Michélle has a Bachelor degree in biological sciences by the University Center of Araraquara (2010), Master (2014) and Doctorate (2018) in Biology of aquatic organisms by the aquaculture center of Unesp (Universidade Estadual Paulista), Sao Paulo, Brazil. She has experience in the area of fisheries resort and engineering, with an emphasis on aquaculture. She is currently focusing on behaviour, larviculture, nursery and reproductive biology decapod crustaceans.