About

I am a Ph.D. candidate supervised by professor Jesse Shapiro (Université de Montréal) and co-supervised by Gregor Fussmann (McGill). I am also an ÉcoLac trainee, GRIL student member and QCBS student collaborator. You can download my CV here.

Research interests

I am fascinated by sciences and passionate by everything that involves evolution, ecology, genetics, microbiology and aquatic biology. As a result, I ended up studying microbial ecology and evolution in freshwater ecosystems.  I am also engaged with science popularization and education. I strongly believe that scientists efforts will only be worth it after the society in general understands what we are doing and wants to participate.

Education

Ph.D. (2016-present): Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal (Canada)
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 wearing a lab coat neither doing some crazy stuff in a computer, I'll be probably talking about dogs! I'm a dog lover enthusiastic about pets adoption. I have some texts about it in my Medium profile (check them here and here) and I have some projects in mind involving storytelling and pets. Contact me if you're curious!
Besides that, I enjoy trying new veggie recipes, producing my own compost at home, gardening, preparing soap, listening to podcasts (give a chance to Mamilos podcast if you understand Portuguese), meeting new people or old friends and visiting new places.
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Puppies of a dog I rescued in Brazil :)