Mariangela Hungria da Cunha - Team
Office of the Deputy Head of: Research and Development
Sector: Thematic Teams
Date of Hire: 01/12/1982
Registration: 208789
Mini-curriculum
Graduated in Agronomy, School of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ-USP) (1979), M.Sc. in Soils and Plant Nutrition (ESALQ-USP) (1981), Ph.D. in Agronomy (Soil Science) Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) (1985), post-doc at Cornell University (1989), University of California - Davis (1991), University of Seville (1998). Researcher at Embrapa since 1982, at the National Soybean Center (Embrapa Soja) since 1991. Professor at the State University of Londrina (UEL), in the post-graduate courses in Microbiology and Biotechnology and at the Federal University of Technology (UTFPR), in Bioinformatics. Has experience in Agronomy with emphasis on Soil Biotechnology, in the themes: biological nitrogen fixation, biodiversity; taxonomy and phylogeny of prokaryotes, microbial ecology, soil microbiology, plant growth promoting bacteria; plant physiology; inoculant production; technologies of inoculation; omics sciences; microbial culture collections; bioindicators of soil quality. Has over 500 refereed scientific articles, book chapters, books and technical publications, and over 600 abstracts presented in congresses/meetings/workshops (papers, books, book chapters, technical reports) on these lines of research and has launched more than 20 technologies, including strains of rhizobia for the common bean crop, Azospirillum for the maize, wheat and brachiarias and for co-inoculation with rhizobia for the soybean and common bean. Works with various private partnerships in the development of new microbial inoculants, with several products already registered and commercialized. Has completed the supervision of more than 100 M.Sc., Ph.D. and post-doc students, and over 130 other types of supervision. President of the Brazilian Society of Soil Science (2001 to 2003), member of editorial boards and reviewer of national and international refereed journals. Represented the environmental area of the Brazilian Society of Microbiology for 20 years and coordinator of biofertilizers nets in Ibero-Americas. Vice-president and president of the RELARE (Laboratory Network Meeting for the Recommendation, Standardization and Technology Transfer of Microbial Inoculants of Interest for the Agriculturea) (2010-2016). Advisory committee of the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation in projects N2Africa and Human Capacity Building, as well as of projects in Argentina, Mexico and Peru and has projects in collaboration with Spain, Australia and France. Fellow research of CNPq since 1992 at the 1A level since 1998. Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) (2008), and Brazilian Academy of Agronomic Sciences (ABCA) (2021). Title of Commander of the National Order of Scientific Merit by the President of Brazil (2008) and Grã-Cruz Order (2018). Award Glaci Zancan "Women in Science" of Paraná State (2009) "Honorary Advisor on Agricultural Scientist Technology Green" of the Rural Development Administration (RDA, Korea) (2009). Award Frederico de Menezes Veiga by Embrapa, on the theme of "Low-Carbon Agriculture " (2012). Award Claudia-Maganize Category Science (2015). Medal of Merit by the Administrative Council of Agronomists of Paraná (CREA-PR, 2018) and of the Brazilian Agronomists (CONFEA/CREA, 2018). Award Antonio Carlos Moniz of the Brazilian Society of Soil Science (2019); List of the most influential researchers in the world (2020-2021); TWAS (Third World Academy of Sciences)-Lenovo in agriculture (2020); Soybean Character of Rural TV (2021). Member of the World Academy of Sciences (2022), #1 Agronomya-Brazil (Research.com) (2022) .h=64 (Web of Sciences), h=96 (Google Scholar), h=66 Scopus, h=86 (ResearchGate).
