Carla Menegatti

Carla Menegatti, PhD, currently serves as a Natural Products Bioanalytical Scientist at Corteva Agriscience since September 2023. Prior to this, Carla worked as a Research Scientist for Chemistry at Virginia Tech from August 2021 to September 2023, where responsibilities included conducting drug discovery research, training students, and managing research projects. Carla's experience includes a postdoctoral position focusing on the isolation and characterization of neurotoxic compounds from arthropods and significant research at Universidade de São Paulo, where isolation and characterization of new bioactive compounds from symbiotic bacteria were prominent. Additional expertise was gained during a visiting researcher role at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Carla holds a Doutora em Ciências in Natural Products Chemistry and a Mestrado em Ciências from USP, along with a degree in Pharmacy from Universidade Federal de Alfenas.