Principal Investigator
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
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Associate Professor
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Education:
Postdoc (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, USA)
Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Biology, School of Pharmacy, University of Tübingen, Germany)
B.Sc. (Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil)
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Appointments:
2022−present: Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
2015−2022: Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
2014−2015: Visiting Researcher, University of Bergen, Norway
2010−2014: Principal Scientist, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development
2005−2009: Postdoctoral Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
Three years of which were as a Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
2000−2004: Doctoral Researcher, University of Tübingen, Germany
1999: Internships in the Pharmaceutical Industry and Public Pharmacy
– Biosintética Farmacêutica, Research, and Development formulation department
– Stiefel Laboratories, Customer Service and Scientific Education department
– Pharmacy of the University of São Paulo
1998: Undergraduate Research Training Fellow, University of São Paulo, Medicinal Chemistry.
Scientific Genealogy:
Undergraduate Research advisor
Prof. Elizabeth I. Ferreira at the University of São Paulo, Brazil
Ph.D. advisor
Prof. Lutz Heide at the University of Tuebingen, Germany
Postdoc advisor
Prof. Bradley S. Moore at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
The Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) supported my postdoctoral fellowship (sponsors: Tularik, Profs. Steven McKnight, David Goeddel, and Robert Tjian).