Jéssica Cristina Amaral

Assistant Professor of the Department of Chemistry at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar). Graduated in Chemistry Bachelors degree, from the Federal University of Viçosa Rio Paranaíba Campus (2014), where was a PIBIC/CNPq Scientific Initiation scholarship holder and a teaching assistant scholarship holder in Fundamental Biochemistry and Biochemistry Laboratory. Master in Science, in the subarea of Natural Products Chemistry, from the Federal University of São Carlos, UFSCar (2017). Ph.D. in Science, in the subarea of Natural Products Chemistry from the Federal University of São Carlos, UFSCar, in partnership with the Laboratoire Agronomie et Environnement at ENSAIA/Université de Lorraine France, where the sandwich doctorate was carried out (2023). Postdoctoral fellowship in the area of Phytopathology and Nematology at the Luiz de Queiroz School of Agriculture (USP/ESALQ) (2025). Experience as assistant physical-chemical analyst at Água e Terra Laboratory LTDA in Patos de Minas MG (2014) and as Quality Control Analyst at Ourofino Agrociência in Uberaba MG (20222023). Experience in the area of Organic Chemistry of Natural Products, with a solid background in studies of biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, chemical ecology involving insects and phytopathogenic microorganisms, in vitro tissue culture, molecular biology, metabolomics and the use of techniques such as HPLC, NMR, LC-MS and LC-NMR. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)