Mini-curriculum

Agronomist and Soil scientist by formation, graduated in Agronomy from the «Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz» (ESALQ/USP, 1975), M.Sc. in Hydrology from IPH/UFRGS (1978), Ph.D. in Agronomy/Soil Science by Cornell University, Ithaca NY (1988), and post-doctorate by IRD/France. Currently an agricultural researcher in the National Soil Research Center of Embrapa (Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, working specifically in Soil and Water Sustainable Management and Conservation in the Tropics with emphasis on Conservation Agriculture principles application. Experience in the effects of land use and cover changes, conservation systems of agricultural production, Zero Tillage (no-tillage) Conservation Agriculture (ZT/CA), integration Crop-Livestock-Forestry management systems (iCLP-CA), land reclamation and recovery, integrated planning in watersheds, calculation and estimation of agro-socio-environmental indicators for monitoring the sustainability of Brazilian agriculture, and soil education. Currently engaged in agricultural research activities at the Embrapa National Soil Research Center in Rio de Janeiro (Embrapa Solos) related to the sustainable use and management of light textured tropical soils, automatic satellite detection of land use change for low carbon agriculture (ABC Plan / Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock), development of a digital environment for obtaining, organizing and making available agro-socio-environmental indices and indicators for assessing the sustainability of Brazilian agriculture, as well as in soil teaching in fundamental level and soil science in undergraduate and graduate courses.

Education

1972 - 1975

Graduação em ENGENHARIA AGRONÔMICA

Universidade de São Paulo

Obtained year: 1975

1976 - 1978

Mestrado em HIDROLOGIA APLICADA

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Title: ENSAIO DE DRENAGEM EM PLANOSSOLOS DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Obtained year: 1978

Advisor: PAULO DE CASTRO RAMOS (PROF.)

1984 - 1987

Doutorado em AGRONOMIA

Cornell University

Title: Effects of Soil Structure on Root Growth and Function

Obtained year: 1987

Advisor: Richard W Zobel

1995 - 1996

Pós-Doutorado em

Institute Français de Recherche Et Developement

Obtained year: 1996

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agronomy / Subárea: Soil Science / Especialidade: Soil Management and Conservation
2. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agricultural Engineering / Subárea: Water and Soil Engineering / Especialidade: Soil and Water Conservation
3. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agronomy / Subárea: Plant Science / Especialidade: Crop Management and Treatments
4. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Forest resources and Forest Engineering / Subárea: Nature Conservation / Especialidade: Watershed Conservation
5. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Forest resources and Forest Engineering / Subárea: Nature Conservation / Especialidade: Recovery of Degraded Areas
6. Grande área: Exact and Earth Sciences / Área: Computer science / Subárea: Computational Mathematics / Especialidade: Analytical and Simulation Models