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Rafaela Regina Fantatto holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences, a master's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences with an emphasis on Microbiology and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Araraquara FCFar - UNESP (grade 6) with a period spent at the Complutense University of Madrid. During her master's degree, she was selected as one of the 20 Young Researchers from UNESP to participate in the Jornada de Jovenes Investigadores (La Plata Argentina 2015) coordinated by AUGM. In 2016, she completed an internship at the Faculty of Livestock and Veterinary Sciences of the University of Chile (UCHILE), funded by the Association of Universities of the Montevideo Group (AUGM). In 2017, she participated in the Escuela de Invierno Doctoral em Farmácia promoted by the University of Chile (UCHILE). In 2018, she was elected as one of the 100 leaders in Biotechnology in Latin America and participated in the Second Convention of Young Influential Biotechnologists promoted by ALLBIOTECH, which took place in Guanajuato, Mexico. In 2019, she attended the Escuela de Verano Doctoral em Biologia promoted by the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC-CHILE). In terms of innovation and entrepreneurship, in 2020, she was the leader of the Quitsolutions team, a finalist in the First Startup Acceleration Program at Acelera ESALQ, and in 2021, her project was selected for the Catalisa SEBRAE program. After completing her doctorate in 2021, she worked in the animal feed industry and in 2022, she worked as a contract researcher at the University of Porto. She is currently a researcher at EntoGreen, a company dedicated to the production of insects for animal feed and organic fertilizers, and an integrated member of CiiEM, where she conducts research on new bioactive molecules. She has 18 scientific articles published in indexed scientific journals and more than 50 abstracts published in event proceedings. Her current goal is to promote innovation in the area of bioactive compounds.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rafaela Regina Fantatto

Citation names

  • Fantatto, Rafaela
  • FANTATTO. R. R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F718-2B04-6545
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2031-7801

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/03/01 - 2021/03/29
Concluded
 Doutorado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Doctor)
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Câmpus de Araraquara Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Brazil
"Avaliação acaricida de derivados naturais de Achyrocline satureioides e de Schinus lentiscifolius em associação com produtos biotecnológicos obtidos de fungos entomopatogênicos sobre o carrapato bovino Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
2014/08/01 - 2016/11/20
Concluded
 Mestrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Master)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Câmpus de Araraquara Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Brazil
" Potencial acaricida, nematicida e estudos fitoquímicos de extrativos vegetais obtidos de Achyrocline satureoides (Lam.) D.C. (Asteraceae)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 20
2010/03/01 - 2014/06/01
Concluded
 Ciências biológicas (Bachelor)
Major in Ciências biológicas
Centro Universitário Central Paulista, Brazil
"Padronização do Teste de Desenvolvimento Larvar (TDL) para o diagnóstico da resistência de nematoides gastrintestinais de pequenos ruminantes a anti-helmínticos." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/01/02 - Current Researcher (Research) Entogreen, Portugal
Entogreen, Portugal
2022/08/01 - 2022/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2021/05/06 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) NatCrom Soluções sustentáveis , Brazil
2017/03/01 - 2021/02/01 Principal Investigator (Research) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Câmpus de Araraquara, Brazil
2020/01/01 - 2020/06/30 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil
2014/07/01 - 2016/11/02 Principal Investigator (Research) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Câmpus de Araraquara Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Brazil
2016/01/05 - 2016/01/06 Visiting Researcher (Research) Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo, Uruguay
Universidad de Chile, Chile
2012/06/01 - 2014/07/01 Research Trainee (Research) Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste, Brazil

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03/01 - 2022/09/01 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Algavalor , Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2008/03/01 - 2012/05/31 Assistente Operacional (Assistente Operacional) Doces Tiquinho, Brazil

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/05/18 - 2021/08/22 Analista de laboratório (microbiologia) Grandfood Premier Pet, Brazil
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz
UIDB/04585/2020
10.54499/UIDB/04585/2020
Researcher
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal

Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Fantatto, Rafaela Regina; Pietro, Rosemeire Cristina Linhari Rodrigues. "Potential of Achyrocline satureioides Ethanolic Extract in the Control of Spodoptera littoralis". 2023.
    10.3390/iocag2023-17338
Conference poster
  1. Costa, Rafaela S.; Basto, Ana; Monteiro, Marta; Sá, Tiago; Fantatto, Rafaela; Ribeiro, Teresa; Vieira, Inês; et al. "In vivo assessment of water salinity impact on the ability of European Seabass to digest a diet containing insects". Paper presented in 8th International Conference on Food Digestion, 2024.
  2. Ligeiro, Carolina; Fantatto, Rafaela; CLARICE SILVA E SOUZA; de Moura Murta, Daniel. "Bioremediation of Chicken Manure with Black Soldier Fly larvae (Hermetia illucens)". Paper presented in 2nd Egas Moniz One Health Symposium, 2023.
  3. Costa, R.S.; A Bastos; Sá T; Fantatto, R.R.; Ribeiro T; Vieira I; Santos M V; de Moura Murta, Daniel; Valente, Luísa. "Mixture of processed protein from Black Soldier Fly and Yellow Mealworm larvae as protein source in diets for European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe, 2023.
  4. FANTATTO. R. R.; ANTUNES R; RIBEIRO R; Ligeiro, Carolina; de Moura Murta, Daniel. "Evaluation of Vegetable By-Products as Feed Bases for Black Soldier Fly Larvae". 2023.
  5. Teixeira, Luzia; Fantatto, Rafaela; Cláudia Sofia Cardoso; Correia, Alexandra; Ferreira, Paula G; ALMEIDA, JOÃO; Moreira, Olga; et al. Corresponding author: Teixeira, Luzia. "Evaluation of the effect of dietary inclusion of the green microalga Chlorella vulgaris on adipokine mRNA expression levels in swine adipose tissue". 2022.
Journal article
  1. Ligeiro, Carolina; Souza, Clarice Silva e; Fantatto, Rafaela; Murta, Daniel. "Olive Pomace and Melon Bio-Byproducts from the Agribusiness: A Promising Combination for the Sustainable Production of Animal Protein from BSF Larvae". Insects 16 9 (2025): 889. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16090889.
    Published • 10.3390/insects16090889
  2. Rodrigo Sorrechia; Camila Cristina Baccetti Medeiros; CONSTANTINI, J. V. C.; Rafaela Fantatto; Barbara Regina Kapp; Nathália Ferreira Fregonezi; Ana Melero; et al. "Microemulsions Loaded with Plinia cauliflora Extract and Fractions for Topical Application Against Cutaneous Mycosis". Cosmetics (2025): https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9284/12/3/103.
    10.3390/cosmetics12030103
  3. Silva, Flávia Matias Oliveira da; Fidalgo, Liliana G.; Inácio, Rita S.; Fantatto, Rafaela; Carvalho, Maria J.; Murta, Daniel; Pereira, Nuno S. A.. "First Insights into Macromolecular Components Analyses of an Insect Meal Using Hyperspectral Imaging". Applied Sciences 15 7 (2025): 3822. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15073822.
    10.3390/app15073822
  4. Rafaela Fantatto; CONSTANTINI, J. V. C.; Flavio Augusto Sanches Politi; Rodrigo Sorrechia; Camila Cristina Baccetti Medeiros; Marcela Tavares Luiz; Gervásio Henrique Bechara; et al. "Current Tick Control Strategies and Prospects for Using Nanotechnology as an Efficient Alternative—A Review". Veterinary Sciences (2025): https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/12/2/163.
    10.3390/vetsci12020163
  5. Rafaela Fantatto; Annelize Rodrigues Gomes; João Vitor Carvalho Constantini; Camila Fernanda Rodero; Marlus Chorilli; Chagas, A. C. S.; Ana Melero; Rosemeire Pietro. "Development and Evaluation of the Acaricidal Activity of Xantan Gum-Based Hydrogel and Polymeric Nanoparticles Containing Achyrocline satureioides Extract". Gels (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/10/10/658.
    10.3390/gels10100658
  6. Fantatto, Rafaela Regina; Mota, Joana; Ligeiro, Carolina; Vieira, Inês; Guilgur, Leonardo Gaston; Santos, Marisa; Murta, Daniel. "Exploring sustainable alternatives in aquaculture feeding: The role of insects". Aquaculture Reports 37 (2024): 102228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2024.102228.
    10.1016/j.aqrep.2024.102228
