Joelma Freire de Mesquita holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), with a Master's and PhD in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a PhD in Biomimetic Systems from the University of São Paulo (USP) ). Currently she is an adjunct professor at UNIRIO where she coordinates the Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOINFO) in the Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology. Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology (2014-2017), and permanent member of the Graduate Program in Neurology at UNIRIO. Regular member of the Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SBBq). It collaborates with national universities (UFRJ) and international (Department of neurodegeneration at the University of Gottingen-Germany) funded by CAPES / DAAD. She works in the area of ​​Computational Biochemistry and Biophysics with emphasis on neurodegenetic diseases.

Area of ​​Computational Biochemistry and Biophysics with emphasis on neurodegenetic diseases.