I am a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow currently working at the Laboratory for Astrophysics at Leiden University. With a strong foundation in experimental astrochemistry, my research focuses on the chemical complexities of the Interstellar Medium, particularly through the study of interstellar ices.

My academic journey began with an undergraduate degree in chemistry in Brazil, augmented by a scholarship-funded year in France, where I contributed to the library of compounds of the Rosetta Mission's COSIMA mass spectrometer. This was followed by a master degree in astronomy in Brazil studying chlorinated PAHs around circunstellar environments using data from the Brazilian Synchrotron Facility. During my PhD, as part of the MSCA ITN Astro-Chemical Origins program, I conducted research across laboratory facilities in France (LERMA - Cergy, LAM - Marseille) and Germany (Max-planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics), focused on measuring desorption parameters and optical properties of interstellar ice analogues.

Currently, my postdoctoral research at Leiden aims at the formation of complex organic molecules (COMs) in the early stages of star-forming regions through non-energetic mechanisms utilizing advanced experimental setups like SURFRESIDE3. My goal at InterCat is to foster collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to unravel the chemical complexities along star- and planet-forming regions.