Experience

Kiel University

• Germany
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Mar 2023 - Present



Universidade Federal do Pará

• Brazil
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Candidate

  • Jul 2018 - Mar 2023

  During my PhD I've been interested in characterizing the human gut microbiomes of diverse groups of individuals living in the Brazilian Amazon. My project is focused on understanding the role that urbanization and subsistence lifestyles have on the composition and metabolic potential of gut microbial communities. The goal is understand how recent population dynamics and environmental factors have been shaping the gut microbiome in both Native American and urban populations of the Amazon. During my PhD I've been interested in characterizing the human gut microbiomes of diverse groups of individuals living in the Brazilian Amazon. My project is focused on understanding the role that urbanization and subsistence lifestyles have on the composition and metabolic potential of gut microbial communities. The goal is understand how recent population dynamics and environmental factors have been shaping the gut microbiome in both Native American and urban populations of the Amazon.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Student Researcher

  • Sep 2021 - Jun 2022

  With a Fulbright Scholarship, I was part of the Alm Lab @ MIT and worked on Brazilian Gut Microbiome Metagenomics data. I also participated in ongoing projects that involve anaerobically culturing gut microbes of healthy global populations. With a Fulbright Scholarship, I was part of the Alm Lab @ MIT and worked on Brazilian Gut Microbiome Metagenomics data. I also participated in ongoing projects that involve anaerobically culturing gut microbes of healthy global populations.



Universidade Federal do Pará

• Brazil
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • May 2012 - Mar 2017

  From 2012 to 2017, under the supervision of Dr. Ândrea Ribeiro-dos-Santos, I developed projects towards characterizing uniparental ancestry lineages in ancient and contemporary human populations. I investigated both mitochondrial and Y-chromosome DNA in Brazil's current northeastern population as well as human skeletal remains from the colonial period. From 2012 to 2017, under the supervision of Dr. Ândrea Ribeiro-dos-Santos, I developed projects towards characterizing uniparental ancestry lineages in ancient and contemporary human populations. I investigated both mitochondrial and Y-chromosome DNA in Brazil's current northeastern population as well as human skeletal remains from the colonial period.



Stanford University School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Under the supervision of Dr. Rosa Fregel I investigated ancestry markers from whole genome sequencing of prehistoric human DNA samples found in the Canary Islands. Under the supervision of Dr. Rosa Fregel I investigated ancestry markers from whole genome sequencing of prehistoric human DNA samples found in the Canary Islands.



FIOCRUZ - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

• Brazil
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  Under the supervision of Dr. Sheyla Mendonça de Souza, I worked on morphological analyses of human skeletal remains from Brazilian Sambaqui (shell mounds) archaeological sites. Under the supervision of Dr. Sheyla Mendonça de Souza, I worked on morphological analyses of human skeletal remains from Brazilian Sambaqui (shell mounds) archaeological sites.