MY CV
Achievements and Experience
TA/GA - P.h.D CANDIDATE
January 2024 - Present
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA. Earth and Environmental Science
RESEARCH FELLOW
October 2022 - December 2023
Field test of new formulation of toxic baits against leaf-cutter ants on Eucalyptus forrest
MASTER IN SCIENCE FELLOW
March 2020 - September 2023
M.S. in Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity. UNESP, Brazil. Advisor: Claudio José Von Zuben (2020 – 2023). Dissertation: “Factors that drive Hymenoptera diversity on carrion”.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANT
2016 - 2019
1. Leaf-cutting ants preference to sub products used in baits.
2. Attractiveness of Colocasia esculenta (taro) to leaf-cutting ants
3. Influence of Reproductive Status in Immune Resistance of Entomopathogen in Queens of Monomorium pharaonis.
4. Atta sexdens and Atta laevigata immune response through mating status.
LAB TECHNICIAN
March 2015 - 2018
Laboratory of leaf-cutter ants maintanance