Postdoctoral Research Associate
Purdue University
Mirian de Campos Costa, Ph.D., earned her bachelor's degree in Nutrition from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV, Brazil), including a collaborative period at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She also earned her M.Sc. in Nutrition Science and D.Sc. in Food Science and Technology from UFV. In 2021, she joined Dr. Bruce Hamaker’s group at Purdue University as a visiting scholar for a two-year period as part of her doctoral studies. Since August 2023, she has worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher Associate in the same lab.
Dr. Costa has experience with human nutrition, particularly clinical trials investigating bioactive compounds and slowly digestible carbohydrates. Her research focuses on how these nutrients influence glucose metabolism, satiety, and gut microbiota in individuals with or without obesity.