Authors are available to give lectures on Spatial Statistics and/or teach the SAM training course.

SAM courses are mainly directed to students in ecology, evolutionary biology, biogeography and macroecology, as the examples and datasets used during the lectures and exercises reflect authors' research interests and expertise.

The full course takes 40 hours (week), split into 24 hours of lectures on Spatial Statistics (Mon - Wed) and 16 hours of SAM hands-on lab exercise/training (Thu - Fri). We have also taught successful shorter versions of the course (two and three days), and one-day workshops.

The PowerPoint presentation of the full course can be downloaded here. Lab exercises are here.

Online version of author's CV can be found at: Rangel, Diniz-Filho and Bini.

These courses can be taught in English, Portuguese or Spanish (actually, Portuñol). They are discussed under formal invitation of academic units worldwide. Courses are free of charge, but since the SAM project does not include funding for courses, it is required that travel and daily expenses are paid by those who are inviting.

We specially encourage invitations from academic institutions in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Scheduled Courses

January 2011
8 hours training workshop at
V International Biogeography Society Conference
Crete, Greece
Prof. Rangel, Diniz-Filho and Field

August 2010
40 hours course at
Graduate Program in Ecology
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Host: Carsten Rahbek. Prof. Diniz-Filho and Rangel

August 2010 (?)
40 hours course at
Graduate Program in Botany
Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Host: David Ricardo Ramos. Prof. Rangel


2009

40 hours course at
Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Host: Marinez Ferreira de Siqueira. Prof. Rangel

40 hours course at
Embrapa - CENARGEN
Brasília, DF, Brazil
Host: Marcelo Brilhante. Prof. Rangel

40 hours course at
Graduate program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Federal University of Goiás
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Prof. Diniz-Filho and Rangel

8 hours training workshop at
IV International Biogeography Society Conference
Mérida, Mexico
Prof. Rangel, Diniz-Filho and Field


2008

40 hours course at
Graduate program in Ecology
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Chinese Academy of Science
Yunnan, P.R. China
Host: Ferry Slik. Prof. Rangel

Short talk at
Cyberinfrastructure for International Collaborative Biodiversity and Ecological Informatics
Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) meeting
La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica
Host: Jim Beach. Prof. Rangel

Short talk at
Spatial Filtering Workshop
Department of Politics, Policy and Analytical Geography
University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, Texas, USA
Host: Dan Griffith. Prof. Rangel

40 hours course at
Graduate program in Global Changes and Sustainable Development
University of Alcalá
Alcalá, Spain
Host: Miguel Rodriguez. Prof. Bini

30 hours course at
Graduate program in Global Changes and Sustainable Development
University of Alcalá
Alcalá, Spain
Host: Miguel Rodriguez. Prof. Bini

30 hours course at
Graduate program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Federal University of Goiás
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Prof. Diniz-Filho


2007

20 hours course at
Graduate program in Zoology
Federal University of Paraná
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Prof. Diniz-Filho

8 hours training workshop at
III International Biogeography Society Conference
Tenerife, Cannary Island, Spain
Prof. Rangel, Diniz-Filho, Field

Short talk at
Tropical Biology graduate course
Organization for Tropical Studies
Costa Rica
Prof. Rangel

30 hours course at
Graduate Program in Ecology
Department of Ecology, Federal University of São Carlos
São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil
Host: Fábio Roque. Prof. Rangel

40 hours course at
Graduate Program in Ecology
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Host: Carsten Rahbek. Prof. Diniz-Filho and Rangel

40 hours graduate course at
Graduate program in Global Changes and Sustainable Development
University of Alcalá
Alcalá, Spain
Host: Miguel Rodriguez. Prof. Diniz-Filho

30 hours course at
Graduate program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Federal University of Goiás
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Prof. Diniz-Filho


2006

20 hours course at
Graduate program in Ecology
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Host: Adriano Melo. Prof. Diniz-Filho

40 hours course at
Graduate program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Federal University of Goiás
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Prof. Diniz-Filho

20 hours course at
Graduate program in Ecology
State University of Campinas
Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Host: Thomas Lewinson. Prof. Diniz-Filho

20 hours course at
Graduate program in Global Changes and Sustainable Development
University of Alcalá
Alcalá, Spain
Host: Miguel Rodriguez. Prof. Bini


2005

40 hours graduate course at
Graduate program in Global Changes and Sustainable Development
University of Alcalá
Alcalá, Spain
Host: Miguel Rodriguez. Prof. Diniz-Filho

20 hours course at
Graduate program in Environmental Sciences
Federal University of Goiás
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Prof. Diniz-Filho

20 hours course at
Graduate program in Ecology
National Institute for Research in the Amazon
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Prof. Bini