Mini-curriculum

He is agronomist from the Federal University of Viçosa (1994), a master's degree and a doctorate in soil and plant nutrition from the same university (1997 and 2001) and a postdoctoral degree from CSIRO Land and Water, Australia. He has worked as researcher at Embrapa Soils since 2001 and coordinates the Center for Tropical Agriculture Fertilizer Innovation, a research group that studies alternatives for increasing the efficiency of use and development of new fertilizer technologies adapted to tropical agroecosystems. He was coordinator of the FertBrasil Network from 2009 to 2018 and R&D Deputy at Embrapa Soils from 2018 to 2019. Has experience in Agronomy, focusing on soil organic matter and soil fertility, acting on agricultural use of organic waste, new fertilizer technologies, and best practices for fertilizers use..

Education

1990 - 1994

Graduação em Agronomia

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Obtained year: 1994

1994 - 1997

Mestrado em Agronomia (Solos e Nutrição de Plantas)

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Title: Caracterização química e espectroscópica da matéria orgânica e suas relações com a gênese de solos da Serra do Brigadeiro, Zona da Mata Mineira

Obtained year: 1997

Advisor: Eduardo de Sá Mendonça

1997 - 2001

Doutorado em Agronomia (Solos e Nutrição de Plantas)

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Title: Caracterização de solos e de substâncias húmicas em áreas de vegetação rupestre de altitude

Obtained year: 2001

Advisor: Eduardo de Sá Mendonça

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agronomy / Subárea: Soil Science / Especialidade: Soil Organic Matter
2. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agronomy / Subárea: Soil Science / Especialidade: Soil Genesis, Morphology and Classification
3. Grande área: Exact and Earth Sciences / Área: Chemistry / Subárea: Physical Chemistry / Especialidade: Spectroscopy
4. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Agronomy / Subárea: Soil Science / Especialidade: Soil Fertility and Fertilization