Jefferson Prado is a biologist and botanist at Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais, São Paulo, Brazil where he serves as Senior Researcher, Curator of the fern and lycophyte collections of SP Herbarium. His research is focused on the systematics of ferns and lycophytes, as well as on nomenclature, acting as a member of the Editorial Committee of three editions of the Code (2006, 2012, and 2018) and Nomenclature Editor of TAXON (since 2014).
His favorites places for visiting nature are the Brazilian Amazonia and the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, where the ferns are abundant and wonderful.
