Bio

He graduated in Agronomy from the Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil) Master’s in Genetics and Plant Breeding from the University of Sao Paulo (USP) and a Ph.D. in Genetics and Breeding from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). Then, he was an Assistant Professor in Plant Breeding at the University of Viçosa and the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Then, worked as a Senior Scientist in quantitative Genetics and Biometrics at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines. From 2022 to 2025, he was an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Genetics / Prediction-based breeding at LSU AgCenter. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Vegetable Molecular Breeding at NC State. He was also a visiting scientist at the University of Minnesota, Cornell University, and Queensland University. His work strives i) to make the current generation of breeders able to implement key tools (such as molecular markers, omics, imagery, and weather data) and modern statistical genetic approaches in the development of new products, ii) to develop new breeding schemes and statistical genetic models via stochastic simulations and empirical data, iii) understand the genetics and develop vegetables germplasm with higher resilience.

Publications

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=mQCVtV0AAAAJ