Cássio Cardoso Pereira is an ecologist and a conservation biologist. He has a Ph.D. in Ecology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), a master's degree in Ecology from the Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ), and a bachelor's degree in Biology from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). He is currently a subject editor of Biotropica, Nature Conservation, and Neotropical Biology and Conservation. He is interested in the following topics: arthropod-plant interactions, biodiversity conservation, climate change, phenology, and phytosociology.