I am a curious human being fascinated about biological sciences and water! Not as a coincidence, I ended up studying microbial ecology and evolution in freshwater ecosystems. I’m currently a Ph.D. candidate supervised by professor Jesse Shapiro (McGill/UdeM) and co-supervised by Gregor Fussmann (McGill). You can check my CV here. You can also check bit of my story and research motivation in this video. I am also engaged with science popularization, education and EDI initiatives. A world where anyone willing to become a scientist encounters no barriers for it, and where scientific knowledge is not a mystery to anyone, is the world I want to live in.
Education
- Ph.D. (2016-present): Biology, Université de Montréal (Canada); visiting scholar (in 2019) at the University of Wisconsin (USA)
- M.Sc. (2013-2015): Ecology, Conservation and Wildlife Management, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)
- B.Sc. (2008-2013): Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil); exchange student (2012) at the University of Wisconsin (USA)
Besides science…
When I’m not in a lab nor in front of a computer, I’ll be probably thinking about my pets or about a new DIY tutorial I want to try. I’m enthusiastic about pets adoption, I make macramé as a hobby and I try my best to be closer to a “zero waste” life style, trying alternatives such as composting at home and recycling oil. I also love swimming and I used to sing as a soprano in the Brazilian choir of Montreal.