Mini-curriculum

Researcher at EMBRAPA Gado de Leite. Graduated in Agronomy from the Federal University of Viçosa (1994), Master and Doctorate in Animal Science from the Federal University of Viçosa. Postdoctoral fellow at UNESP (Jaboticabal Campus) from 2001 to 2003. Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Florida (USA) in the field of forage plant evaluation in 2013. Reviewer of journals: Grass and Forage Science, Crop Science, Brazilian Journal of Animal Science, Brazilian Agricultural Research, Revista Ciência e Agrotecnologia. Ad hoc consultant to FAPEMIG, FAPESP and CNPq. He has worked on the following topics: Intensive pasture management, production of pasture milk and evaluation of forage grasses for cutting and grazing.

Education

1990 - 1994

Graduação em Agronomia

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Obtained year: 1994

1995 - 1997

Mestrado em Zootecnia

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Title: Morfogênese e Análise de Crescimento de cultivares de Panicum maximum.

Obtained year: 1997

Advisor: José Alberto Gomide

1997 - 2001

Doutorado em Zootecnia

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Title: Características morfofisiológicas relacionadas ao manejo do capim-mobaça (Panicum maximum Jacq.)

Obtained year: 2001

Advisor: José Alberto Gomide

2001 - 2003

Pós-Doutorado em

Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

Obtained year: 2003

2013 - 2014

Pós-Doutorado em

University of Florida

Obtained year: 2014

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Animal Science / Subárea: Pasture and Forage Cropping / Especialidade: Forage Plant Assessment, Production and Conservation
2. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Animal Science / Subárea: Pasture and Forage Cropping / Especialidade: Pasture Management and Conservation
3. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Animal Science / Subárea: Pasture and Forage Cropping / Especialidade: Forage Plant Physiology