Victor Gambarini

Victor completed his BSc in Marine Sciences at Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. During his MSc in Bioinformatics at State University of Campinas, Brazil, Victor studied the effects caused by drought on the metatranscriptome of sugarcane rhizosphere. Victor is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he studies microorganisms related to plastic pollution.His research has two main goals: the first is to evaluate the presence and abundance of microorganisms and related genes as potential novel indicators of plastic pollution in New Zealand waterways; the second goal is to identify plastic degrading microorganisms and enzymes that could be used in the bioremediation of impacted sites.