Cristiana is a graduate in Biological Science, with a PhD in Zoology, University of São Paulo (2001) and post-doc at the Australian Museum (2004). Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the National Museum/UFRJ. Since March 2018, she assumed the Deputy Director position of the National Museum/UFRJ at Rio de Janeiro for a 4 years long tenure. In the same year, Cristiana was elected to be ahead of the Collection Committee of the Museum. As a researcher, she works with the evolution and systematics of Subfilo Crustacea and supervises Master and PhD students in the Zoology Graduate Program at the Museum (www.ppgzoo.museunacional.ufrj.br). She is an associate fellow of the Brazilian Crustacean Society and Associate Editor of Nauplius Journal. Internationally, she acts as editor of some groups within the Order Amphipoda from the World Register of Marine Species (http://www.marinespecies.org/).