Master in Zoology - São Paulo State University (UNESP) with sandwich period at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). Graduated in Biological Sciences (Marine Biology and Coastal Management) at UNESP with sandwich period at the University College Cork (UCC). Member of the Laboratory of Ecology and Animal Behaviour (LABECOM). Research experience in Invertebrate Zoology and Behavioural and Physiological Ecology of estuarine and coastal organisms.