Andressa Monteiro Venturini Assistant Professor Environmental Science
- Degrees
- Bachelor鈥檚 Degree in Biological Sciences - 青瓜视频 of S茫o Paulo (ESALQ)
Licentiate Degree in Biological Sciences - 青瓜视频 of S茫o Paulo (ESALQ)
Master of Science - 青瓜视频 of S茫o Paulo (CENA)
Doctor of Science - 青瓜视频 of S茫o Paulo (CENA) - Languages Spoken
- English and Portuguese. Learning Spanish
- Bio
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Using molecular and bioinformatics methods, I aim to understand how land use and climate change impact soil microbial communities and their ecosystem services. Born in Brazil, I have a deep passion for working with tropical environments, particularly the Amazon. My research focuses on: (1) microbial roles in greenhouse gas cycling, (2) the interplay between soil and human health, and (3) microbial potential for microplastic degradation.
I completed my undergraduate and graduate studies at the 青瓜视频 of S茫o Paulo in Brazil. Following this, I joined Princeton 青瓜视频 as a Fung Global Fellow Postdoctoral Research Associate and then continued my postdoctoral work at Stanford 青瓜视频.
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
Holmes et al. 2025. Evolutionary trajectories of shoots vs. roots: Plant volatile metabolomes are richer but less structurally diverse belowground in the tropical tree genus聽Protium. Plants. DOI:聽
Berrios et al. 2024. Co-inoculations of 聽bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi often drive additive plant growth responses. ISME Communications.
Gontijo et al. 2024. Methane-cycling microbial communities from Amazon floodplains and upland forests respond differently to simulated climate change scenarios. Environmental Microbiome
Venturini et al. 2023. Soil microbes under threat in the Amazon Rainforest. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.