Maicon Nascimento Araújo

I have always been fascinated with science, mostly biology. On the last year (2018), I graduated in Agronomic Engineering by the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (Brazil). On my last two and a half years of undergraduating, I got extensive experience in scientific research with emphasis on Cellular Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Along this time, I learned important skills in dealing with and leading people. Nowadays, I am a Ph.D. candidate in Biochemistry and my emphasis is on metabolism and microbial diversity applied to Astrobiology and Geomicrobiology. I?m part of a project called ?PROBING THE MARTIAN ENVIRONMENT WITH EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS AND TERRESTRIAL ANALOGUES? where my goal is to understand the biominerals? formation by iron-oxidizing bacteria and, therefore, propose some possible metabolic or mineral biosignature to detect past or present life on Martian environment. My areas of interest are Astrobiology, Microbial Metabolism and Geomicrobiology. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)