Lionel Segui Gonçalves

Full professor of USP, retired in 2009. Emerit Professor of CNPq since 2005 and Full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and Sao Paulo State Sciences Academy. Geneticist specialized in Africanized Honey Bees . Graduate in Natural Sciences in 1965 by UNESP "Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho" of Rio Claro-SP. Obtained in 1970 his PhD in Honey Bee Genetics at the FMRP- Universidade de São Paulo , under the orientation of Prof. Dr. Warwick Estevam Kerr. Was contracted in 1967 by the FFCLRP-USP of Ribeirão Preto-SP where obtained all his titles. Obtained in 1983 the title of Full Professor by FFCLRP-USP and retired in Dec. 2009. From 1992 to 1996 was Dean of the FFCLRP-USP and Mayor of the Ribeirao Preto USP Campus in 1992/1993. He colaborated with Prof. W.E.Kerr in the instalation of the Genetic Department at FMRP-USP and in the organization of the Pos-Graduation areas of Genetics (FMRP) and Entomology (FFCLRP). Retired as Full Professor in 1983 but has the same activities in both areas until now. Last April 2010 moved to Mossoro-RN as CAPES-Visitant Senior Professor at the UFERSA-Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido , where he acts until now at the Animal Science Department, and since 2014 under contract as regular Visitant Pfofessor and has under his orientation 4 Ph-D.students and 1 Master D.students. In 2008 he criated and heads until now the CETAPIS-RN (Beekeeping Technology Center of Rio Grande do Norte) where more than 400 new beekeepers received instructions. In dec. 2012 the CETAPIS-RN received an important public RN State Government recognition. In the end of 2010 Prof. L.S.Gonçalves received the Citisenship titles of both cities Mossoró-RN and Ribeirão Preto-SP.Received several homage and also a medal of CNPq. He has more than 150 scientific publications, has oriented more than 40 MS and Ph.D thesis . He has large experience in Animal Genetics, focusing on Honeybee Genetics and specially Genetic improvement of Africanized Honey Bees (AHB) , Beekeeping and Artificial Insemination of Honey Bees. Since 2010 collaborate with the Secretary of Agriculture of Rio Grande do Norte and SEBRAE-RN in programes of beekeeping. Since Dec. 2013 coordenates in UFERSA a Project of R$ 1.5oo.ooo,oo suported by the Brazilian Ministry of Sciences and Technology ( Project: CCTA-Centro de Capacitação e Tecnologia em Apicultura . For more than 15 years was until 2014 the President of the Scientific Comission of the CBA-Brazilian Beekeeping Confederation which organizes all the Brazilian beekeeping congresses and actually is the Honor President of it. He act also as representative member of Brazil at the FILAPI-Federação Iberolatinoamericana de Apicultura , and also as representtive member of the Scientific Biology Comission of APIMONDIA (Beekeeping International Federation) which congregate 110 country members. He is responsible together with his sun Daniel M.Gonçalves for the Campaing of Protection of Bees "BEE OR NOT TO BE " with sites in portuguese, english and Spanish ( www.semabelhasemalimento.com.br) criated in August 2013 in UFERSA in Mossoró-RN and presented later in October 2013 in Kiev-Ucrania during the Apimondia Congress. In 2014 criated the site BEE ALERT ( www.semabelhasemalimento.com.br/beealert) which allows beekeepers and researchers to register on line in a World Map the ocurrences of disapearing (CCD) and deaths of bees .In 2014 the BEE OR NOT TO BE Campaig was the second place ( silver medal) among more than hundred international campaigns in Cannes, France . In the International APIMONDIA Congress of 2015 in South Korea the Campaign received two medals for the site and Video, respectively.In the International Apimondia Congress of 2017 in Instambul-Turkey received the title of Honorary member. In 2018 received in Uruguay, homage by FILAPI (Federation Latinoamericana de Apicultura and Sociedade Latinoamericana de Investigación de abejas SOLATINA. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)