Raquel Fernanda Salla Jacob

I am a biologist, university professor and scientist! My academic background is composed by the following titles:- Graduated in Biological Sciences at the Federal University of São Carlos - UFSCar, Sorocaba campus (2012).- Masters in Biotechnology and Environmental Monitoring at UFSCar, Sorocaba campus (PPGBMA) (2014).- PhD in Sciences at UFSCar, campus São Carlos (2018).Professional Experience: - I worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Biology - Unicamp, Campinas (4 months with a CAPES Scholarship + 3 years with FAPESP funding) (2018-2021), with part of the research at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass - Boston, USA).- I was Assistant Professor at Facens Sorocaba University Center (01/2021 to 06/2021), acting in the disciplines of Human Anatomy (dentistry, nursing and biomedicine courses), and and Neuroanatomy (psychology courses).- I worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher (08/2022 - 08/2023 - CNPq Funding - Posdoc-Jr) at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) in the area of Ecotoxicology of Microplastics and Nanoparticles.- Currently: I am working as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Houston (Texas, USA). I also work as a Voluntary/Collaborative Professor at the Post-graduate Program in Environmental Biotechnology (PPGBMA) at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar, Sorocaba campus).Expertises: Ecotoxicology, Herpetology (chytridiomycosis and amphibian histopathology), General Biology, Physiology (Human and Animal), Histology, Anatomy (General and Neuro), Ecology, Active Higher Education Methodologies. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)