is a geneticist with a master's degree and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences and Nephrology from UFRGS/Brazil. She has postdoctoral experience in renal physiology (UFRJ/ Brazil), clinical medicine and nephrology (USP/Brazil), and nephrology and hypertension (UCI/USA). She is a Professor of Medical Genetics, Human Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Her research fields are human genetics diseases, cellular and molecular biology applied to nephrology, biochemistry, and microbiology with projects in the following subjects: inflammatory markers, molecular diagnosis, DNA polymorphisms, chronic kidney disease (CKD), polycystic kidney disease (PKD), Fabry disease, rare diseases, cellular and murine models for CKD, RNA processing, fluorescent image analysis, nanoparticles development, and nanomedicine.