Ana Carolina Mezzonato-Pireshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8987-1213<sup>1,*

1</sup>Department of Botany, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goiás, Samambaia, GO, Brazil

^*Dra. Ana Carolina Mezzonato-Pires holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in the Bachelor's (2010) and Bachelor's (2011) formats, Master's and Doctorate in Biological Sciences (Botany) from the Postgraduate Program of the National Museum/ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2013, 2017). Post-doctoral internship at PNPD/CAPES (2017–2019), developed in the Postgraduate Program at the National Museum and a second post-doctoral at the National Institute of Science and Technology – INCT/Herbário Virtual (2022–2022), developed at Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Program at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. She was a certified biologist at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) in the area of Plant Systematics (2019–2021). She was a substitute professor in the Botany department at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (2021-2023) and post-doctoral fellow (CAPES) in the Postgraduate Program in Plant Biology at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (2022–2023). In addition, she is a researcher and collaborating professor in the Postgraduate Program in Biological Sciences (Botany) at the National Museum/UFRJ and Professional Master's Degree in Biology Teaching (PROBIO)/UFJF. She is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Botany at the Federal University of Goiás. She has experience in the area of Botany with an emphasis on Taxonomy, Systematics, Palynology, Biodiversity, Conservation, Evolution and Management of Botanical Collections. Specialist in the family Passifloraceae s.s.