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Dr Renata Muylaert PhD

Research Officer

Doctoral Co-Supervisor
School of Veterinary Science

Renata Muylaert is a Research Officer at the Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health lab (Ƶ, New Zealand) and co-chairs the International Union for Conservation of Nature Commission for Ecosystem Management for Human Health (IUCN CEM Human Health). Through working at the interface between ecology and epidemiology, her research interests are spatial-temporal models, ecological synthesis, and zoonotic infectious diseases. She develops analytical approaches useful to inform decision-making, continually through multi-disciplinary teams. As an ecologist who likes to write and narrate, she tells stories about people and wildlife. She has a passion for communication and training the next generations of scientists.

Professional

Contact details

  • Location: 2.32, Hopkirk Research Institute
    Campus: Manawatū

Qualifications

  • Doctor in Ecology And Biodiversity - Universidade Estadual Paulista (2020)

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Co-Supervisor, Ƶ

Prizes and Awards

  • Best Paper Award. In recognition of the originality and significance of the research and quality of presentation on the recommendation of the NZGRC 2022 Best Paper Committee: 'Present and future distribution of bat hosts of sarbecoviruses: implications for conservation and public health' - New Zealand Geospatial Research Conference 2022 (2022)
  • Early Career Researcher Award (2021) - Tāwharau Ora – School of Veterinary Science (2022)
  • Best presentation Award (2022): Identifying remaining habitats suitable for wild bovids in Thailand​ - The 23rd Khon Kaen Veterinary Annual International Conference (KVAC) (2022)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

  • Quantitative ecology
  • Disease Ecology
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • GIS
  • Open Data
  • Education

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship, Health and Well-being

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences (070000):
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing (080100):
Biological Sciences (060000): Community Ecology (060202):
Conservation and Biodiversity (050202):
Ecology (060200):
Environmental Science and Management (050200): Environmental Sciences (050000):
Evolutionary Biology (060300): Global Change Biology (069902): Host-Parasite Interactions (060307):
Information And Computing Sciences (080000):
Other Biological Sciences (069900):
Simulation and Modelling (080110):
Veterinary Epidemiology (070704): Veterinary Sciences (070700)

Keywords

  • Animal ecology
  • Disease ecology
  • Biodiversity
  • Spatial ecology
  • Risk analysis
  • Global change biology

