Cristine Chaves Barreto

Graduated in Biological Sciences from Universidade de Brasília (1992), master's degreee in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1995), and PhD. in Organismic and evolutionary biology from University of Massachusetts at Amherst (2004), degree recognized in Brazil by the graduate program in Microbiology from USP. Faculty at Universidade Católica de Brasilia (Catholic University of Brasilia) until 2021 as member of the graduate program in Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology. Works with ecophysiology of Bacteria, especially using bacteria from the Phylum Acidobacteria. Research experience in microbial ecology and microbiomes developing research in the following fields: bacterial diversity in Cerrado's soils; ecology of bacterial communites from several encironments, microbes from mining areas, microbiomes and bioprospection of molecules from bacteria found in Brazil. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)