Vanessa Rezende Bevilaqua

Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences with Teaching Certification from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar, 2014). Ph.D. in Science from the Graduate Program in Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Biology (PPGGEv/UFSCar, 2019), with a concentration in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. During her doctoral studies, she conducted research on luciferases at the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Bioluminescent Systems (UFSCar, Sorocaba, Brazil) and completed a research internship (BEPE/FAPESP fellowship) at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan.From 2021 to 2026, she carried out postdoctoral research as a FAPESP fellow at the Biomaterials Laboratory, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP, Sorocaba Campus). During this period, she was also a visiting researcher at UFSCar, following approval by the Research Council of the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, and completed a research internship (BEPE/FAPESP fellowship) at the Precision Biochemistry in Aging and Related Pathologies Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.She also serves as a substitute lecturer in Biochemistry for the undergraduate Biological Sciences program at UFSCar, Sorocaba Campus. Her research experience includes Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and the application of bioluminescence to the study of mammalian cells. She also has experience in science education and outreach, with an emphasis on the theoretical analysis of science and biology textbooks, the development of bioluminescence-based laboratory classes for undergraduate Biochemistry courses, and hands-on demonstrations for high school students. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)