About me
Ph.D. candidate in Bioinformatics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), supervised by Professor Raquel Cardoso de Melo-Minardi, with a doctoral research internship at University College London (UCL, UK) under the supervision of Professor Christine Orengo. Holds an M.Sc. in Bioinformatics from the same institution (2022), supervised by Professor Mariana Quezado de Magalhães, and a B.Sc. in Biological Sciences from UFMG (2019), with a Minor in Bioinformatics. During undergraduate studies, conducted undergraduate research at the Functional Proteomics Center (NPF) under the supervision of Professor Thiago Verano-Braga (2016–2019), and served as a teaching assistant in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics for Physiology courses in the biological and health sciences. Also holds a Technical Diploma in Information Technology from CEFET-MG (2014), where secondary education was also completed. Has experience in bioinformatics, structural biology, protein modeling, protein evolution and molecular dynamics simulations, mass spectrometry, proteomics, and phosphoproteomics. Also has experience in experimental molecular biology techniques, including protein expression and purification.
Main project
Análise em larga-escala de contatos interatômicos e evolução de famílias de proteínas
Work history
Education
Bacharelado em Ciências Biológicas
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) · 2015-2019
Mestrado em Bioinformática
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) · 2020-2022
Doutorado em Bioinformática
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) · 2022-
Doutorado Sanduíche
University College London (UCL) · 2025-2026