CHIRLEI GLIENKE has a degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (1991), a master's degree in Genetics from the Federal University of Paraná (1995), and a PhD in Agronomy (Genetics and Plant Breeding) from the University of São Paulo ESALQ/USP (1999). She has been a professor at the Department of Genetics at UFPR since 1997. She coordinates several research projects and is the leader of the Microorganism Genetics Research Group at UFPR. She works in the area of genetics, with an emphasis on Molecular Genetics and Microorganisms. She is an advisor in the Postgraduate Program in Genetics and the Postgraduate Program in Microbiology, Parasitology, and Pathology at UFPR. She is currently the coordinator of the collections area of the Brazilian Society of Microbiology.