Danielle da Silva Trentin
Life Sciences
Pharmacist Danielle Trentin stumbled upon her research focus quite unexpectedly when she noticed the larvae in her study were ingesting the plastic containers they were housed in. Upon realizing that she needed to switch to glass jars, she had a revelation: why not study these larvae as a potential solution to the pervasive issue of plastic waste in the environment?
Danielle earned both her master’s and Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, where she also completed a post-doctoral internship. A cactus enthusiast, Danielle maintains a collection of 19 plants at home, which she tends to after her lectures at the Federal University of Health Sciences in Porto Alegre, where she serves as a faculty member.
