Karyne Rangel
Dr. Karyne Rangel graduated with a degree in Food Engineering from Estácio de Sá University (UNESA) in 2001. She also obtained an MSc and DSc in Sciences (Health Surveillance) from the National Institute for Quality Control in Health/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (INCQS/FIOCRUZ), in 2004 and 2013, respectively. She obtained a post-doctorate at INCQS/FIOCRUZ and the Center for Technological Development in Health (CDTS)/ FIOCRUZ. For more than seventeen years, she has been dedicated to the field of medical microbiology with an emphasis on bacteriology, in particular Acinetobacter baumannii, developing studies in healthcare-related infections, molecular biology, antimicrobial resistance, multidrug resistance, integrons, virulence mechanisms, antimicrobial peptides, multilocus sequence typing, detection of antimicrobial resistance genes, and Pulse Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE). She is also developing a study on the effect and proof of ozone's effectiveness in the ESKAPE group's bacteria.