Presentation

The Graduate Program in Botany (Portuguese: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica; PPGBot-UFRGS), founded in 1969, trains future researchers and academic teachers in Botany. Its activities span a wide range of advanced research, including the areas of i) Vegetation Ecology, ii) Plant Physiology, iii) Plant Morphology, iv) Systematics, Evolution and Ecology of Algae, Plants and Fungi and v) Teaching of Botany. Since the first defended Master thesis, in 1973, more than 300 masters and 100 doctors have graduated from the Program. Currently, the PPGBot-UFRGS is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Loreta Brandão de Freitas (coordinator) and Prof. Dr. Alice Pita Barbosa (deputy coordinator).