Mini-curriculum

Marcos Vinicius holds a degree in Animal Science from the University of São Paulo (1990), a masters degree in Animal Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1995), a Ph.D. in Genetics and Breeding from the Federal University of Viçosa (2002), and completed postdoctoral studies at the United States Department of Agriculture (2008) and Iowa State University (2015-2016). A specialist in Animal Breeding certified by INIA (Spain, 2001), he is currently the General Coordinator of the Genetic Improvement Programs for the Girolando, Milking Gir, and Jersey breeds, a member of the Council for the Zebu Breeding Program for Dairy Selection (PMGZ/ABCZ), and an Ad Hoc consultant for the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply in the areas of Animal Breeding and Genomics. He leads research in genomic selection for dairy breeds in Brazil and genome sequencing of Zebu breeds. He is a Senior Researcher at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and a productivity fellow at CNPq. His expertise lies in the areas of Animal Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics, with a focus on Bioinformatics, primarily working on topics such as molecular markers, milk production, dairy cattle, genome sequencing, and genomic selection.

Education

1987 - 1990

Graduação em Zootecnia

Universidade de São Paulo

Obtained year: 1990

1992 - 1995

Mestrado em Zootecnia

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Title: Utilização de modelos uni e bivariados no estudo das relações entre eficiência reprodutiva e produção de leite na raças Holandesa

Obtained year: 1995

Advisor: José Aurélio Garcia Bergmann

1998 - 2002

Doutorado em Genética e Melhoramento

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Title: Utilização de modelos aleatórios no mapeamento de quantitative trait loci em famílias de meio-irmãos e de irmãos completos

Obtained year: 2002

Advisor: Robledo de Almeida Torres

2006 - 2009

Pós-Doutorado em

United States Department of Agriculture

Obtained year: 2009

2015 - 2017

Pós-Doutorado em

Iowa State University

Obtained year: 2017

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Genetics / Subárea: Animal genetics / Especialidade: Bioinformatics
2. Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Genetics / Subárea: Animal genetics / Especialidade: Genomic Statistics
3. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Animal Science / Subárea: Domestic Animal Genetics and Breeding / Especialidade: Dairy Cattle Breeding