
Master of Science in Genetics and Molecular Biology (2019) - State University of Campinas, Brazil & National Institutes of Health
Thesis Research: | The adipocyte life cycle involves a complex and highly orchestrated program of gene expression. However, in vivo, detailed mechanisms underlying the molecular regulation are incompletely misunderstood. My major research interest relies on studying novel nutrient-sensing genes and whether they have an impact on adipose tissue heterogeneity. |

Master of Science in Physiological Science (2020) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis Research: | Systems biology of neurodegenerative diseases. |

Master of Arts in Anthropology (2015) - University of California, Berkeley
Master of Science in Genetics and Molecular Biology (2010) - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Thesis Research: | Conducting a collaborative project between the Okanoya lab at RIKEN, the Huerta-Sanchez lab at Brown U and the White lab and the Xiao Lab IBP-UCLA. The goal is to investigate the genetic correlates of the evolutionary forces and neurogenetic mechanisms underlying changes in vocal behavior between Bengalese finches and their ancestral species, white backed munias. |

Master of Science in Physiological Science (2021) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis Research: | Immune cell-matrix interactions in mouse models of muscular dystrophy |

Thesis Research: | Uncovering the role of the microbiome in neurodegenerative diseases. |

Thesis Research: | Single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals sexual dimorphism in the hypothalamus. |

Master of Science in Biological Science (2019)- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Thesis Research: | Olfactory and aminergic neuromodulation of visual circuits and behavior. |

Thesis Research: | Neural control systems and circuits for visuo-motor integration. |

Thesis Research: | Understanding how traumatic memories are embedded in the brain and impact sleep. Specifically how this occurs through norepinephrine influence in cortical brain regions to produce maladaptive stress responses. |

Thesis Research: | Elucidating the effects of hypothalamic estrogen signaling on thermoregulation and metabolic health. |

Thesis Research: | Studying sex differences in feeding behavior. Specifically, interested in how sex steroids, namely estrogens, and body composition act on the hypothalamus to modulate food intake. |

Doctor of Medicine (2015) - Harvard Medical School
Thesis Research: | Studying the use of computational modeling of cardiac mechanics to better understand the development and progression of heart failure in humans. |

Thesis Research: | Studying neural control of torpor in mice. Specifically interested in how circulating hormones, particularly estrogens, interact with torpor-regulating neurons in the brain to modulate this process. |

Thesis Research: | Investigating the role of pericytes and epicardium-derived secreted factors in the cardiac remodeling process following ischemic injury in the adult heart. |

Master of Science in Biochemistry (2018) - Tulane University
Thesis Research: | Nutrient sensing and physiology between adipocyte tissue and liver. |