Complex sentence: Bira, as he was kindly called by his colleagues and students, worked in the Museum of Zoology of University of São Paulo since 1959 and became one of the most important coleopterists of his time and an expert in the South American Cerambycidae.
Split into simpler sentences: Bira, as he was kindly called by his colleagues and students, worked in the Museum of Zoology of University of São Paulo since 1959. He became one of the most important coleopterists of his time and an expert in the South American Cerambycidae.