Mini-curriculum

Agronomist, graduated from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ-USP), with a masters and doctorate in Analytical Chemistry from the São Carlos Institute of Chemistry (IQSC-USP). She has completed five postdoctoral programs at leading institutions and worked as a visiting researcher at Health Canada, where she gained an integrated perspective on how research and innovation are fundamental pillars of sustainability. A researcher at Embrapa Meio Ambiente since 2010, her work focuses on topics that connect Agriculture and the Environment, with an emphasis on Climate Change and Sustainability Assessment of Agricultural Systems.She represents Embrapa in several important Working Groups, including the preparation of Brazils National Communication to the UNFCCC, the Technical Committee of the Low Carbon Industry (CTIBC) under the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services (MDIC), the AgroCarbon Chamber of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA), and the development of the guiding document on Circular Bioeconomy for the FAO LEAP (Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance Partnership).She contributed to the formulation of the Sectoral Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change and Low Carbon Emission in Agriculture (20202030), aimed at sustainable development. Actively engaged in innovation initiatives within the agricultural sector, she is a member of the management board of AgNest, a living lab that fosters connections between startups, large companies, and Embrapa. She is also a member of the Brazilian Academy of Agronomic Science (ABCA) and a counselor at the Superior Agribusiness Council (COSAG-FIESP).With a strong career in management, she served for five years as deputy head of Technology Transfer and, in June 2022, assumed the position of general head of Embrapa Meio Ambiente. Her career is marked by academic excellence, strategic leadership, and an integrated vision aimed at addressing the challenges of sustainable agriculture in a constantly changing world.

Education

1988 - 1993

Graduação em Engenharia Agronômica

Universidade de São Paulo

Obtained year: 1993

1993 - 1996

Mestrado em Química (Química Analítica)

Instituto de Química de São Carlos

Title: Pré-concentração em fluxo para a determinação de metais traços em águas por espectrometria de massas com plasma (ICP-MS)

Obtained year: 1996

Advisor: Maria Fernanda Giorgina Giné Rosias

1996 - 2000

Doutorado em Química (Química Analítica)

Universidade de São Paulo

Title: Método da diluição isotópica para a determinação de Ba, Cd, Cu, Pb e Zn em material agronômico e ambiental por ICP-MS

Obtained year: 2000

Advisor: Maria Fernanda Giorgina Giné Rosias

2002 - 2003

Pós-Doutorado em

Universidade de São Paulo

Obtained year: 2003

2006 - 2008

Pós-Doutorado em

INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS TECNOLÓGICAS E CIENTÍFICAS

Obtained year: 2008

2005 - 2006

Pós-Doutorado em

Health Canada

Obtained year: 2006

2001 - 2001

Pós-Doutorado em

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Obtained year: 2001

2008 - 2010

Pós-Doutorado em

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO- CENA

Obtained year: 2010

2002 - 2003

Pós-Doutorado em

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Obtained year: 2003

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Exact and Earth Sciences / Área: Chemistry / Subárea: Analytical Chemistry / Especialidade: Trace Analysis and Environmental Chemistry
2. Grande área: Exact and Earth Sciences / Área: Chemistry / Subárea: Environmental Chemistry
3. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agronomy / Subárea: Soil Science / Especialidade: Soil Chemistry
4. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Fishery Resources and Fishery Engineering / Subárea: Piscicultura