Mini-curriculum

I have a degree in Animal Science from the Faculdade de Zootecnia Veterinária e Agronomia de Uruguaiana PUC RS (1984), a Master's in Animal Science with major in Animal Breeding from the Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal - UNESP (1987), a PhD in Animal Breeding and Genetics from the University of Guelph (1997) and I was visiting scientist at the Universidade Autonoma de Barcelona. I have been a research scientist at the Embrapa Swine and Poultry National Research Center since 1989. My interests are in Animal Breeding and Genetics, mainly in swine and poultry genomics and I lead several Research and Development projects funded by EMBRAPA and CNPq. I serve as reviewer for national and international journals and I am associate editor for BMC Genomic Data, Canadian Journal of Animal Science and Frontiers in Genetics. I have received several national and international awards for scientific and academic recognition and nowadays I am the leader of the Research Group of Applied Genomics to Pigs and Poultry, registered in the Directory of Research Groups from CNPq. I also participate in graduate programs guiding and co-supervising Master's and Doctoral students in genomic projects applied to swine and poultry.

Education

1981 - 1984

Graduação em Zootecnia

Faculdade de Zootecnia Veterinária e Agronomia de Uruguaiana Puc Rs

Obtained year: 1984

1987 - 1987

Especialização em Produção Animal Ruminantes Tutoria a Distância

Escola Superior de Agricultura de Lavras

Obtained year: 1987

1985 - 1987

Mestrado em Melhoramento Genético Animal

Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal Unesp

Title: Avaliacao da heterose e da habilidade materna na fase de crescimento de coelhos de corte

Obtained year: 1987

Advisor: Ronaldo Dessimoni Carregal

1993 - 1997

Doutorado em Animal Breeding And Genetics

University Of Guelph

Title: Genetic effects of aging in laying hens

Obtained year: 1997

Advisor: Ian McMillan

2007 - 2009

Pós-Doutorado em

Universidade Autonoma de Barcelona

Obtained year: 2009

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Animal Science / Subárea: Domestic Animal Genetics and Breeding
2. Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Genetics / Subárea: Quantitative Genetics
3. Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Genetics / Subárea: Animal genetics
4. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Animal Science / Subárea: Domestic Animal Genetics and Breeding / Especialidade: Genômica Animal