Work: Assistant professor
September 2021 – Now
Department of Biological Psychology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Work: Postdoctoral researcher
February 2018 – August 2021
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
PI: Torkel Klingberg
- Multiple research projects on the neurobiology of cognitive development and training in humans
Degree: PhD in Neuroscience
September 2011 – December 2017
Rutgers University, USA
Dissertation: The General Cognitive Ability of mice has moderate heritability and is influenced by environmental factors
Work: University teacher
2017
Department of Psychology at Rutgers University, USA
Course: Advanced Topics in Psychobiology: The Architecture of Intelligence
Work: PhD researcher
2014 – 2017
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, USA
Advisor: Louis D. Matzel
- Multiple research projects on the neurobiology of working memory training in mice, and on the heritability and malleability of intelligence
Work: University teacher
2015 and 2017
Department of Psychology at Rutgers University, USA
Course: General Psychology
I taught the course 2 times in total
Work: University teacher
2013 – 2017
Department of Psychology at Rutgers University, USA
Course: Learning Processes (formerly called “Conditioning and Learning”)
I taught the course 5 times in total
Degree: Master of Science in Psychology
September 2011 – December 2013
Rutgers University, USA
Thesis: The external-internal loop of interference: Two types of attention and their influence on learning in mice
Work: Teaching assistant
September 2011 – December 2017
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, USA
Courses: General Psychology, Conditioning and Learning, Conditioning and Learning Lab, Cognition, Cognition Lab, Sensation and Perception Lab, Abnormal Psychology Lab
Work: Master’s researcher
September 2011 – December 2013
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, USA
Advisor: Louis D. Matzel
- Multiple research projects on the structure of executive attention in mice, and on the neurobiological factors underlying individual differences in intelligence
Degree: Master of Science in Genetics and Evolution
January 2008 – December 2010
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
Thesis: Genetic architecture of the maternal behavior of nest building
Work: Master’s researcher
January 2008 – December 2010
Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
Advisor: Andréa Cristina Peripato
- Multiple research projects on the genetic architecture of parental behavior in mice, and the evolution of fitness-related traits
Degree: Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education in Biology
March 2003 – December 2007
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Bachelor of Education in Biology
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
Thesis: The influence of oxytocin in maternal care
Work: Bachelor researcher
March 2006 – December 2007
Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
Advisor: Andréa Cristina Peripato
- Multiple research projects on DNA sequence and mRNA expression of maternal care genes in mice
Work: Intern teacher
October 2005 – June 2006
Middle school Esterina Placco, Brazil
High school Paulino Botelho, Brazil
High school Álvaro Guião, Brazil
Courses: Chemistry, Evolution, and Genetics
Work: Bachelor researcher
February 2005 – November 2005
Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
Advisor: Marco Antonio Del Lama
- Project: Biology and sociogenetic structure of nests in Podim denticulatum (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)