Micheline Carvalho-Silva has a Bachelor's degree in Forest engeenier fromUniversity of Brasiia (2008), a Master's degree in Botany (2004), and a PhD in Botany from the National School of Tropical Botany—ENBT/ Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro—JBRJ (2008). She has experience abroad at the Molecular Biology Laboratory. She has experience in the area of ​​botany, with emphasis on Phanerogama Taxonomy, focusing mainly on the Piperaceae family. She works as a collaborator in the Flora do Brasil 2020/ Flora and Funga do Brasil project, in the Piperaceae family. She is currently a professor at the University of Brasília and supervises master's and doctoral students in the university's graduate program in botany.