Pedro Franklin Barbosa

BS in Agronomy with a minor in Animal Science by Faculdade de Agronomia e Zootecnia Manoel Carlos Gonçalves - Unipinhal (1972), MS in Animal Breeding - Texas A & M University, College Station (1982) and Ph.D in Genetics - Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto/University of São Paulo (1991). Scientific Researcher of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, at Southeast Embrapa Cattle, São Carlos, São Paulo state, since 1976 and collaborating professor of the graduate course on Genetics and Animal Breeding of Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias/São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, SP, since 1998. Has experience in Animal Science, with emphasis on Genetics and Animal Breeding (beef and dairy cattle), mainly on the following subjects: selection, mating systems, crossbreeding, growth, modeling and simulation of production systems. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)