Researchers
Participating researchers, who are members of Embrapa's staff, are selected through a call that brings selection criteria, subjects of interest and destinations abroad. The entire process is led by an internal commission that assesses the candidate's scientific merit and leadership profile. By the year 2018, forty-seven Embrapa researchers had participated in the program (27 in the USA, 17 in Europe, and 3 in Asia).
Silvio Crestana
Labex USA coordinator: 1998-2001
Research area: Soil Management and Quality
Counterpart scientist: Walter J. Rawls
Location: Office of International Research Programs (OIRP), USDA/ARS, George Washington Carver Center (GWCC) and Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory at BARC, Beltsville, MD
Embrapa Instrumentation
Ariovaldo Luchiari Junior
Period: 1998-2001
Research area: Precision Agriculture
Counterpart scientist: James Schepers
Location: Soil & Water Conservation Research Unit (SWCRU), USDA/ARS, Lincoln, NE
Embrapa Agricultural Informatics
Maria José Sampaio
Period: 1998-2000
Research area: Intellectual Property
Counterpart scientist: Richard Cahoon
Location: Cornell Research Foundation (CRF), Ithaca, NY
Secretariat of Intelligence and Strategic Affairs
Miguel Borges
Period: 1998-2001
Research area: Integrated Pest Management
Counterpart scientist: Jeffrey R. Aldrich
Location: Chemicals Affecting Insect Behavior Laboratory (CAIBL), BARC, Beltsville, MD
Embrapa Genetic Resources & Biotechnology
Terezinha Padilha (aposentada)
Period: 1998-2002
Research area: Animal Health – Integrated Control of Animal Diseases
Counterpart scientist: Louis Gasbarre
Location: Animal and Natural Resources Institute (BARC-ANRI)/IDRL, Beltsville, MD
Embrapa Dairy Cattle
Airdem Gonçalves de Assis (aposentado)
Period: 2001-2004
Research area: Modeling of Animal Production Systems
Counterpart scientist: Gretchen Flanley and Clarence Al Rotz
Location: Office of International Research Programs (OIRP), USDA/ARS, George Washington Carver Center (GWCC) and Pasture Systems, USDA/ARS BARC, Beltsville, MD
Antônio Ricardo Panizzi
Period: 2002-2004
Research area: Integrated Pest and Disease Management
Counterpart scientist: Robert J. Bartelt
Location: National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), USDA/ARS, Peoria, IL
Embrapa Wheat
Helvecio De Polli (aposentado)
Period: 2002-2004
Research area: Global Climate Change Soil Carbon Dynamics
Counterpart scientist: Gregory W. McCarty
Location: Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, USDA/ARS BARC, Beltsville, MD
Mercedes Concórdia Carrão Panizzi
Period: 2002-2004
Research area: New Uses for Agricultural Products
Counterpart scientist: Sevim Z. Erhan
Location: National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA/ARS Peoria, IL
Embrapa Wheat
Pedro Antônio Arraes Pereira
Labex USA coordinator: 2004-2007
Research area: Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
Counterpart coordinators: Gretchen Flanley, Carlos Rodriguez-Franco and Ryan Moore
Counterpart scientists: Marcial Pastor-Corrales and Kimberly Lewers
Location: Office of International Research Programs (OIRP), USDA/ARS, George Washington Carver Center (GWCC) and Plant Science Institute, USDA/ARS BARC Beltsville, MD
Embrapa Rice & Beans
José Renaldi Feitosa Brito (aposentado)
Period: 2005-2007
Research area: Animal Health – Food Safety
Counterpart scientist: John Luchansky
Location: Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC), USDA/ARS, Wyndmoor, PA
Luciano Lourenço Nass
Period: 2005-2008
Research area: Genetic Resources
Counterpart scientists: Henry Shands, David Ellis and Chistina Walters
Location: National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation, USDA/ARS NCGRP, Fort Collins, CO
Emprapa Environment
Luiz Henrique Capparelli Mattoso
Period: 2005-2007
Research area: Nanotechnology
Counterpart scientists: William Orts and Tara McHugh
Location: Western Regional Research Center (WRRC), USDA/ARS, Albany, CA
