Mariana Quezada is an Agricultural Engineer graduated from the University of Brasília, DF (UnB-2003), Master in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, RS (UFRGS-2006) and PhD in Molecular Biology by the University of Brasília, DF (UnB-2011), with a period at the Yale School of Medicine, CT, USA (2010). He received a postdoctoral degree from UCONN Health Center, CT, USA, at the Molecular Biology and Biophysics Department, and at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, at the National Jiri Jonas Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center (CNRMN-UFRJ) at the Institute of Medical Biochemistry. She is currently Assistant Professor A of the Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG, in the Department of Biochemistry and Immunology. Has experience in the areas of Biophysics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, with emphasis on Chemistry of Macromolecules.

Mass spectrometry, Structure and function of antimicrobial peptides, Prospecting of bioactive peptides, Study of the secondary metabolites of the fungus Thrichoderma sp., Structure and Dynamics of Proteins, Characterizing milliseconds motions in yTrx1 using CPMG-relaxation dispersion measurements, Structural characterization of human Helicase-Like Transcription Factor HLTF and of yeast Rad5, X-ray Crystallography and NMR spectroscopy, Protein chemistry, Neurobiology of feeding.