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Biologist, with a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP, São José do Rio Preto), and a Master's and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Zoology) from UNESP, Rio Claro. Specialist in the taxonomy and morphology of Echinodermata, with emphasis on Ophiuroidea. Between 2008 and 2010 she carried out a postdoctoral fellowship (FAPESP grant), and between 2011 and 2016 she was a Young Investigator (JP-FAPESP) at the Museum of Zoology of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). She is currently a Researcher (PQ career) at UNICAMP, curator of the invertebrate collections, and coordinator of the Museum of Biological Diversity (MDBio) at the Institute of Biology of UNICAMP. She is also affiliated with the Graduate Program in Animal Biology at the same institute. Her research focuses on Zoology and Systematics, particularly on the taxonomy of extant groups of Echinodermata, general zoology, and morphological studies.

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borges, M.; Monteiro, A. M. G.; Amaral, A. C. Z.; A new species of Ophiomisidium (echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the continental shelf and slope off southern Brazil. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v.86, p. 1449-1454, 2006 [ doi:10.1017/S0025315406014500 ]

Alitto, R.A.S.; Bueno, M.L.; Guilherme, P.D.B.; Di Domenico, M.; Christensen, A.B.; borges, M.; Shallow-water brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Araçá Bay (Southeastern Brazil), with spatial distribution considerations. ZOOTAXA, v.4405, p. 1-, 2018 [ doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4405.1.1 ]

Alitto, Renata Aparecida Dos Santos; Amaral, Antonia Cecília Zacagnini; De Oliveira, Letícia Dias; Serrano, Helena; Seger, Karin Regina; Guilherme, Pablo Damian Borges; Domenico, Maikon Di; Christensen, Ana Beardsley; Lourenço, Luciana Bolsoni; Tavares, Marcos; borges, Michela; Atlantic West Ophiothrix spp. in the scope of integrative taxonomy: Confirming the existence of Ophiothrix trindadensis Tommasi, 1970. PLoS One, v.14, p. e0210331-28, 2019 [ doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210331 ]