CV
Current position
Researcher
Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)
Helsinki, Finland
Since January 2023
Degrees
| Doctor of Science (PhD) | University of Liège, Liège, Belgium Biology of Organisms and Ecology 5 September 2017 |
| Master of Science (MSc) | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil Cellular and Molecular Biology 29 February 2012 |
| Bachelor of Science (BSc) | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil Biological Sciences 23 December 2009 |
Previous work experience
| Postdoctoral Researcher | University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland January 2018–December 2022 |
| Research Associate (PhD student) | University of Liège, Liège, Belgium October 2012–September 2017 |
| Research Associate | Science and Technology Foundation (CIENTEC), Porto Alegre, Brazil March 2012–September 2012 |
| Research Assistant (MSc student) | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil March 2010–February 2012 |
| Research Assistant | Science and Technology Foundation (CIENTEC), Porto Alegre, Brazil October 2008–February 2010 |
| Research Assistant (BSc student) | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil January 2006–September 2008 |
Teaching and supervision
| Course instructor | Environmental Metagenomics Physalia Courses (online) April 2021, April 2022, and April 2023 |
| Course instructor | Introdução à Metagenômica: Curso Prático Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil November 2022 |
| Course instructor | Exploratory Microbial Research University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland March 2019, October 2019, October 2020, and November 2021 |
| Course instructor | MICROBIOME-PUSH: Into the Microbiome Exploitation in Food Systems University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland February 2020–December 2020 |
| Supervision | 1 PhD student. Co-supervisor. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2 MSc students. Co-supervisor. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2 MSc students. Co-supervisor. University of Liège, Liège, Belgium. 1 BSc student. Co-supervisor. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Grants
| Travel grant | French Community of Belgium (FWB), Belgium Research visit to the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Norway July 2015–September 2015 3,000 EUR |
| PhD scholarship | National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), Belgium FRIA program October 2013–September 2017 100,000 EUR |
| PhD scholarship | National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil Science Without Borders program October 2012–September 2015 100,000 USD Please note that I was granted this scholarship but later decided not to accept it |
| MSc scholarship | National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil March 2010–February 2012 40,000 BRL (18,000 EUR in 2010) |
Other merits
| Council member of APECS | APECS – Association of Polar Early Career Scientists October 2016–September 2017 |
| Board member of APECS Belgium | Belgium National committee of APECS September 2016–September 2017 |
| Reviewer | Advances in Polar Sciences Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research Ecology and Evolution FEMS Microbiology Ecology Frontiers in Microbiology (withdrawn) Journal of Arid Land Journal of Molecular Evolution Microbial Ecology MicrobiologyOpen microPublication Biology Molecular Ecology Phytotaxa World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology |