About me

Professional Profile

I am an Adjunct Professor at the Instituto NUTES de Educação em Ciências e Saúde (NUTES) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), working in the Educational Video Laboratory (LVE). I serve as the lead researcher of the Cognitipn, Linguagem and Audiovisual in Semiotic Systems (CLASS) research group and as co-leader, alongside Prof. Dr. Alfred Sholl-Franco (IBCCF/UFRJ), of the Neuroeduc – Applied Neuroscience to Education research group (OCC/UFRJ). I coordinate the extension project Redeneuro: Network for Studies in Neuroeducation, focusing on the use of active methodologies in health education and scientific communication.

Additionally, I am an associate researcher in the Scientific Communication and Neuroscience Teaching Program (NuDCEN/IBCCF/UFRJ), where I conduct studies on cognitive semiotics and cognitive linguistics.

From 2001 to 2020, I worked at the School of Judicial Administration (DIEPE/ESAJ) of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice.

Research and Academic Interests

I have experience in the following areas: media studies, literary and narrative theory, linguistics, semiotics, mass aesthetics, and scientific communication. I am a member of the following organizations:

Ciências e Cognição Organization (OCC)
Brazilian Association of Linguistics (ABRALIN)
Brazilian Association of Medical Education (ABEM)
Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA)

Education

Law degree (UFJF)
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated Communication Management (UNYLEYA)
Master’s in Image, Communication, and Technology (UFF)
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (UFF)
Postdoctoral research in Biophysics (UFRJ)
Undergraduate degree in Italian Language and Literature (in progress) (UFF)

Teaching Activities

I teach undergraduate and graduate courses at NUTES/UFRJ, specifically in the Educational Video Laboratory (LVE).

Undergraduate Courses

Scientific Communication – CFB007
Image, Education, Science, and Health – NUT004
Media in Education – NUT003

Graduate Courses (Master’s Program)

Audiovisual Experimentation for Science and Health Education – NUT746
Research Methodology – NUT736
Curriculum and Teaching Planning in the Health Field – NUT732

Research Activities

Research Line: Educational Technology in Science and Health

Research Projects

Telehealth, Disruptive Audiovisual Technologies, and Aesthetic Experience in Health Education and Scientific Communication
Arts, Technologies, and Cognitive Development in Health Education and Scientific Communication: A Neuropsychopedagogical Approach
Educational Technologies and Meaning Production in Scientific Communication and the Popularization of Science