Danyelle is an Agronomist from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) and has a master’s degree in Plant Biotechnology from the State University of the North Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF). During undergraduate, she has worked in the Program of Soybean Quality Genetic Improvement from the Institute of Biotechnology Applied to Agriculture (BIOAGRO-UFV) using several molecular biology methodologies for assisted selection of soybean lines, understanding the expression of genes associated with increasing of oil quantity and quality and protein content, maintaining high levels of productivity. In her master’s studies she has used proteomic analysis to understand defense responses in roots of model plants, and microbiology techniques to study the interaction in vitro between beneficial bacteria and plants.