Daniela is a Physics PhD candidate, working under the supervision of Dr. Wei Li in the analysis of Ultraperipheral Collisions with the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS). 

She was born and raised in Brazil and did her undergraduate studies at Barnard College, where she majored in Physics and Computer Science.

In her free time, she enjoys playing table tennis (ask her about the table tennis club at Rice!) and crocheting some cool pieces.