Míriam Silva Rafael has a sandwich PhD in Canada (1997-1999) and PhD in Entomology (1997-2001), from National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA), where she works as a tenured researcher. She is a professor in the Postgraduate Program of Genetics, Conservation and Evolutionary Biology (Master's and Doctorate), INPA, and in the Postgraduate Program of Biotechnology and Natural Resources, MBT, at the State University of Amazonas. She supervises PhD, Master's, scientific initiation, and monograph works students. She has experience in the area of ​​Animal Genetics, with Aedes aegypti, a transmitter of the Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue viruses, involving studies of mutagenesis and the genotoxicity of compounds from plant extracts, for vector control. She has also conducted research on Anopheles vectors of malaria plasmodia, such as A. darlingi, involving complete and functional genomes, genome structure, and chromosome evolution, as well as microsatellite DNA.