![]() ![]() “Don’t be afraid of a challenge – no matter how difficult it looks” Albuquerque said. “Someone around you might say something to make you doubt yourself, but trust your skills and abilities,” she said. She says one thing she’s learned since beginning her career is that it’s important to trust your instincts. She earned both of her degrees at the University of Sao Paulo, first her bachelor’s in chemistry and then her doctorate in analytical chemistry.Īlbuquerque is happy to see that INL values all of its employees, no matter where they’re from, what they look like, or what their name is. “It’s like when we’d go to the countryside in Brazil,” she said. It has everything you need, but everything is so close you don’t have to drive far for shopping or work.”Īlbuquerque also loves that the Idaho locals are so friendly. “But I never imagined I would adapt so fast. “Obviously Idaho is a lot different from Brazil,” she said. ![]() Albuquerque’s work helps predict problems that might occur with specific materials and helps to develop better, more predictable fuels and materials.īorn and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a city of 11 million people, taking a job in another country was a change. “I analyze samples of fuels and materials to give researchers information about impurities, the efficiency of products, and let them know if their samples are behaving as expected,” she said. Albuquerque likens her job as an analytical chemist to that of a crime scene investigator. ![]()
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