Curriculum vitae

Education

• PhD in Linguistics (July 2021 – January 2025)

University of Cologne, Germany

Dissertation: Differential Object Marking with AcI constructions and perception verbs in Spanish
First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marco García García
Second supervisor: Prof. Dr. Klaus von Heusinger

Overview:  My PhD project investigates whether DOM in Spanish is also influenced by agentivity. To verify it, I analyze the behavior of DOM with perception verbs, focusing on visual and auditory perception modalities. Additionally, I compare the occurrence of DOM in AcI constructions and mono-predicative constructions. I take both a diachronic and a synchronic perspective. Hence, I analyze the impact of agentivity on the diachronic evolution of DOM as well as its expansion to other categories, such as inanimate entities.

• M.A. in English Linguistics (2017 – 2019)
  Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
  Master Thesis: Control with Communication Verbs: an empirical study comparing Brazilian Portuguese with English.
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jutta Hartmann
  
  Overview: In my master thesis, I compared Brazilian Portuguese with two varieties of English, American and British varieties. The study investigates control with communication verbs, specifically to say and to tell.

• B.A. Language and Literature – Portuguese/English (2012 – 2015)
  University of Sorocaba, Brazil
  Undergraduate Thesis Project: The female characters in the novel “O quinze” by Rachel de Queiroz.

Relevant positions

• Doctoral Research Fellow (07.2021 – 03.2025)
  University of Cologne, Germany
  CRC 1252 ‘Prominence in Language’
  Project B04 ‘Interaction of nominal and verbal features for Differential Object Marking’
  PIs: Prof. Dr. Marco García García and Prof. Dr. Klaus von Heusinger

• Instructor (2020 – 2021)
  Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen - English Seminar
  Chair: Prof. Dr. Susanne Winkler
  Course: Syntax - a Minimalist Introduction

• Private Portuguese teacher (2017 – 2021)
  Preply | Verbling | italki
  3000+ hours in one-on-one lessons
  
  I taught Brazilian Portuguese to students from around the world. With varying skill levels (ranging from A1 to C2), I employed diverse methodologies to meet their individual needs. During this period, I delivered approximately 3,000 hours of one-on-one Portuguese lessons.

• Spanish teacher (August 2016 – December 2016)

Economy College Guild of University of Campinas, Brazil

• Portuguese teacher (2014 – 2016)
  Secretary of Education of the State of São Paulo, Brazil
  School: Professor Azarias Mendes

School: Professor Armando Rizzo

School: Professor Pedro Augusto Rangel

In this role, I taught Portuguese to Brazilian teenagers aged 12 to 17. The lessons covered a range of topics, including grammar, orthography, different writing styles, and Brazilian literature. In addition to teaching, I was also responsible for creating the lesson plans, evaluating student performance, assessing individual needs, among other tasks.

Extension courses

• Learn R Course

By Codecademy. Certificate earned in February 2025

• Learn Python 3 Course

By Codecademy. Certificate earned in December 2024

• LOT The Netherlands National Graduate School of Linguistics

Amsterdam, 9-13 January 2023

Psycholinguistics of Communication, by Monique Flecken and Jean Wagemans

Grammatical Voice, by Seppo Kittilä

• Introduction to Bayesian modeling and linear mixed effects model framework

Cologne, 6-10 June 2022

Workshop by Bodo Winter

• Learn HTML Course

By Codecademy. Certificate earned in January 2021

• Introduction to Search Engine Optimization

By University of California, Davis on Coursera. Certificate earned in November 2020

• Teach English Now! Lesson Design and Assessment

By Arizona State University on Coursera. Certificate earned in February 2020

• Teach English Now! Theories of Second Language Acquisition

By Arizona State University on Coursera. Certificate earned in January 2020

• Teach English Now! Foundational Principles

By Arizona State University on Coursera. Certificate earned in September 2017

• Grammar and Punctuation

By University of California, Irvine on Coursera. Certificate earned in August 2017

• Pluralities in Brazilian Portuguese

By Universidade Estadual de Campinas on Coursera. Certificate earned in September 2016

Awards/Funding

• Cologne Center of Language Sciences (CCLS) Junior travel funding (Line B - Reisekosten):
  A total of 500€ was funded by the CCLS to cover travel costs for attending the LIII Simposio Internacional de la Sociedad Española de Lingüística (SEL). Funding granted in December 2024.

Main research areas

Syntax und Morphosyntax

Syntax-semantics interface

Corpus linguistics

Languages

Brazilian Portuguese (Native Speaker)

Spanish (C2)

English (C1)

German (B2)

Official language certif icates

Proficiency test in Spanish: DELE C1

By Instituto Cervantes. Certificate earned in February 2016

Language school certif icates

• German as a Foreign Language: B2.1 level

By Lingoda. Certificate earned in November 2024

• German as a Foreign Language: from A2.2 to B2.5

By Vivat Lingua!. Certificates earned between April 2019 and March 2020

Technical skills

MS Word                        RStudio Python

MS Excel                       LaTeX

MS Power Point             HTML