Rate My Professor Ariosvaldo Pereira dos Santos Junior

Ariosvaldo Pereira dos Santos Junior is affiliated with the Instituto de Química at Universidade de São Paulo, where he completed his PhD in Biochemistry. His doctoral thesis, defended in 2025, focused on the molecular characterization of bacteriophages targeting multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, including detailed studies of phage LAFX isolated from a clinical strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

He has conducted research on bacteriophages for potential applications in phage therapy and food safety, including work involving isolation and genomic analysis of phages active against resistant bacterial strains. Additional research interests include the evolutionary origins of DNA and RNA polymerases. He maintains a verified professional email at usp.br and has contributed to publications on phage biology and molecular evolution.