Research Outputs

Journal

Horpiencharoen, W., Muylaert, RL., Marshall, JC., John, RS., Lynam, AJ., Riggio, A., . . . Hayman, DTS. (2024). Mapping threatened Thai bovids provides opportunities for improved conservation outcomes in Asia. Royal Society Open Science. 11(9)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R., Hayman, D., Marshall, J.
Mello, JHF., Muylaert, RL., & Grelle, CEV. (2024). Hantavirus Expansion Trends in Natural Host Populations in Brazil. Viruses. 16(7)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Horpiencharoen, W., Marshall, JC., Muylaert, RL., John, RS., & Hayman, DTS. (2024). Impact of infectious diseases on wild bovidae populations in Thailand: Insights from population modelling and disease dynamics. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 21(216)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R., Hayman, D., Marshall, J.
Hopkins, SR., Olson, SH., Fairbank, HT., Redford, KH., Adams, J., Mitchell, BA., . . . Rao, M. (2024). EDITORIAL ESSAY: PROTECTED AREAS AND ONE HEALTH. Parks. 30(1), 6-13
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Trovo, JVS., Weber-Lima, MM., Prado-Costa, B., Iunklaus, GF., Andrade, AJ., Sobral-Souza, T., . . . Toledo, MJO. (2024). The risk of vector transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi remains high in the State of Paraná. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 119
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Vancine, MH., Muylaert, RL., Niebuhr, BB., Oshima, JEDF., Tonetti, V., Bernardo, R., . . . Ribeiro, MC. (2024). Corrigendum to “The Atlantic Forest of South America: Spatiotemporal dynamics of the vegetation and implications for conservation” [Biol. Conserv. 291 (2024) 110499] (Biological Conservation (2024) 291, (S0006320724000600), (10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110499)). Biological Conservation. 293
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Vancine, MH., Muylaert, RL., Niebuhr, BB., Oshima, JEDF., Tonetti, V., Bernardo, R., . . . Ribeiro, MC. (2024). The Atlantic Forest of South America: Spatiotemporal dynamics of the vegetation and implications for conservation. Biological Conservation. 291
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Forero-Muñoz, NR., Muylaert, RL., Seifert, SN., Albery, GF., Becker, DJ., Carlson, CJ., . . . Poisot, T. (2024). The coevolutionary mosaic of bat betacoronavirus emergence risk. Virus Evolution. 10(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
John, RS., Miller, JC., Muylaert, RL., & Hayman, DTS. (2024). High connectivity and human movement limits the impact of travel time on infectious disease transmission. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 21(210)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R., Hayman, D.
Gonzalez-Daza, W., Vivero-Gómez, RJ., Altamiranda-Saavedra, M., Muylaert, RL., & Landeiro, VL. (2023). Time lag effect on malaria transmission dynamics in an Amazonian Colombian municipality and importance for early warning systems. Scientific Reports. 13(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Muylaert, RL., Wilkinson, DA., Kingston, T., D’Odorico, P., Rulli, MC., Galli, N., . . . Hayman, DTS. (2023). Using drivers and transmission pathways to identify SARS-like coronavirus spillover risk hotspots. Nature Communications. 14(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R., Hayman, D.
Gonzalez Daza, W., Muylaert, RL., Sobral-Souza, T., & Lemes Landeiro, V. (2023). Malaria Risk Drivers in the Brazilian Amazon: Land Use—Land Cover Interactions and Biological Diversity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(15)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Galetti, M., Carmignotto, AP., Percequillo, AR., Santos, MCDO., de Barros Ferraz, KMPM., Lima, F., . . . Ribeiro, MC. (2022). Mammals in São Paulo State: diversity, distribution, ecology, and conservation. Biota Neotropica. 22(Spe)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Kita, CA., Florez-Montero, G., Montoya-Bustamante, S., Muylaert, RL., Zapata-Mesa, N., & Mello, MAR. (2022). Ten simple rules for reporting information on species interactions. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(8)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Muylaert, RL., Kingston, T., Luo, J., Vancine, MH., Galli, N., Carlson, CJ., . . . Hayman, DTS. (2022). Present and future distribution of bat hosts of sarbecoviruses: Implications for conservation and public health. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 289(1975)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R., Hayman, D.
Carlson, CJ., Gibb, RJ., Albery, GF., Brierley, L., Connor, RP., Dallas, TA., . . . Seifert, SN. (2022). The Global Virome in One Network (VIRION): an Atlas of Vertebrate-Virus Associations. mBio. 13(2)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Tanalgo, KC., Tabora, JAG., de Oliveira, HFM., Haelewaters, D., Beranek, CT., Otálora-Ardila, A., . . . Hughes, AC. (2022). DarkCideS 1.0, a global database for bats in karsts and caves. Scientific Data. 9(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Florez-Montero, GL., Muylaert, RL., Nogueira, MR., Geiselman, C., Santana, SE., Stevens, RD., . . . Mello, MAR. (2022). NeoBat Interactions: A data set of bat–plant interactions in the Neotropics. Ecology. 103(4)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Muylaert, RL., Davidson, B., Ngabirano, A., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., MacGregor, H., Lloyd-Smith, JO., . . . Hayman, DTS. (2021). Community health and human-animal contacts on the edges of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. PLoS ONE. 16(11 November)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R., Fayaz, A., Hayman, D., Knox, M.
Carlson, CJ., Farrell, MJ., Grange, Z., Han, BA., Mollentze, N., Phelan, AL., . . . Webala, PW. (2021). The future of zoonotic risk prediction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 376(1837)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Ribeiro Prist, P., Reverberi Tambosi, L., Filipe Mucci, L., Pinter, A., Pereira de Souza, R., de Lara Muylaert, R., . . . Metzger, JP. (2022). Roads and forest edges facilitate yellow fever virus dispersion. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59(1), 4-17
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Cruz, LR., Muylaert, RL., Galetti, M., & Pires, MM. (2022). The geography of diet variation in Neotropical Carnivora. Mammal Review. 52(1), 112-128
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Regolin, AL., Muylaert, RL., Crestani, AC., Dáttilo, W., & Ribeiro, MC. (2021). Seed dispersal by Neotropical bats in human-disturbed landscapes. Wildlife Research. 48(1), 1-6
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Nagy-Reis, M., Oshima, JEDF., Kanda, CZ., Palmeira, FBL., de Melo, FR., Morato, RG., . . . Rosa, ALM. (2020). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics. Ecology. 101(11)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Kerches-Rogeri, P., Niebuhr, BB., Muylaert, RL., & Mello, MAR. (2020). Individual specialization in the use of space by frugivorous bats. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89(11), 2584-2595