  7. Rafaela Fantatto; Rodrigo Sorrechia; Barbara Regina Kapp; Alexandra Barrios Eguiluz; Rosemeire Pietro. "Determination of the Best Conditions to Produce the Enzyme Chitinase by the Fungus Beauveria bassiana ". Proceedings (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/103/1/26.
    10.3390/proceedings2024103026
  8. Figueiredo, Amanda; Anholeto, Luís Adriano; Cola, Diego Faria; Fantatto, Rafaela Regina; Gainza, Yousmel Alemán; dos Santos, Isabella Barbosa; Viçozzi, Gabriel Pedroso; et al. "Acaricides containing zein nanoparticles: A tool for a lower impact control of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus". Veterinary Parasitology 318 (2023): 109918. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2023.109918.
    Published • 10.1016/j.vetpar.2023.109918
  9. Figueiredo, Amanda; Anholeto, Luís Adriano; Cola, Diego Faria; Fantatto, Rafaela Regina; Santos, Isabella Barbosa; Gainza, Yousmel Alemán; Sousa, Gustavo Avelar; et al. "Nanoformulations with synthetic and plant-derived compounds for cattle tick control". Veterinary Parasitology 309 (2022): 109756. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2022.109756.
    Published • 10.1016/j.vetpar.2022.109756
  10. Remonatto, Daniela; Fantatto, Rafaela Regina; Pietro, Rosemeire Cristina Linhari Rodrigues; Monti, Rubens; de Oliveira, J. Vladimir; de Paula, Ariela Veloso; Bassan, Juliana Cristina. "Enzymatic synthesis of geranyl acetate in batch and fed-batch reactors and evaluation of its larvicidal activity against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus". Process Biochemistry (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2022.06.012.
    10.1016/j.procbio.2022.06.012
  11. Fantatto, Rafaela Regina; Chagas, Ana Carolina de Souza; Gainza, Yousmel Alemán; Politi, Flávio Augusto Sanches; Mesquita, Leonardo Mendes de Souza; Vilegas, Wagner; Bizzo, Humberto Ribeiro; Montanari Junior, Ílio; Pietro, Rosemeire Cristina Linhari Rodrigues. "Acaricidal and anthelmintic action of ethanolic extract and essential oil of Achyrocline satureioides". Experimental Parasitology 236-237 (2022): 108252. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2022.108252.
    10.1016/j.exppara.2022.108252
  12. Politi, Flávio Augusto Sanches; Bueno, Renata Vieira; Zeoly, Lucas André; Fantatto, Rafaela Regina; Eloy, Josimar de Oliveira; Chorilli, Marlus; Coelho, Fernando; et al. "Anthelmintic activity of a nanoformulation based on thiophenes identified in Tagetes patula L. (Asteraceae) against the small ruminant nematode Haemonchus contortus". Acta Tropica 219 (2021): 105920. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105920.
    10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105920
  13. Politi, Flávio Augusto Sanches; Fantatto, Rafaela Regina; da Silva, Alexander Alves; Moro, Isabela Jacob; Sampieri, Bruno Rodrigues; Camargo-Mathias, Maria Izabel; Figueiredo, Amanda; et al. "Evaluation of Tagetes patula (Asteraceae) as an ecological alternative in the search for natural control of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)". Experimental and Applied Acarology 77 4 (2019): 601-618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-019-00368-2.
    Published • 10.1007/s10493-019-00368-2
  14. Figueiredo, A.; Fantatto, R.R.; Agnolon, I.C.; Lopes, L.G.; Oliveira, P.R.D.; Mathias, M.I.C.; Alves, T.C.; Barioni Júnior, W.; Chagas, A.C.D.S.. "In vivo study of a homeopathic medicine against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in dairy cow". Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy 28 2 (2018): 207-213. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85046492978&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bjp.2018.01.008
  15. Politi, F.A.S.; Souza Júnior, A.A.; Fantatto, R.R.; Pietro, R.C.L.R.; Barioni Júnior, W.; Rabelo, M.D.; Bizzo, H.R.; Chagas, A.C.S.; Furlan, M.. "Chemical Composition and In vitro Anthelmintic Activity of Extracts of Tagetes patula Against a Multidrug-Resistant Isolate of Haemonchus contortus". Chemistry and Biodiversity 15 2 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85041715363&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/cbdv.201700507
