Paloma is a researcher at the Center for Semiconductor Components and Nanotechnology (CCSNano) at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and a B.Sc. in Physics, all from UNICAMP. Her research focuses on nanofabrication for next-generation photonic devices. She works on the fabrication and characterization of photonic nanostructures, with particular interest in thermal scanning probe lithography. Part of her research is dedicated to the synthesis of novel materials, including graphene and other two-dimensional (2D) materials, exploring different techniques such as exfoliation, microfluidization, microwave processing and others. Her expertise also includes wavefront modulation, coupling interface optimization, multimode waveguide imaging, and photonic device characterization