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Graduated in Agricultural Engineering (1985) and Master Degree in Agronomy/Entomology (1990) by Rural Federal University of Pernambuco ? UFRPE, Brazil (1985) and Ph.D. in Production Ecology & Resource Conservation by Wageningen University - WU, The Netherlands (2004). Currently is Researcher at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation in the National Center for Cotton Research. Expert in Agricultural Entomology has focused in researches in "Integrated Pest Management" and "Biological Control".

Education

1980 - 1985

Graduação em Engenharia Agronômica

Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Obtained year: 1985

1986 - 1990

Mestrado em Agronomia

Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Title: Aspectos bioecológicos de Predadores (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) sobre a cochonilha da palma-forrageira Diaspis echinocacti Bauché, 1833 (Homoptera: Diaspididae), em condições de laboratório

Obtained year: 1990

Advisor: Antônio Fernando de Souza Leão Veiga

1999 - 2004

Doutorado em Production Ecology & Resource Conservation

Wageningen University

Title: Trichogramma and its relationship with Wolbachia: Identification of Trichogramma species, phylogeny, transfer and costs of Wolbachia symbionts

Obtained year: 2004

Advisor: J.C. van Lenteren