Education
1985 - 1985
Aperfeiçoamento em Anatomia dos Nódulos
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Obtained year: 1985
Advisor: Dra Joan Sutherland - The University of Dundee, UK
2000 - 2000
Aperfeiçoamento em Balanço de Nitrogênio
Dpto Of Agroenvironmental Sciences
Obtained year: 2000
Advisor: Dr Joji Arijara
1983 - 1985
Aperfeiçoamento em Balanço de N, Mineralização e Desnitrificação
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Obtained year: 1985
Advisor: Dr Robert M. Boddey - EMBRAPA, CNPAB
2002 - 2002
Aperfeiçoamento em Bioinformática
Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica
Obtained year: 2002
Advisor: Dra Ana Tereza Vasconcelos
1994 - 1994
Aperfeiçoamento em Biomassa Microbiana
Embrapa Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja
Obtained year: 1994
Advisor: Dr David Wardle - AgResearch, New Zealand
1996 - 1996
Aperfeiçoamento em Bioquímica e Genética de Rhizobium/ Bradyrhizobium
Universidad de Sevilla
Obtained year: 1996
Advisor: Dr Manuel Megías Guijo
1996 - 1996
Aperfeiçoamento em Bioquímica e Genética de Rhizobium e Bradyrhizobiu
Embrapa Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja
Obtained year: 1996
Advisor: Dr Manuel Megías Guijo
1982 - 1982
Aperfeiçoamento em Ecologia do Rhizobium
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Obtained year: 1982
Advisor: Dr Caio Vidor - UFRS, RS
1986 - 1986
Aperfeiçoamento em Enzimas de Assimilação do Nitrogênio
Rothamsted Experimental Station
Obtained year: 1986
Advisor: Dr Roger Wallsgrove
1983 - 1983
Aperfeiçoamento em Fisiologia da Fixação Biológica do Nitrogênio
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Obtained year: 1983
Advisor: Dr Richard J. Thomas - The University of Dundee, UK
1982 - 1984
Aperfeiçoamento em Fisiologia da Fixação Biológica do Nitrogênio
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Obtained year: 1984
Advisor: Dra Janet I. Sprent - The University of Dundee, UK
1980 - 1980
Aperfeiçoamento em Fisiologia da Fixação Biológica do Nitrogênio
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Obtained year: 1980
Advisor: Dr Franklin R. Minchin - The University of Reading, UK
1983 - 1986
Aperfeiçoamento em Fixação Biológica do N2 Com Bactérias Associativas
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Obtained year: 1986
Advisor: Dra Johanna Döbereiner - EMBRAPA,CNPAB
1983 - 1983
Aperfeiçoamento em Genética de Azospirillum
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Obtained year: 1983
Advisor: Dr Fernando Bastarrachea - Inst.Investig.Biomédicas, México
1996 - 1996
Aperfeiçoamento em Genética de Bradyrhizobium
Knoxville
Obtained year: 1996
Advisor: Dr Gary Stacey
1994 - 1994
Aperfeiçoamento em Genética de Rhizobium
Embrapa Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja
Obtained year: 1994
Advisor: Dr Leif Skot
1989 - 1989
Aperfeiçoamento em Genética de Rhizobium
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Obtained year: 1989
Advisor: Dra Jo Handelsman
1976 - 1979
Graduação em Engenharia Agronomica
USP - Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
Obtained year: 1979
1980 - 1981
Mestrado em Solos e Nutrição de Plantas
Usp Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
Title: Eficiência da Fixação Biológica do Nitrogênio x Evolução do H2 x Respiração dos Nódulos do Feijoeiro (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Obtained year: 1981
Advisor: Alaídes Puppin Ruschel
1982 - 1985
Doutorado em Agronomia (Ciências do Solo)
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Title: Fisiologia da Fixação Biológica do Nitrogênio em Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Obtained year: 1985
Advisor: Maria Cristina Prata Neves
1988 - 1989
Pós-Doutorado em
Cornell University
Obtained year: 1989
1989 - 1991
Pós-Doutorado em
University of California - Davis
Obtained year: 1991
1997 - 1998
Pós-Doutorado em
Universidad de Sevilla - Facultad de Farmacia
Obtained year: 1998
Areas of expertise
- Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agronomy / Subárea: Soil Science / Especialidade: Biotecnologia Do Solo
- Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agronomy / Subárea: Soil Science / Especialidade: Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
- Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Genetics / Subárea: Molecular and Microorganism Genetics
- Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Microbiology / Subárea: Biology and Physiology of Microorganisms
- Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Microbiology / Subárea: Applied Microbiology
- Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Genetics / Subárea: Plant Genetics