  16. Castilho, C.V.V.; Fantatto, R.R.; Gaínza, Y.A.; Bizzo, H.R.; Barbi, N.S.; Leitão, S.G.; Chagas, A.C.S.. "In vitro activity of the essential oil from hesperozygis myrtoides on rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and haemonchus contortus". Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy 27 1 (2017): 70-76. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85009792042&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bjp.2016.08.005
  17. Gaínza, Y.A.; Fantatto, R.R.; Chaves, F.C.M.; Bizzo, H.R.; Esteves, S.N.; Chagas, A.C.S.. "Piper aduncum against Haemonchus contortus isolates: Cross resistance and the research of natural bioactive compounds,Piper aduncum contra isolados de Haemonchus contortus: Resistência cruzada e a pesquisa de bioativos naturais". Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria 25 4 (2016): 383-393. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85006802723&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1590/S1984-29612016073
  18. Ferreira Domingues, L; Fantatto, RR; Batista, JH; Dias Rabelo, M; Sanches Politi, FA; Giglioti, R; de Sena Oliveira, MC; Chaves, FCM; de Souza Chagas, AC. "In vitro activity of 13 essential oils on the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and on the sheep nematode Haemonchus contortus in Brazil". Planta Medica 80 16 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1394881.
    Published • 10.1055/s-0034-1394881
  19. Chagas, A.C.S.; Domingues, L.F.; Fantatto, R.R.; Giglioti, R.; Oliveira, M.C.S.; Oliveira, D.H.; Mano, R.A.; Jacob, R.G.. "In vitro and in vivo acaricide action of juvenoid analogs produced from the chemical modification of Cymbopogon spp. and Corymbia citriodora essential oil on the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus". Veterinary Parasitology 205 1-2 (2014): 277-284. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906935836&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.06.030
  20. Domingues, L.F.; Giglioti, R.; Feitosa, K.A.; Fantatto, R.R.; Rabelo, M.D.; Oliveira, M.C.D.S.; Oliveira, G.P.D.; Bechara, G.H.; Chagas, A.C.D.S.. "In vitro activity of pineapple extracts (Ananas comosus, Bromeliaceae) on Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)". Experimental Parasitology 134 3 (2013): 400-404. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878375573&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.exppara.2013.03.021
  21. Domingues, L.F.; Giglioti, R.; Feitosa, K.A.; Fantatto, R.R.; Rabelo, M.D.; de Sena Oliveira, M.C.; Bechara, G.H.; et al. "In vitro and in vivo evaluation of the activity of pineapple (Ananas comosus) on Haemonchus contortus in Santa Inês sheep". Veterinary Parasitology 197 1-2 (2013): 263-270. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883206119&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.04.031
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2015/08/27 Avaliação do extrato etanólico de Achyrocline satureoides sobre o nematódeo Haemonchus contortus e o carrapato Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus.
Associação de Universidades do Grupo Montevideo (La Plata, Argentina)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018/06/01 - 2018/12/31 Biotecnologia (Bachelor)
Distinctions

Award

2020 Projeto finalista da Primeira edição do Programa Acelera Esalq
Universidade de São Paulo Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Brazil
2019 Pós graduanda selecionada para participar da Escuela de verano Doctoral
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
2018 Selecionada entre os 100 Jóvens Biotecnologistas mais promissores da América Latina,
2017 Pós graduanda selecionada para participar da Escuela de Invierno Doctoral
Universidad de Chile, Chile
2015 Pós graduanda selecionada para participar da XXII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores-AUGM