June 2015 - June 2019
PH.D. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY
Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)/Utrecht University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Thesis title: Biotic resistance to alien plant invasions in tropical and temperate freshwater ecosystems
March 2013 - March 2015
M.SC. ECOLOGY
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Thesis title: Influence of herbivore damage on methane emission from emergent aquatic macrophytes
August 2008 - March 2013
B.SC. BIOLOGY
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
October 2019 - present
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
Centre for Biological Control (CBC), Rhodes University, Grahamstown/Makhanda, South Africa
March 2013
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Monitoramento Limnológico do Igarapé Água Fria - Porto Trombetas (Amazonia), Pará, Brazil (Biomonitoring of Amazonian streams)
2013 - 2014
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Estudos limnológicos na FLONA de Carajás (Amazonia), Pará, Brazil (Biomonitoring of Amazonian lagoons. Survey and identification of aquatic macrophyte species)
SKILLS
LABORATORY
Aquatic macrophyte culturing | Invertebrate culturing (e.g. snails, insects)
FIELD
Aquatic macrophyte identification | Limnological monitoring (water quality parameters, phytoplankton, zooplankton, macroinvertebrates, sediment) | Mesocosm setup and monitoring | Plan and coordination of field surveys | Greenhouse gas sampling and analysis | PADI Open Water Diver certified | Experienced hiker
STATISTICS
Highly proficient in the statistical analysis software R
Design of experiments | Meta-analysis techniques | Mixed effects models (GLM, GLMM) | Multivariate analysis | Zero inflated models | Structural equation modeling
LANGUAGES
Portuguese | Native
English | Fluent
Spanish | Intermediate
Italian | Basic