Victor Amir Cardoso Dorneles

PhD Candidate (2021 to present) – University of Bologna, Bologna (IT) with a period at The Natural History Museum London (UK)

PhD Project: “Biosignatures from Extreme Environments as Targets for Astrobiological Exploration”, supervised by Dr. Barbara Cavalazzi and Dr. Keyron Hickman-Lewis.

MSc in Geology (2021) – Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

Master’s Thesis: “Comparative Study of Tufas from Bodoquena Plateau, Central-Western Brazil, and Travertines from Denizli Basin, Southwestern Turkey”, supervised by Dr. Ricardo Jahnert and Dr. Almério França.

BSc in Geology (2019) – Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

Bachelor Dissertation: “Geochemical and Geomicrobiological Characterization of Carbonate Microbialite from Lagoa Salgada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”, supervised by Dr. Anelize Bahniuk.