Lucas Pelegrini Nogueira de Carvalho

Gerontologist graduated from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), with a Masters degree in Health Sciences (UFSCar), specialization in Neuropsychology (UNIARA) and Mental Health (UniVC), and a PhD in Sciences (EERP/USP). He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gerontology at UFSCar (DGero/UFSCar), a core faculty member of the Graduate Program in Gerontology (PPGGero/UFSCar), and Vice-Coordinator of the Bachelors Program in Gerontology at the same institution.He leads the Laboratory for Research on Aging, Cognition, and Mental Health (LAPECS) and is an associate researcher at the Laboratory of Aging Biology (LABEN), where he developed a postdoctoral research project funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). He served as President of the Brazilian Association of Gerontology (20232025) and currently serves as Executive Council Member (20252027).He conducted research activities at the Center for Neuroscience and the Department of Human Development at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), and completed a doctoral research internship at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. He is a member of the research groups "Health and Aging," "Laboratory of Assessment and Intervention in Gerontology" (LAIG), and "Biology of Aging" at DGero/UFSCar, as well as the "Research Center in Nursing for Geriatrics and Gerontology" (NUPEGG-EERP) at EERP/USP.His main areas of expertise are aging, cognition, mental health, neuroscience, dementia, and biomarkers in Alzheimers disease. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)