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Marjakangas, EL., Abrego, N., Grøtan, V., de Lima, RAF., Bello, C., Bovendorp, RS., . . . Ovaskainen, O. (2020). Fragmented tropical forests lose mutualistic plant–animal interactions. Diversity and Distributions. 26(2), 154-168
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Muylaert, RL., Bovendorp, RS., Sabino-Santos, G., Prist, PR., Melo, GL., De Fátima Priante, C., . . . Hayman, DTS. (2019). Hantavirus host assemblages and human disease in the Atlantic Forest. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 13(8)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R., Hayman, D.
Muylaert, RL., Sabino-Santos, G., Prist, PR., Oshima, JEF., Niebuhr, BB., Sobral-Souza, T., . . . Ribeiro, MC. (2019). Spatiotemporal dynamics of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome transmission risk in Brazil. Viruses. 11(11)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R., Hayman, D., Marshall, J.
Mello, MAR., Felix, GM., Pinheiro, RBP., Muylaert, RL., Geiselman, C., Santana, SE., . . . Stevens, RD. (2019). Insights into the assembly rules of a continent-wide multilayer network. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 3(11), 1525-1532
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Oliveira, HFM., Camargo, NF., Gager, Y., Muylaert, RL., Ramon, E., & Martins, RCC. (2019). Protecting the Cerrado: where should we direct efforts for the conservation of bat-plant interactions?. Biodiversity and Conservation. 28(11), 2765-2779
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Francisco, TM., Couto, DR., Garbin, ML., Muylaert, RL., & Ruiz-Miranda, CR. (2019). Low modularity and specialization in a commensalistic epiphyte–phorophyte network in a tropical cloud forest. Biotropica. 51(4), 509-518
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Rodrigues, RC., Hasui, É., Assis, JC., Pena, JCC., Muylaert, RL., Tonetti, VR., . . . Bochio, GM. (2019). ATLANTIC BIRD TRAITS: a data set of bird morphological traits from the Atlantic forests of South America. Ecology. 100(6)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Imran, M., Saleemi, MK., Chen, Z., Wang, X., Zhou, D., Li, Y., . . . Ye, J. (2019). Decanoyl-Arg-Val-Lys-Arg-Chloromethylketone: An Antiviral Compound That Acts against Flaviviruses through the Inhibition of Furin-Mediated prM Cleavage. Viruses. 11(11), Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/11/1011
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Moraes, AM., Ruiz-Miranda, CR., Galetti, PM., Niebuhr, BB., Alexandre, BR., Muylaert, RL., . . . Ribeiro, MC. (2018). Landscape resistance influences effective dispersal of endangered golden lion tamarins within the Atlantic Forest. Biological Conservation. 224, 178-187
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Ferro e Silva, AM., Sobral-Souza, T., Vancine, MH., Muylaert, RL., de Abreu, AP., Pelloso, SM., . . . Toledo, MJDO. (2018). Spatial prediction of risk areas for vector transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in the State of Paraná, southern Brazil. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 12(10)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Sabino-Santos, G., Maia, FGM., Martins, RB., Gagliardi, TB., De Souza, WM., Muylaert, RL., . . . Figueiredo, LTM. (2018). Natural infection of Neotropical bats with hantavirus in Brazil. Scientific Reports. 8(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Hasui, É., Metzger, JP., Pimentel, RG., Silveira, LF., Bovo, AADA., Martensen, AC., . . . Ribeiro, MC. (2018). ATLANTIC BIRDS: a data set of bird species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Ecology. 99(2), 497
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Gonçalves, F., Bovendorp, RS., Beca, G., Bello, C., Costa-Pereira, R., Muylaert, RL., . . . Galetti, M. (2018). ATLANTIC MAMMAL TRAITS: a data set of morphological traits of mammals in the Atlantic Forest of South America. Ecology. 99(2), 498
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Muylaert, RL., Vancine, MH., Bernardo, R., Oshima, JEF., Sobral-Souza, T., Tonetti, VR., . . . Ribeiro, MC. (2018). A note on the territorial limits of the Atlantic forest. Oecologia Australis. 22(3), 302-311
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Prist, PR., Muylaert, RDL., Prado, A., Umetsu, F., Ribeiro, MC., Pardini, R., . . . Metzger, JP. (2017). Using different proxies to predict hantavirus disease risk in São Paulo state, Brazil. Oecologia Australis. 21(1 Special Issue), 42-53
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Farah, FT., Muylaert, RDL., Ribeiro, MC., Ribeiro, JW., Mangueira, JRDSA., Souza, VC., . . . Rodrigues, RR. (2017). Integrating plant richness in forest patches can rescue overall biodiversity in human-modified landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management. 397, 78-88
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Lima, F., Beca, G., Muylaert, RL., Jenkins, CN., Perilli, MLL., Paschoal, AMO., . . . Galetti, M. (2017). ATLANTIC-CAMTRAPS: a dataset of medium and large terrestrial mammal communities in the Atlantic Forest of South America. Ecology. 98(11), 2979
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Muylaert, RDL., Stevens, RD., Esbérard, CEL., Mello, MAR., Garbino, GST., Varzinczak, LH., . . . Galetti, M. (2017). ATLANTIC BATS: a data set of bat communities from the Atlantic Forests of South America. Ecology. 98(12), 3227
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Da Silveira, NS., Niebuhr, BBS., Muylaert, RDL., Ribeiro, MC., & Pizo, MA. (2016). Effects of land cover on the movement of frugivorous birds in a heterogeneous landscape. PLoS ONE. 11(6)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Muylaert, RL., Stevens, RD., & Ribeiro, MC. (2016). Threshold effect of habitat loss on bat richness in cerrado-forest landscapes. Ecological Applications. 26(6), 1854-1867
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Costa, FV., Mello, MAR., Bronstein, JL., Guerra, TJ., Muylaert, RL., Leite, AC., . . . Neves, FS. (2016). Few ant species play a central role linking different plant resources in a network in rupestrian grasslands. PLoS ONE. 11(12)
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Sabino-Santos, G., Maia, FGM., Vieira, TM., Muylaert, RDL., Lima, SM., Gonçalves, CB., . . . Figueiredo, LTM. (2015). Evidence of hantavirus infection among bats in Brazil. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93(2), 404-406
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Muylaert, RL., Da Silva Matos, DM., & Mello, MAR. (2014). Interindividual variations in fruit preferences of the yellow-shouldered bat sturnira lilium (chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in a cafeteria experiment. Mammalia. 78(1), 93-101
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.
Muylaert, RL., Teixeira, RC., Hortenci, L., Estêvão, JR., Rogeri, PK., & Mello, MAR. (2014). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a cerrado landscape in São Carlos, southeastern Brazil. Check List. 10(2), 287-291
[Journal article]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.

