tapirs (Red List Assessment). Medici, E.P.; Miller, P.S.; Montenegro, O.L.; Mendoza, A.; Shoemaker, A.H. 2006. Baird’s Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) Conservation Action Plan. IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) & IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group (CPSG).
 * Medici, E.P.; Desbiez, A.L.J.; Gonçalves da Silva, A.; Jerusalinsky, L.; Chassot, O.; Montenegro, O.L.; Rodríguez, J.O.; Mendoza, A.; Quse, V.B.; Pedraza, C.; Gatti, A.; Oliveira-Santos, L.G.R.; Tortato, M.A.; Ramos Jr., V.; Reis, M.L.; LandauRemy, G.; Tapia, A.; Morais, A.A. (2007). Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Conservation Action Plan. IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) & IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group (CPSG).
 * Schipper, J. et al. 2008. The status of the world's land and marine mammals: Diversity, threat, and knowledge. In: Science
 * Medici, E.P. 2010. Assessing the viability of lowland tapir populations in a fragmented landscape. Ph.D. Dissertation. Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent. Canterbury, UK.
 * Medici, E.P. 2011. Family Tapiridae (TAPIRS). In: D.E. Wilson & R.A. Mittermeier (Eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World - Volume 2: Hoofed Mammals. Lynx Edicions, Spain.
 * Medici, E.P.; Desbiez, A.L.J. 2012. Population Viability Analysis (PVA): Using a modeling tool to assess the viability of tapir populations in fragmented landscapes. In: Journal of Integrative Zoology 7: 356-372.
 * Mangini, P.R.; Medici, E.P.; Fernandes-Santos, R.C. 2012. Tapir health and conservation medicine. In: Journal of Integrative Zoology 7: 331-345.
 * García, M.J.; Medici, E.P.; Naranjo, E.J.; Novarino, W.; Leonardo, R.S. 2012. Distribution, habitat and adaptability of the genus Tapirus. In: Journal of Integrative Zoology 7: 346-355.
 * Medici, E.P.; Flesher, K.; Beisiegel, B.M.; Keuroghlian, A.; Desbiez, A.L.J.; Gatti, A.; Mendes-Pontes, A.R.; Campos, C.B.; Tofoli, C.F.; Moraes-Junior, E.A.; Azevedo, F.C.; Pinho, G.M.; Cordeiro, J.L.P.; Santos-Junior, T.S.; Morais, A.A.; Mangini, P.R.; Rodrigues, L.F.; Almeida, L.B. 2012. Avaliação do risco de extinção da anta brasileira Tapirus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758, no Brasil. Biodiversidade Brasileira, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBIO), Número Temático: Avaliação do Estado de Conservação dos Ungulados, Ano II, Nº 3, pp.103–116.
 * Medici, E.P.; Mangini, P.R.; Fernandes-Santos, R.C. 2014. Health assessment of wild lowland tapir populations in Brazil. In: Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 50(4):817-828.
 * Ascensão, F.; Desbiez, A.L.J.; Medici, E.P.; Bager, A. 2017. Spatial patterns of road mortality of medium-large mammals in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. In: Wildlife Research, 44(2): 135–146. doi:10.1071/WR16108
 * Desbiez, A.L.J.; Medici, E.P. 2017. Atenção! Bichos na pista! In: Revista Ciência Pantanal 3(1): 26-29.
 * Maldonado, A.L.L.; Zacariotti, R.L.; Pinto, L.M.; Medici, E.P.; Fernandes-Santos, R.C.F.; Testa-José, C.; Miglino, M.A. 2017. Morpho functional aspects of the female reproductive tract of Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris, L.1758 Perissodactyla, Tapiridae). In: Revista Brasileira de Reprodução Animal, 41(1): 587.
 * Grilo, C. et al. 2018. DATA PAPER. Brazil roadkill: A data set of wildlife terrestrial vertebrate road-kills. In: Ecology, 0(0). The complete data set is available as Supporting Information at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.2464/suppinfo.
 * Tucker, M.A. et al. 2018. Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. In: Science, 359: 466-469.
 * Medici, E.P.; Flesher, K.; Beisiegel, B.M.; Keuroghlian, A.; Desbiez, A.L.J. et al. 2018. Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758). Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 2, Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Brasília, pp. 59-68.
 * Noonan, M.J. et al. 2019. A comprehensive analysis of autocorrelation and bias in home range estimation. In: Ecological Monographs, 89(2).
 * Navas-Suárez, P.E.; Fernandes-Santos, R.C.; Testa-José, C.; Silva, R.; Sansone, M.; Medici, E.P.; Catão-Dias, J.L. 2019. Pathological findings in lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) killed by motor vehicle collision in the Brazilian Cerrado. In: Journal of Comparative Pathology, 170: 34-45.
 * Ascensão, F.; Yogui, D.; Alves, M.; Medici, E.P.; Desbiez, A.L.J. 2019. Predicting spatiotemporal patterns of road mortality for medium-large Mammals. In: Journal of Environmental Management, 248 (2019) 109320.
 * Fleming, C.H.; Noonan, M.J.; Medici, E.P.; Calabrese, J.M. 2019. Accurate movement parameter estimation from tracking data. In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
 * Tomas, W.M. et al. 2019. Sustainability agenda for the Pantanal wetland: Perspectives on a collaborative interface for science, policy, and decision-making. In: Tropical Conservation Science, 12: 1-30.
 * Medici, E.P.; Abra, F.D. 2019. Lições aprendidas na conservação da anta brasileira e os desafios para mitigar uma de suas ameaças mais graves: O atropelamento em rodovias. In: Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Mastozoologia – Volume Especial Mulheres na Conservação, 85: 152-160.
 * Pérez, S.D.; Grummer, J.A.; Fernandes-Santos, R.C.; Testa- José, C.; Medici, E.P.; Marcili, A. 2019. Phylogenetics, patterns of genetic variation and population dynamics of Trypanosoma terrestris support both coevolution and ecological host‑fitting as processes driving trypanosome evolution. In: Parasites Vectors, 12: 473-488.
 * Fernandes-Santos, R.C.; Medici, E.P.; José, C.T.; Micheletti, T. 2020. Health assessment of wild lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in the highly threatened Cerrado biome, Brazil. In: Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 56(1): 00-00. [ONLINE OCTOBER 2019]