Kelly Frank Heckler

Graduated at Physics from the Federal University of Southern Frontier (UFFS), and a Master's and Ph.D. in Physics from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences (IAG) at the University of São Paulo (USP), astronomy sub-area. Specialist in low-luminosity galaxies research, focusing on detailed analysis of the signatures left by active supermassive black holes on the gas distribution and kinematics. Aims to contribute to the understanding of the effects of nuclear activity on host galaxies. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)