Book

Ribeiro, MC., de Lara Muylaert, R., Dodonov, P., Ciocheti, G., Magioli, M., Martello, F., . . . Rodriguez-Castro, KG. (2016). Dealing with fragmentation and road effects in highly degraded and heterogeneous landscapes. In Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes of Southeastern Brazil. (pp. 43 - 63).
[Chapter]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R.

Conference

Muylaert, R., Wilkinson, D., Kingston, T., D`Odorico, P., Rulli, MC., Galli, N., . . . Hayman, DTS. (2024). Using drivers and transmission pathways to identify SARS-like coronavirus spillover risk hotspots. https://doi.org/10.18174/655105. : Paradigm Shifts for Global One Health Book of Abstracts: Greater resilience requires transformation and integration
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: de Lara Muylaert, R., Hayman, D.

Teaching and Supervision

Teaching Statement

My aim in teaching and supervision is to foster a passion for learning, alongside developing students’ conceptual thinking and understanding of theory and factual knowledge. I have a blog focused on Science and Education called Surviving in Science (Sobrevivendo na Ciência), where I co-write with Prof. Marco Mello. I have taught Statistical models, Community Ecology, and Ecosystems to Ecology and Biological Sciences undergraduates as a lecturer. Also, I have worked as a Teaching Assistant (TA) for postgraduate students over many years teaching Network Science. I have participated as a guest lecturer in courses on GIS, Open movement, Landscape Ecology, Piecewise Regression, Disease Ecology, Zoonotic Risk Prediction, QGIS, and R.

Graduate Supervision Statement

Besides research, teaching is a passion of mine. Supervision combines the two. My goal as a supervisor is to help students become lifelong learners and professionals of excellence. At Massey, I work on research projects and supervision in the Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory (mEpiLab) with Prof. David Hayman and other team members. I view the training of science students as a project-oriented learning process. Therefore, each student’s project is the primary tool to guide knowledge acquisition and skills on animal and disease ecology, GIS, and the scientific method. As a supervisor, I state that my mission from lessons learned in previous labs are the following:

  • To conciliate the interplay between data, model building, and validation from diversity and disease forecasts by developing reproducible workflows;

  • To help synthesize knowledge in ecology using theory and data-driven approaches;

  • To predict risks and find solutions for health and animal conservation through spatial-temporal models and landscape analysis;

  • Spread scientific knowledge to an audience as broad as possible;

  • Train excellent new professionals.


Dr Renata Muylaert is available for Masters and Doctorial supervision.

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