I am currently a professor of fish farming at the Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering (FZEA) at the University of São Paulo (USP). I am a permanent faculty member in the Graduate Program in Animal Science and Fisheries Resources at the Federal University of Amazonas, where I supervise master's and doctoral students and serve as a full member of the program's coordination. I was a senior researcher at the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) (2013-2025). e-mail: ligia.uribe@usp.br