Pharmacist-biochemist graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy of UFMG (2007). Master (2009) and doctor (2013) in Parasitology by the same institution. Adjunct Professor, Department of Parasitology, ICB, UFMG. Has experience in the field of Parasitology, with emphasis on Helminthology. It presents as main line of research the biological and taxonomic (morphological and molecular) study of larvae of trematodes transmitted by sweetcorn molluscs in Brazil.
Biology of Trematoda