I was born in 1996 in Guarujá - SP (Brasil). In 2014 I've enrolled in the Bachelor of Biological Sciences program at the Federal University of Viçosa, Campus Rio Paranaíba (UFV-CRP). That same year, I started my first internship at the Laboratory of Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics (LaGEEvo), supervised by Prof. Dr. Karine Kavalco. and Prof. Dr. Rubens Pasa. During this experience, I learned the basis of cytogenetics, working with Astyanax, Hoplias, and Hypostomus neotropical fish genera. I also worked on scientific dissemination projects that were already in place in the laboratory (Biologia na Web, Rock com Ciência, Folha Biológica), and on the foundation and as the Financial Administrative Director of the Academic Center of Biological Sciences - CABio Colmeia at UFV-CRP (2017). In addition, performed taxidermy activities for small and large vertebrates, as well as the composition of teaching materials for the UFV-CRP. Finally, my monograph consisted of the use of geometric morphometry in Hypostomus species, assessing the diversity and body configuration of these animals in the Paranaíba river basin. In 2018, I returned to the state of São Paulo, city of São Carlos, to start the master's degree program in Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Biology at the Federal University of São Carlos, supervised by Prof. Dr. Marcelo de Bello Cioffi. In 2020, started my Ph.D. in Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Biology and became a student representative (2021-2024). In December 2022 I moved for six months to Jena (Germany) to be a visiting researcher at Universitätsklinikum of Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena supervised by Prof. Dr. Thomas Liehr, working on the obtention of Whole Chromosome Painting probes for FISH experiments. From September/2023 to January/2024 I was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Canberra, under the supervision of Dr. Tariq Ezaz, working with Oligo-FISH, SNPs for sex-linked markers, and SNP-based phylogenetic reconstruction.

Education



[2020] - Today

PhD candidate in Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Biology

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS Supervision: Prof. Dr. Marcelo de Bello Cioffi
[Dec-2022] - [Jun-2023] 

Visiting Researcher - BEPE FAPESP (2022/04261-2)

Universitätsklinikum Jena - Jena, Germany Supervision: Prof. Dr. Thomas Liehr

[Sep-2023] - [Jan-2024] 

Visiting Researcher - BEPE FAPESP (2023/08116-0)

University of Canberra - Canberra, Australia Supervision: Dr. Tariq Ezaz

[2018] - [2020]

MSc. in Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Biology

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS Title: Chromosomal evolution in Lebiasinidae (Teleostei, Characiformes), with emphasis on species of Lebiasina genusSupervision: Prof. Dr. Marcelo de Bello Cioffi 


[2014] - [2018]

Bachelor in Biological Sciences

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA (RIO PARANAÍBA CAMPUS)Title: Diversity and Body Configuration in Hypostomus (Loricariidae, Hypostominae) in Paranaíba river basinSupervision: Prof. Dr. Rubens Pasa 


 Awards & Scholarships