Auany Camila Fantinelli

Masters student in the Graduate Program in Biological Sciences (Zoology) at the Institute of Biosciences of Botucatu (IBB/UNESP), developing the project "Metabarcoding in the Identification of Fish Illegally Sold in Brazil from São Paulo International Airport", under the supervision of Associate Professor Fábio Porto-Foresti and financed by CAPES. Holds a Bachelors degree in Biological Sciences from São Paulo State University (UNESP-Bauru) and is currently pursuing a degree in Biological Sciences Teacher Education at the same institution. Conducted undergraduate research with a CNPq scholarship in the project "The UN 2030 Agenda and People with Disabilities: Public Policies in Inclusive Education". Participated as a teaching assistant in the Plant Morphology course. Member of the organizing committee of the outreach project "Bio na Rua", developed by the Faculty of Sciences (FC), performing science communication activities. Served as project director of the Biological Sciences junior enterprise "Lótus Jr.". Member of the Laboratory of Fish Genomics and Conservation (LAGENPE), working with molecular biology in her masters project and in the undergraduate research project "Molecular Analyses for Identification of Illegally Exploited and Traded Species of Sea Cucumbers (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) in Brazil", funded by FAPESP. In 2024, received two scientific awards: first place in the Oral Presentation category at the VI CONBIO and Best Undergraduate Poster in Animal Genetics at the Brazilian Congress of Genetics. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)