She holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Santa Maria, a Master's and a PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She completed a post-doctorate at the University of California, Davis-USA. She is currently an associate professor at the Health Sciences Center at the Federal University of Santa Maria. CNPq Scientific Productivity Scholar (PQ1C), she is a supervisor in the Graduate Program in Pharmacology, and in the Graduate Program in Gerontology (UFSM). Since July 29, 2022, she has taken over the Teaching and Research Management (GEP) of the University Hospital of Santa Maria managed by the Brazilian Company of Hospital Services (EBSERH). Professional trajectory: in 2007 she founded the Biogenomics Laboratory (Department of Morphology) and the CNPQ Biogenomics Research Group. She conducts research related to genetic-environmental interactions (nutri-pharmaco-toxicogenomics) that modulate human aging and are protective or risk factors for non-transmissible chronic diseases. It develops projects in partnership with several Brazilian universities (UEA, UFCSPA, UNOESC, UFN, PUCRS, FUNATI, UFFS, UPF, UNIPAMPA, ULBRA) and foreign universities, with emphasis on the Universities of Leon and Barcelona (Spain) and the Metropolitan Tokyo University in Japan. She is an honorary member of the Amazonian Academy of Medicine, editor of the Amazon Journal of Geriatric and Gerontology, (RAGG) editorial member and reviewer of several scientific journals. She has extensive experience in training human resources at the master's, doctoral and post-doctoral levels and has published more than 300 articles in indexed journals with national and international circulation. In addition to research activities. She is currently coordinator of the Geronto-Inova Program implemented by the Open University Foundation for the Third Age (FuNATI / UEA) in partnership with UFSM. She also has experience as a member of scientific and ethics committees, reviewing 61 scientific journals and member of the editorial board of 03 journals. So far, she has supervised 54 master's dissertations, 39 doctoral theses, and has been an ad hoc reviewer of projects submitted to CNPq, FAPERGS, FAPEMIG, FAPESP, CAPES and the Public Notice for the Research Program for SUS (PPSUS-CNPq). Between 2019 and 2023, she published 72 articles in scientific journals, 30 of which as the main author (corresponding/or last author). ORCID: 0000-0003-3008-6899, SCOPUS ID: 16021119200; Researcher ID: G-4329-2012. H index: 32.