Biography
Although born in the city of Recife, Tito moved to Brasília as a child, with his parents and sister. During his childhood, he became interested in paleontology. [1] He studied and worked at the University of Brasília (UnB), [2] until he completed his degree in Geology at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). He later earned a master's and doctorate in science from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). He specializes in the study of fossilized tissues and his doctoral research was a study of the evolution of the dinosaur respiratory system through paleohistology. [3] [4]
In January 2010, he joined the blog created by scientist Aline Ghilardi Colecionadores de Ossos (Bone Collectors), focused on science outreach about paleontology. [5] The blog became a YouTube channel in 2014 and has established itself as one of the main productions of its subject in Brazil. [6] In 2015, Tito released the book Dino Hazard: Hidden Reality , a fictional story that also got Spanish and English versions and a prequel as a role-playing video game. [5] [7]
As part of his studies, Tito took part in research into the extinct super crocodilian Purussaurus , [8] [9] [10] and Sousatitan . [11] He and his colleagues described the first fossilized parasites found inside the vascular canals of a dinosaur (the titanosaur Ibirania), while at the same time describing the development of osteomyelitis in 83 million-year-old fossilized bone tissue [12] and he also described one of the smallest known species of titanosaur. [13] He has scientific publications in journals from publishing groups such as Nature , Plos, Wiley, and Elsevier. [3] [12] [14] He is also active in scientific communication, and his studio produces literary, audiovisual and gaming material with more than 200 works and distribution in more than 40 countries. [15]
Aureliano was also one of the major supporters of the #UbirajaraBelongstoBR campaign (Ubirajara belongs to Brazil ), a campaign created by paleontologist Aline Ghilardi so that, 27 years after leaving Brazil illegally and going to a German museum, the fossil of the dinosaur Ubirajara jubatus would return to its country of origin. [16] [17] [18]
He is currently an associate researcher of the DINOlab - Diversity, Ichnology and Osteohistology Laboratory, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), together with paleontologist Aline Ghilardi. [19] [20]
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