I graduated in Biology at Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCEUB) in 2017, advised by Dr. Raphael Igor da Silva Corrêa Dias. Then, I got an MBA certificate in Environmental Management at Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR; 2018-2019) and a M.Sc. degree in Animal Behavior and Biology at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF 2019-2021), advised by Dr. André de Camargo Guaraldo. Since March 2021, I am a PhD’s candidate in the Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Graduate Program at UFJF, advised by Dr. André de Camargo Guaraldo and co-advised by Dr. Pedro Diniz Alves.

Complementary Education

Use of R Software and its Statistical Applications in Conservation Biology. (Credit Hours: 80H)

Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Experiments. (Credit Hours: 10H)

Manipulation and visualization of ecological data in R. (Credit Hours: 40H)

Introduction to Text Manipulation Using R. (Credit Hours: 15H)

Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression. (Credit Hours: 40H)

Laboratory Safety and Quality System. (Credit Hours: 12H)

Data Analysis in R Language. (Credit Hours: 20H)

Fundamentals of Statistics. (Credit Hours: 60H)

Topics in Psychobiology. (Credit Hours: 180H)

Mapping of Risk Areas. (Credit hours: 80h) 

Plant Tissue Culture. (Credit Hours: 40h)

Forensic Biology. (Credit Hours: 9h)

Professional experience

May 2018 – Mar 2019: Elementary and secondary education teacher at Colégio Estadual Vasco dos Reis Gonçalves (Luziânia/DF).

Feb 2017 – Jan 2019: Secondary education teacher at Colégio Mendonça de Oliveira (Luziânia/DF).

Jul 2016 – Aug 2017: Research and Development Fellowship at Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCEUB).

Project: The role of social networks in Brazilians conception about sustainability and natural resources.

Feb 2015 – Mar 2017: Research and Development Fellowship at EMBRAPA/CENARGEM.

Projects: Functional analysis of genes in apomictic plants; Development of Panicum maximum varieties for a more diverse, sustainable, and dense pastures.

Jul 2015 – Aug 2016: Research and Development Fellowship at Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCEUB).

Project: Effect of group size and non-vocal communication in Scaled dove Columbina squammata.

Prizes and awards

2023 – Travel Award to attend the Behaviour 2023, Universität Bielefeld.

2022 – César Ades Award (Best Master's Dissertation), Brazilian Society of Ethology.

2021 – Helmut Sick’s prize (2nd place) as Best Undergrad Poster at the Brazilian Ornithology Congress, Brazilian Ornithology Society.

2020 – ABS Student Research Grants, Animal Behavior Society (US$ 1,000.00). 

2019 – E. Alexander Bergstrom Memorial Research Award, Association of Field Ornithologists (US$ 1,500.00).

2019 – Helmut Sick’s prize (2nd place) as Best Undergrad Poster at the Brazilian Ornithology Congress, Brazilian Ornithology Society.

2018 – Travel Award to attend the Brazilian Ornithology Congress.

2018 – Helmut Sick’s prize (2nd place) as Best Undergrad Oral Presentation at the Brazilian Ornithology Congress, Brazilian Ornithology Society.

2017 – Travel Award to attend the Ornithological Congress of the Americas.

2017 – 3rd place as the Best Undergrad Oral Presentation at the Ornithological Congress of the Americas.

2017 – Honorable mention, Universidade de Brasília (UnB).

2017 – Honorable mention, UniCEUB.

2016 – Helmut Sick’s prize (2nd place) as Best Undergrad Poster at the Brazilian Ornithology Congress, Brazilian Ornithology Society.

2016 – ConectaIF prize (2nd place): Biological Sciences.

2016 – Award as Best Research and Development Fellow (1st place), UniCEUB (1,500.00 R$).

2016 – XXI Talented Student Award (3rd place), EMBRAPA/CENARGEM.

2015 – Academic Merit, UniCEUB.

Journal Reviewer

2024 - Scientific Reports.

2023 - Ecological Entomology. 

2021 - Ornithology Research. 

2021 - Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences.