Caroline holds a degree in Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), a Masters degree and a PhD in Plant Physiology at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). She completed post-doctoral studies at the Department of Soils at UFV, the Center for Carbon, Water, and Food at the University of Sydney (Australia), the Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Plant Productivity at the Instituto Federal Goiano (IFGoiano), and the Federal University of Fronteira Sul (UFFS). Her expertise includes allelopathy, ecophysiology, abiotic stress physiology, plant nutrition, and molecular plant physiology.