Mini-curriculum

Holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of São Paulo - USP (1993), a degree in Agronomic Engineering from ESALQ/USP (1998), a Master's degree in Animal Science and Pastures from ESALQ/USP (2001) and a PhD in Ecology of Agroecosystems from USP ( 2005). He exercised professional activity in Environmental Management in a multinational company. He was a scientific researcher at the Animal Science Institute of APTA-Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios between 2007 and 2010. He is currently a researcher at EMBRAPA Sotheast Livestock in São Carlos, SP. He has experience in Animal Science, with emphasis on Sustainable Animal Production Systems, working mainly on the following topics: animal nutrition, nutritional requirements, meat quality and methane production in cattle. He participates in the Technical Committee of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations - MCTI for the preparation of the National Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. He participates in the FAO Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance Partnership-LEAP enteric methane working group. He participated in the Steering Committee of the LANDMARK Research Network of the European Union. He represents Embrapa in FAO's GASL-Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock. Between 2016 and 2019 he held the chair of the international committee of the Conference on Greenhouse Gases and Animal Agriculture-GGAA, holding a meeting in Brazil in August 2019 (www.GGAA2019.org). He is a report reviewer for the IPCC and the World Bank. He served as Deputy Head of Research and Development at Embrapa Southeast Livestock between January 2014 and August 2021. He was the President of the Brazilian Society of Animal Science from Augusto 2022 to September 2024. He is currently Chief General of Embrapa Southeastern Livestock.

Education

1990 - 1993

Graduação em Ciências Biológicas - SP

Universidade de São Paulo

Obtained year: 1993

1995 - 1998

Graduação em Engenharia Agronômica

Universidade de São Paulo

Obtained year: 1998

1993 - 1994

Graduação em Licenciatura em Ciências - 1o Grau

Universidade de São Paulo

Obtained year: 1994

1999 - 2000

Graduação em Licenciatura em Ciências Agrárias

Universidade de São Paulo

Obtained year: 2000

1993 - 1995

Graduação em Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas

Universidade de São Paulo

Obtained year: 1995

1999 - 2001

Mestrado em Ciência Animal e Pastagens

Universidade de São Paulo

Title: Composição Corporal e Exigências Líquidas de Energia e Proteína de Tourinhos Santa Gertrudes Alimentados com Dietas de Alto Teor de Concentrado

Obtained year: 2001

Advisor: Dante Pazzanese Duarte Lanna

2001 - 2005

Doutorado em Ecologia Aplicada

Universidade de São Paulo

Title: Nutrição e Ecologia Nutricional de Cervídeos Brasileiros em Cativeiro e no Parque Nacinal das Emas - Goiás

Obtained year: 2005

Advisor: Dante Pazzanese Duarte Lanna

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agronomy
2. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Animal Science / Subárea: Animal Production
3. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Animal Science / Subárea: Nutrition and Animal Feed
4. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Animal Science / Subárea: Nutrition and Animal Feed / Especialidade: Animal Nutritional Requirements
5. Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Ecology / Subárea: Applied Ecology
6. Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Ecology / Subárea: Ecosystem ecology