Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I am a passionate evolutionary biologist specialized in the comparative morphology and systematics of bees. My research program is developed in the interface of morphology, phylogenetics, comparative methods, and computer science. My goal is to develop new tools to better understand the evolution of complex traits in bees and other organisms, particularly insects. I am also interested in developing new semantic data models to describe and integrate anatomical knowledge of insects using computational ontologies.
Education/Academic qualification
Entomology, Ph.D., Phylogenetic relationships and comparative internal morphology of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), University of Sao Paulo
2015 → 2019
Award Date: 31 Oct 2019
Entomology, M.Sc., Phylogenetic relationships of corbiculate bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apini)
2013 → 2015
Award Date: 21 May 2015
Biological Sciences, Bachelors, Comparative morphology of species from the genus Pyrogaster Motschulsky, 1853 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Photurinae)
2008 → 2012
Award Date: 27 Jan 2012
Fields of Science
- 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
- Entomology
- Systematics
- Phylogenetics
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Bee Systematics and Conservation
Almeida, E. A. B., López-Uribe, M. M., Packer, L., Sasso Porto, D. & Camacho, G. P., Jun 2025, In: Sociobiology. 72, 2, 16 p., e11416.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Meeting Report for the Phenoscape TraitFest 2023 with Comments on Organising Interdisciplinary Meetings
Girón Duque, J. C., Balk, M. A., Dahdul, W., Lapp, H., Mikó, I., Alhajjar, E., Wynd, B., Tarasov, S., Lawrence, C., Khakurel, B., Porto, A., Yan, L., Fluck, I. E., Sasso Porto, D., Keating, J. N., Borokini, I. T., Seltmann, K. C., Montanaro, G. & Mabee, P., 6 Mar 2024, In: Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 8, 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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ontophylo: Reconstructing the evolutionary dynamics of phenomes using new ontology-informed phylogenetic methods
Porto, D. S., Uyeda, J., Mikó, I. & Tarasov, S., Feb 2024, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15, 2, p. 290-300 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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rphenoscate: An R package for semantics-aware evolutionary analyses of anatomical traits
Porto, D. S., Tarasov, S., Charpentier, C., Lapp, H., Balhoff, J. P., Vision, T. J., Dahdul, W. M., Mabee, P. M. & Uyeda, J., Oct 2023, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14, 10, p. 2531-2540 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The evolutionary history of bees in time and space
Almeida, E. A. B., Bossert, S., Danforth, B. N., Porto, D. S., Freitas, F. V., Davis, C. C., Murray, E. A., Blaimer, B. B., Spasojevic, T., Ströher, P. R., Orr, M. C., Packer, L., Brady, S. G., Kuhlmann, M., Branstetter, M. G. & Pie, M. R., 21 Aug 2023, In: Current Biology. 33, 16, p. 3409-3422.e6 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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PhenoBees: a knowledgebase and integrative approach for studying the evolution of morphological traits in bees
Sasso Porto, D. (Project manager), Almeida, E. (Participant), Balhoff, J. (Participant), Orr, M. (Participant), Paukkunen, J. (Participant), Sanches Ranzani da Silva, T. (Participant), Seltmann, K. (Participant), Tarasov, S. (Participant) & Vilhelmsen, L. (Participant)
01/09/2024 → 31/08/2028
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Research Fellow
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Reconstructing Evolutionary Dynamics of Phenomes: Integrating Phylogenetic Models and Ontologies
Tarasov, S. (Project manager), Losacco, F. (Participant), Montanaro, G. (Participant) & Sasso Porto, D. (Participant)
SUOMEN AKATEMIA Vähäkylä Leena
01/09/2021 → 31/12/2024
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Research Fellow's research expenses
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Unrolling mechanisms of species diversifications using novel phylogenetic methods
Tarasov, S. (Project manager), Merrien, T. (Other), Cardoso, P. (Participant), Montanaro, G. (Participant), Losacco, F. (Participant), Vieira Lopes, F. R. (CoIlaborator) & Sasso Porto, D. (Participant)
01/01/2021 → 01/01/2024
Project: University of Helsinki Three-Year Research Project
Activities
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Systematic Biology (Journal)
Sasso Porto, D. (Reviewer)
8 Jan 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Systematic Biology (Journal)
Sasso Porto, D. (Reviewer)
18 Jan 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution (Journal)
Sasso Porto, D. (Reviewer)
29 Jan 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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EcoDL 2025
Sasso Porto, D. (Attendee)
23 Sept 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Universidade de Sao Paulo
Sasso Porto, D. (Visiting researcher) & Almeida, E. A. B. (Other role)
23 Nov 2025 → 5 Dec 2025Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution