Mini-curriculum

Agricultural technician (Ceplac-EMARC-Uruçuca, BA), agronomist engineer (Famesf-UNEB, BA), master (UFViçosa) and PhD (UW-Madison, USA) in genetics and plant breeding. Visiting scientist at the Agricultural Research Service, SHRS, Florida, USA. Researcher at Embrapa since 1985. Scholarship of CNPq scientific productivity since 2010. Professor and permanent advisor since 2008 of the graduate program in plant genetic resources at the State University of Feira de Santana, BA. He was professor and permanent advisor of the graduate program in Agronomy (Plant Breeding) at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco from 2011 to 2019. Average of five scientific articles/year, in the last 10 years, in peer-reviewed journals. He worked in 1) pre-breeding and formation of the active germplasm bank (AGB) of Spondias tuberosa, 2) in the formation of the AGB and improvement of guava and other Psidium, 3) in the improvement of cowpea, 4) in the formation of the AGB and pigeonpea breeding, 5) the implementation of a mango breeding program, 5) the improvement and development of onion cultivars and hybrids. Over the last few years, it has developed and recommended and/or registered and/or protected at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply six cultivars of cowpea, three cultivars of onion, one of pigeon pea, four of umbuzeiro, a rootstock of Psidium resistant to Meloidogyne enterolobii. He was a member elected by peers from 1996 to 2008 of the Internal Technical Committee of Embrapa Semi-Arid.

Education

1981 - 1984

Graduação em Agronomia

Universidade do Estado da Bahia

Obtained year: 1984

1992 - 1993

Mestrado em Genética e Melhoramento

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Title: Análise de trilha e estimativas de parâmetros genéticos em progênies F6 de um cruzamento de soja (Glycine max (L.) Merrill)

Obtained year: 1993

Advisor: Mucio Silva Reis

1998 - 2001

Doutorado em Plant Breeding & Plant Genetics

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Title: Biometrical studies and quantitative trait loci associated with major products of the carotenoid pathway of carrot (Daucus carota L.)

Obtained year: 2001

Advisor: Philipp W Simon

2015 - 2015

Pós-Doutorado em

Agricultural Research Service(ARS) - SHRS. Miami, Florida

Obtained year: 2015

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Genetics / Subárea: Plant Genetics / Especialidade: Genetica Biometrica
2. Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Genetics / Subárea: Plant Genetics / Especialidade: Biometrics
3. Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Genetics / Subárea: Molecular and Microorganism Genetics