Letícia Marques Caviola Foiani

Bachelor's degree in Science and Technology from the Federal University of ABC (UFABC, 2024), currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry at the same institution, expected to be completed in 2025, and a Specialization (Lato Sensu) in Teaching with an Emphasis on Inclusive Education at the Federal Institute of Minas Gerais (IFMG, expected to be completed in 2025). Has a Chemistry technical degree from ETEC Júlio de Mesquita (2019).Started her scientific career as a CNPq/PIBIC-Jr scholarship holder (2018-2019), investigating the dynamics of droplet evaporation for the formation of L,L-Diphenylalanine peptide nanostructures. She was part of the BURN extension project (2020), which developed a low-cost intelligent disinfector using UV-C radiation. As a FAPESP fellow (2021-2024), her research focused on Biophotonics, applying FTIR spectrophotometry to the analysis of biological samples for the development of new diagnostic methods. She co-authored the patent for SmartDroplet (2023), an integrated system (mobile/desktop) for in situ pre-diagnosis of oral cancer based on image processing.President of the OPTICA UFABC Student Chapter (2023), in which she was responsible for the scientific dissemination of optics and photonics, and winner of the Amplify Black Voices Scholarship award (2023), granted by The Optical Society (OSA) for academic merit and representativeness in the field of optics and photonics. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)