Douglas Sant Anna Corrêa

Graduating with a bachelor's degree in biology from the Hermínio Ometto Foundation University Center (FHO). He is currently doing his undergraduate research at the Sylvio Moreira Citrus Center. His research focuses on quantifying the gene expression of essential genes for the citrus leprosis mite, after applying RNAi techniques, in order to understand the action of the technique on genes that have not been studied before. He had already done his first scientific initiation in 2024, and the research was carried out in the area of ecotoxicology in the toxicology and ecotoxicology group at FHO. She did an internship in the area of education at the Objetivo school in Leme and a paid internship as a health agent at the Zoonosis Control Center of the Leme City Hall. During his undergraduate studies, he also took part in the Academic Center's Work Committee in the area of: teaching, research and extension, was a member of the itinerant science extension project team, where he taught science classes to elementary school students, and was a monitor during the development of the integrating project, produced during the ecotoxicology subject provided by the FHO Biological Sciences course. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)