Mariana dos Santos Moreno

Master's student in Geography at the Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT/UNESP), Presidente Prudente/SP campus, where she conducts research on "Anthroposols Contaminated by Potentially Toxic Metals in the Timburi Environmental Protection Area, Municipality of Presidente Prudente/SP," funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). She is a member of the Gaia research group (Interactions at the Earth's Surface, Water, and Atmosphere) at the same university. Holds a Bachelor's and a Teaching Degree in Geography from the Faculty of Science, Technology, and Education (FCTE/UNESP), Ourinhos campus, where she taught Brazilian Geography and English in the CACUO Preparatory Course project. She was also part of Coloide, an extension project of the "Ana Primavesi" Laboratory of Geology and Pedology (LABGEOLPED) at FCTE/UNESP, from 2018 to 2022. During her undergraduate studies, she was a FAPESP scholarship holder from 2021 to 2022, conducting research titled "Classification of Anthroposols and Recovery of Degraded Areas Due to Accelerated Erosion in the Context of the Anthropocene in the Timburi Environmental Protection Area, Municipality of Presidente Prudente/SP," at the same institution. In the first semester of 2024, she worked as a public school teacher in the state of São Paulo, under the jurisdiction of the Botucatu/SP Regional Board of Education. In 2023, she was nominated for the 26th Crea-SP Professional Training Award and was honored for achieving the highest academic performance among FCTE/UNESP graduates in 2022.She is currently participating in a short-term internship in the field of Environmental Toxicology at the University of California, Davis, USA, working in the Department of Veterinary Medicine under the supervision of Prof. PhD. Olukayode Jegede, as part of her Master's research, with support from FAPESP, the funding agency for her study. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)