I am completing my PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at the
Ernst Strüngmann Institute of the Max Planck Society,
in the
Rademaker Lab,
Frankfurt am Main, Germany. My research combines psychophysics,
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS),
eye tracking, and computational modelling to investigate how the brain represents
and maintains visual information in memory, predicts the future
states of the world, and supports adaptive behavior when sensory information
is noisy or absent.
Before starting my PhD, I graduated with dual degrees in Science & Technology
and Neuroscience from the Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil, where I later
completed a Master's degree in Neuroscience and Cognition with Prof. Marcelo
Salvador Caetano and Prof. Claudinei Biazoli Jr. in the
Timing and Cognition Lab.
Before moving to Germany, I worked as a research assistant with
Dr. Joana Balardin at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil,
and Prof. Jorge Almeida at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
During this time, I contributed to research on visual object recognition,
stress-induced changes in brain function, motor development in young children,
and the effects of physical exercise on functional connectivity during
healthy aging.
Outside the lab, I am usually trying to fly airplanes, cycling,
playing the drums, or scuba diving. Whatever I am doing, I am driven
by the same curiosity that motivates my research:
How does our brain allow us to perform complex tasks and interact with an
ever-changing environment?
