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Education and Experience

Work: Assistant professor

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 instructor

2017
 
Department of Psychology at Rutgers University, USA
Course: Advanced Topics in Psychobiology: The Architecture of Intelligence

Work: Graduate researcher

Work: Graduate 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 instructor

2015 and 2017
 
Department of Psychology at Rutgers University, USA
Course: General Psychology
I taught the course 2 times in total

Work: University instructor

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

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: Graduate researcher

Work: Graduate 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: Graduate researcher

Work: Graduate 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: Research assistant

Work: Research assistant

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: Research assistant

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)