PhD Candidate (2021 to present) – University of Bologna, Bologna (IT) with 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.
Attività scientifica
2023: Guest Researcher at The Natural History Museum London, United Kingdom.
2018 – 2021: Research Assistant at the Laboratory of Minerals and Rocks Analyses, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
2018: Research Internship at Archaeology Department of the Paranaense Museum, Curitiba, Brazil.
Attività didattica
2022: Co-supervision of ERASMUS+ Traineeship Program - BSc student Oleksandra Shcherbyna (Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland).
2022: Co-supervision of Summer Internship - MSc student Lucas Jacquier (Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, France).
2022: Teaching Assistance in Astrobiologia (B1067) - Laurea Magistrale in Didattica e Comunicazione delle Scienze Naturali, University of Bologna.
2022: Teaching Assistance in the Programma PLS Sc. Naturali 2022 "Alla ricerca di tracce di vita: la vita nell'Universo". 5N SCIENTIFICO - SCIENZE APPLICATE Liceo Scientifico Statale Enrico Fermi.
2021: Co-supervisor in the BSc dissertation “Characterization and Genesis of Cone-in-Cone Structures of the Lontras Shale in Paraná Basin. Is it a microbial setting? “, In collaboration with Dr. Carolina Aquino, Department of Geology, Federal University of Paraná.
2019: Supervised Teaching Practice in Geochemistry I Graduation Course, Department of Geology, Federal University of Paraná.
2018: Teaching assistant in Geology Applied to Biology Graduation Course, Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Paraná.
2017: Teaching assistant in Geology Applied to Geography Graduation Course, Department of Geography, Federal University of Paraná.
Attività istituzionali e comitati scientifici
2022 to present: Communications Working Group Member of the Europlanet Early Careers (EPEC)
2019 - 2021: Marketing and social media Director of the AAPG Student Chapter.
2020: Member of the Initiative on Forensic Geology (IFG) Student Chapter.
2018: Peer-Review Committee – Annals of the XX PALEO: Southern Reunion of the Brazilian Society of Paleontology.
2014 – 2015: Fellow of the Tutorial Education Program (PET) – Geology Group, Federal University of Paraná.
Attività all'estero
2023: Period abroad at The Natural History Museum London (United Kingdom), as part of PhD activities (3 months).
2023: Field work in Patagonia Regian, Argentina (ten days).
2022: Lab training on NMR Spectrometer at the Slovenian NMR Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia (a week).
2022: Lab training on FTIR, SEM-EDX and Micro-CT at the Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom (a week).
Affiliazioni
2023: Astrobiology Society of Britain (ASB)
2022: European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA).
2021 and 2024: Società Paleontologica Italiana (SPI).
2019 - 2021: American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG).
2018: Brazilian Society of Astrobiology (SBAstrobio).
2015 - 2017: Brazilian Society of Geology (SBG).
Grants e borse di studio
2023: CERIC grant for 400 MHz NMR analyses at the Slovenian NMR Centre. (Experimental facilities grant).
2022: EANA Early Career Professional and Student bursaries (Travel grant).
2022: CERIC-ERIC grant for NMR analyses at the Slovenian NMR Centre. (Experimental facilities grant).
2022: Europlanet 2024 RI Fast Track TA Call - Planetary Field Analogues, Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (Travel grant).
2021: Europlanet Expert Exchange Programme, Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (Travel grant).
2021 - 2024: PhD scholarship, University of Bologna general budget.
2020 – 2021: Master’s scholarship, Brazilian Ministry of Education, subdivision of Coordination of Superior Level Staff Improvement (CAPES).
2019 – 2020: Master’s scholarship, MICROBIAL Project, Oil Company Petrobras.
2018: Scientific Initiation Program scholarship, MICROBIAL Project, Oil Company Petrobras.
2014 - 2015: Extension scholarship from the Secretariat of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education (SESu-MEC), Federal Government of Brazil.
Organizzazione di eventi
2023: 1st Latin America Planetary Science Workshop.
2021: The Europlanet Workshop Series on Satellite for Space Science and Technology in Africa.
2020: 1st Oil and Gas Workshop of the Federal University of Paraná.
2018: XX PALAEO: Southern Regional Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Paleontology.
Progetti di ricerca
2018 - 2021: MICROBIAL Project - Geochemistry of continental microbial carbonates associated with precipitation of clay minerals.
2018 - 2019: Archaeological collection of the Paranaense Museum: new analysis and conservation strategies in sambaqui remains from the valleys of the Ribeira and Iguaçu rivers.
2018 - 2019: Scientists at School.
2018: Disseminating Paleontology in Basic Education.
2014 - 2015: Stone over Stone: building knowledge in geosciences.
2014 - 2017: Geobiocal Project - Geochemical and Mineralogical Analysis of Microbialites from Fluminense lakes, Rio de Janeiro.
Premi e riconoscimenti
2020: Earth Day Photography Contest of the Geosciences Museum at the University of São Paulo - 1st Place.
2019: The Pale Blue Point Geopoetry Contest of the Academic Week of Geology Studies at the Federal University of Paraná - 2nd Place.
2018: Photography Contest of the 49th Brazilian Congress of Geology, Geologist Work Category - 1st Place.
2017: Photography Contest of the South Brazilian Geology Symposium, Geoscience Category - 2nd Place.
2015: Outstanding Extension Project at the 7th Integrated Teaching, Research and Extension Week of the Federal University of Paraná.
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