Mini-curriculum

Graduated in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Goiás (1985), MSc in Agronomy from the University of São Paulo (1996) and Ph.D. in Agronomy, Genetic Resources and Plant Breeding, University of Brasilia (2013). Is currently a researcher at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA Cerrados). He completed a specialization course in production systems at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in Japan; training in barley genetic improvement at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), in Mexico, and at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), in Syria. He is currently a researcher, advisor and deputy head of Technology Transfer at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa Cerrados). He is a researcher at the Coffee Research Consortium. He is a co-supervisor in the Postgraduate Program in Agronomy at the University of Brasília (UnB), and a collaborating professor in the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program in Agronomy at the State University of Goiás (UEG). He is leader of the CNPq research group "Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) production system in the Cerrado". He is the Scientific Editor of the journal Horticultura Brasileira and an ad hoc advisor to CNPq, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and FAPDF. He has experience in Agronomy, with an emphasis on Plant Breeding, working on the following subjects: sunflower, barley and coffee canefora. Co-responsible breeder who developed the soybean cultivars Carla and Celeste and the sesame cultivars GNPA G3 and BRS 196. Co-responsible breeder for the launch of the irrigated barley cultivars BRS Manduri, BRS Sampa. He developed 21 restorer lines, 6 maintainers and 3 male-sterile sunflower lines. He developed the simple sunflower hybrids BRS 321, BRS 322 and BRS 323 and the sunflower variety BRS 324. He is the breeder responsible for creating and launching the irrigated barley cultivars for the Cerrado: BRS Deméter and BRS Savanna. In co-responsibility, he launched the simple sunflower hybrids: BRS 387, BRS 390, BRS 415, BRS 417, BRS 424 and BRS 422 and, in 2022, the high oleic simple hybrid BRS 428 HO. Launched the first clonal variety of conilon coffee for the Cerrado, the BRS Primalta.

Education

1988 - 1988

Aperfeiçoamento em Curso Agropecuário em Cerrados

Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Cerrado

Obtained year: 1988

1993 - 1993

Aperfeiçoamento em Curso: Genética Aplicada a Recursos Fitogenéticos

Centro Nacional de Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia

Obtained year: 1993

2002 - 2002

Aperfeiçoamento em Melhoramento genético de cevada

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

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Obtained year: 2002

2004 - 2004

Aperfeiçoamento em Melhoramento genético de cevada

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

Title: .

Obtained year: 2004

2007 - 2007

Aperfeiçoamento em Melhoramento genético de cevada

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

Title: .

Obtained year: 2007

2011 - 2011

Aperfeiçoamento em Melhoramento genético de cevada

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area

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Obtained year: 2011

1990 - 1990

Aperfeiçoamento em Pesquisa da Cultura do Arroz Sequeiro e Irrigado

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical

Obtained year: 1990

1981 - 1985

Graduação em Engenharia Agronômica

Universidade Federal de Goiás

Obtained year: 1985

1998 - 1998

Especialização em Individual Training Course in Cropping System

Japan International Cooperation Agency

Obtained year: 1998

1994 - 1996

Mestrado em Fitotecnia

Universidade de São Paulo

Title: Comportamento de adubos verdes em épocas de semeadura nos Cerrados do Brasil Central

Obtained year: 1996

Advisor: Antonio Luiz Fancelli

2009 - 2013

Doutorado em Agronomia

Universidade de Brasília

Title: Caracterização molecular, morfoagronômica e de qualidade de grãos de genótipos elite de cevada irrigada no Cerrado

Obtained year: 2013

Advisor: Fábio Gelape Faleiro

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agronomy / Subárea: Plant Science / Especialidade: Plant Breeding
2. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agronomy / Subárea: Plant Science / Especialidade: Crop Management and Treatments
3. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agronomy / Subárea: Plant Science / Especialidade: Seed Production and Processing