Livia Maria Negrini Ferreira
Tutor: Gaetana Mazzeo
2021 – 2025: PhD in Entomology at Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Minas Gerais, Brazil, with co-tutorship in the PhD program in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science at the University of Catania (Unict), Catania, Italy
Thesis: "Combined and Separate Effects of Pesticides and Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Wild Eusocial Bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae)"
Supervisors: Maria Augusta Lima Siqueira (UFV) and Gaetana Mazzeo (Unict)
2019 – 2021: Master's Degree in Ecology
Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Minas Gerais, Brazil
Degree thesis: "Toxic effects of glyphosate and acephate on the stingless bee Plebeia lucii Moure, 2004 (Hymenoptera, Apidae)"
Supervisor: Prof. Maria Augusta Lima Siqueira
2018: Volunteer Teacher of the EDUC-UFES Extension Project
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Espírito Santo, Brazil
Teaching of Biology to students preparing for the vestibular
2012 – 2018: Licentiate degree in Biological Sciences
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Espírito Santo, Brazil
Degree thesis: "The importance of specific and pedagogical contents in the training of science teachers according to the conception of teachers with a degree in Biological Sciences at the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo"
Supervisor: Prof. Patrícia Silveira da Silva Trazzi
2016 – 2017: Scholarship holder within the Institutional Scientific Initiation Scholarship Program (PIBIC)
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Espírito Santo, Brazil
Project: "Comparative morphology of pollen grains of three floral classes of Muntingia calabura L. (Muntingiaceae)"
Supervisor: Prof. Tânia Mara Guerra
2012 – 2017: Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Espírito Santo, Brazil
Degree thesis: "New model of floral variation in Muntingia calabura L. (Muntingiaceae)"
Supervisor: Prof. Tânia Mara Guerra
2012 and 2015: Volunteer at the Institute of Research and Rehabilitation on Marine Animals (IPRAM), Espírito Santo, Brazil
Activities related to the rehabilitation of Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) stranded on the coast of Espírito Santo and other states
2014 – 2015: Fellow in the Science without Borders/CAPES programme
Exchange student at Trinity College Dublin (TDC), Dublin, Ireland, in the Zoology program
2012 – 2013: Young Talents for Science/CAPES Fellow
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Espírito Santo, Brazil
Project: "Immunolocalization of Seed Lectins (ConBr) in Canavalia brasiliensis Mart. ex Benth Hatchlings. (Leguminosae)"
Supervisor: Prof. Emílio de Castro Miguel
I was part of the Laboratory of Biological Interactions (LabIBio) at Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo (UFES), Espirito Santo, Brasile, from 2013 to 2018, with studies focused on pollination ecology, palinology and floral morphology.
Since 2019, I am a member of the Laboratory of Bees and Wasps (LAV) at Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Minas Gerais, Brasile, which has as research lines the risk analysis of transgenic plants and pesticides to pollinators, pollination, entomology, animal behavior and ecotoxicology. Currently I am laso a member of the Laboratory of Agrary Zoology, at University of Catania, where I study the risk of various pesticides to eusocial bees.