PhD in Biotechnology Applied to Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry at University of Milan (UNIMI, Italy) in 2010. Currently is postdoctoral fellow in the Biochemistry of Stress Response Laboratory at Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis (IBqM-UFRJ) at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Currently, my research interest is focused on the study of mitochondrial physiology, particurarly on mitochondrial bioenergetics and redox state and its adaptive response to stressful situations in insect vectors of neglected tropical disease.