Fernanda Karstedt

I have a degree and a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the Regional University of Blumenau/SC (2006), a master's (2010) and a doctor's degree (2014) in Plant Biodiversity and the Environment from the Botanical Institute of the State of São Paulo and I did a post-doctoral internship at PPG-Botany of the National Institute for Research in the Amazon (2017). Between August 2019 and March 2020 I worked as a volunteer professor at the Federal University of São Carlos. From June 2019 to May 2021 I collaborated in a research project at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in the MIND.Funga group, mainly with the construction of the MIND.Funga application database (recognition of Brazilian mushroom species). My background is predominantly in mycology, but with a good background in biology, environmental education, project writing, scientific and financial reporting, including curating digital data and physical collections. I'm a biologist by training, lover of life, mother and wife by choice and entrepreneur by necessity (Modinha KR - children's clothing). On the verge of giving up a paid position at an institution of higher learning, but still with a glimmer of hope. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)