Holds a Post-Doctoral degree from the Postgraduate Program in Biosciences and Pathophysiology at the State University of Maringá (2016), a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minho (2011), a Master’s in Biological Sciences (Microbiology) from the University of São Paulo (2006) and a degree in Biomedicine from Universidade Positivo (2022) and in Biological Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (2002). Since 2012 she has been a Professor at the State University of Maringá (UEM). She is part of the permanent faculty of the Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences at UEM and president of the Internal Biosafety Commission-CIBio at UEM. She curates the Microbiological Collections at UEM (CMRP Taxonline). She is research group leader in CNPq Technologies—Mycobiome: interrelationships, benefits, harm, prevention and control in the one health context (OneMyco). She has experience in the field of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (Medicine 2), with an emphasis on Medical Mycology and zoonoses, working mainly on the following topics: biofilms, fungal infections, control of fungal infections, and alternative means for drug development tests.