Embrapa Intrumentation
Felix Humberto França (aposentado)
Labex USA coordinator: 2007-2009
Research area: Plant Protection
Counterpart scientists: Ryan Moore, Sara Calvert and Rick Bennett
Location: Office of International Research Programs (OIRP), USDA/ARS, George Washington Carver Center (GWCC) and Plant Science Institute, USDA/ARS BARC Beltsville, MD
Janice Reis Ciacci Zanella
Period: 2008-2010
Research area: Virology – Animal Health
Counterpart scientist: Marcus Kehrli
Location: Virus and Prion Research Unit, USDA/ARS, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA
Embrapa Swine & Poultry
Cesar Heraclides Behling Miranda
Period: 2008-2010
Research area: Bioenergy
Counterpart scientist: Kenneth P. Vogel
Location: Grain, Forage & Bioenergy Research Unit, USDA/ARS, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Embrapa Agroenergy
Marcus Vinicios Neves D’Oliveira
Period: 2008-2011
Research area: Forest Research Management
Counterpart scientists: David L. Peterson, Ernesto Alvarado and Michelle Zweede
Location: Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory (PWFSL), Seattle, WA
Embrapa Acre
Alfredo Augusto Cunha Alves
Period: 2009-2013
Research area: Genetic Resources
Counterpart scientists: David Dierig, Chistina Walters and David Ellis
Location: National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation (NCGRP), USDA/ARS NCGRP, Fort Collins, CO
Embrapa Cassava & Fruits
Ladislau Martin Neto
Labex USA coordinator: 2009-2011
Research area: Global Climate Change Soil Carbon Dynamics
Counterpart scientists: Ryan Moore and Michel Cavigelli
Location: Office of International Research Programs (OIRP), USDA/ARS, and Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, BARC/ARS, Beltsville, MD
Embrapa Instrumentation
Magda Vieira Benavides
Period: 2011-2014
Research area: Parasitology – Animal Health
Counterpart scientists: Tad Sonstegard and Curt Van Tassell
Location: Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory (BFGL), ARS/BARC, Beltsville, MD
Embrapa Southern Livestock
Alexandre Lima Nepomuceno
Period: 2011-2013
Research area: Biotechnology – Temperature Tolerance
Counterpart scientist: Frank Harmon
Location: Plant Gene Expression Center (PGEC), USDA/ARS/PGEC, Albany, CA
Embrapa Soybean
Ricardo Elesbão Alves
Period: 2011-2013
Research area: Bioactive Compounds
Counterpart scientist: Luis Cisneros-Zevallos
Location: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Embrapa Tropical Agroindustry
Carlos Eduardo Lazarini da Fonseca
Labex USA coordinator: 2012-2014
Research area: Natural Resources and Research and Development Management
Counterpart scientists: Ryan Moore e Ibrahim Shaqir
Location: Office of International Research Programs (OIRP), USDA/ARS, George Washington Carver Center (GWCC), Beltsville, MD
Embrapa Cerrados
Eduardo Chumbinho de Andrade
Period: 2012-2016
Research area: Citrus Huanglongbing
Counterpart scientists: David Hall and Wayne Hunter
Location: US Horticultural Research Laboratory (USHRL), Subtropical Insects Research Unit, USDA/ARS Fort Pierce, FL
Embrapa Cassava & Fruits
Samuel Rezende Paiva
Period: 2013-2017
Research area: Animal Genetic Resources
Counterpart scientists: Harvey Blackburn and David Dierig
Location: National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation (NCGRP), USDA/ARS NCGRP, Fort Collins, CO
Embrapa Genetic Resources & Biotechnology
Márcio Elias Ferreira
Period: 2016-2018
Research area: Preventive Genetic Improvement
Counterpart scientist: Qijian Song
Location: Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD
Secretariat of Intelligence and Strategic Affairs
Geraldo Bueno Martha Júnior
Labex USA coordinator: 2015-2018
Research area: Strategic Intelligence
Counterpart scientist: Ibrahim Shaqir
Location: Office of International Research Programs (OIRP), USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD
Secretariat of Intelligence and Strategic Affairs