WELCOME

I am Research Botanist at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas in Fort Worth, TX interested in different aspects of the lichen symbioses. My program addresses questions primarily related to systematics, microbiome evolution, and genomics. I am also a Research Associate in the Botany Department at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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Education:

B.S. -  Biology (Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, RS, Brazil).

M.S. - Botany (Universidade Federal do Paraná, PR, Brazil). Advisor: Sionara Eliasaro.

Ph.D. - Environmental Science and Public Policy (George Mason University, VA, USA). Advisors: James D. Lawrey & Robert Lücking.