Welcome: Jaqueline

We are so excited to welcome our first postdoc, Jaqueline, to our lab, who joins us from Denmark. She brings over 10 years of experience working with filamentous fungi and genetics. She will work on our project funded by mCAFEs: engineering plant-associated fungi for microbial rhizosphere control and plant growth and resilience. An honor to have you on the team!

Jaqueline was born and raised in the beautiful landscapes of Mato Grosso, Brazil. She received her PhD in Molecular and Morphofunctional Biology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and has extensive experience in the genetic engineering of fungi to produce recombinant enzymes. Her PhD research investigated the impact of post-translational modifications and protein quality control on the activity and secretion of enzymes in Aspergillus nidulans. During this time, she also collaborated with the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) to engineer Aspergillus strains for human protein production. More recently, as a Metabolic Engineering Researcher at UpDairy, she developed microorganisms as cell factories for dairy production. In the Hill-Maini Lab, she is excited to build genetic tools to characterize the mechanistic and molecular interactions between Trichoderma atroviride and bacteria within the plant microbiome. Outside the lab, she is passionate about nature, traveling, fishing, and fungi.