I study how plants adapt to environmental change from a functional and ecophysiological perspective, with a focus on Neotropical ecosystems. I also teach R and enjoy coding and working with data. Outside of science, I’m a mother of two girls, learning to see the world through their eyes every day.
Education
Bachelor of Forest Engineering, Universidade de Brasília | 2008
Master of Ecology, Universidade de Brasília | 2010
PhD in Plant Ecology, Macquarie University | 2014
Post Doctoral Fellow at Universidade de Brasília | 2015-2016
Post Doctoral Fellow at Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso | 2016-2017
Post Doctoral Fellow at University of Oxford | 2018-2019
Post Doctoral Fellow at Universidade Federal do Paraná | 2019 - 2025
Research Associate at Universidade Federal do Paraná | 2025 - now
Teaching
Graduation
2025 - Methods in Plant Ecophysiology
2019/ 2020/ 2023/ 2024 - Data Manipulation and Visualization
2019/2020 - Experimental design in Ecology and Conservation
2019/2024 - Field Ecology
2015 - Plant Ecophysiology
Undergraduation
2012 - Plant Structure and Function
2010 - Plant Ecology