Professor Ferraz is based in the Forest Science Department at the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (Piracicaba, SP, Brazil). She received her PhD in Ecology in 2004 and has been at USP since 2010.
Her primary research interests lie in understanding the ecological process of mammal and bird communities in pristine and human-modified landscapes, and developing the species distribution models for conservation purposes and decison-making processes.