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Mariana Castanheira

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Chief Scientific Officer at JMI Laboratories
📍 Coralville, Iowa, United States

Mariana Castanheira is the Chief Scientific Officer at JMI Laboratories, a role she assumed after serving as COO. A Brazilian microbiologist with a PhD from the Universidade Federal de São Paulo, she is a leading expert in antimicrobial surveillance and resistance mechanisms. She has authored over 250 peer-reviewed publications and is a Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology.

There is no publicly available information about her personal life, hobbies, or non-work-related activities beyond her professional engagements as a scientist and editor for multiple microbiology journals. Her focus remains on global health challenges related to infectious diseases.

In 2023, she was elected a Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology, a prestigious recognition of her contributions to the field.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Chief Scientific Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Coralville, Iowa, United States
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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Her core research for over 20 years has focused on characterizing resistance mechanisms, particularly in gram-negative bacteria, and leading global surveillance programs like SENTRY.
Global Surveillance
Leads the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program and emphasizes the importance of coordinated global data collection to fight AMR, as highlighted in the 2026 AMR Benchmark.
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Career

Work history

1-2020
Chief Scientific Officer
JMI Laboratories
4-2017 - 1-2020
Chief Operations Officer
JMI Laboratories
1-2016 - 3-2017
Director, Molecular & Microbiology
JMI Laboratories
7-2012 - 12-2015
Associate Director, Molecular and Microbiology
JMI Laboratories
7-2007 - 6-2012
Research Scientist
JMI Laboratories
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Education
2002 - 2005
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Unifesp - Universidade Federal de São Paulo
2000 - 2002
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Unifesp - Universidade Federal de São Paulo
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