Sergio Ruffo Roberto

Sergio Ruffo Roberto is graduated in Agronomy, Master and PhD in Plant Production from Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Brazil, and Post-Doctorate from the U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory - Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture - USDA, United States. He completed his Master's degree with a sandwich period at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid - UPM/ETSIA, Spain, and obtained the title of Specialist in Viticulture and Oenology from the Universidad de Cadiz/IFAPA/OIV, Spain. He is an Associate Professor in the area of Fruit Crops at the Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil, and CNPq Fellow in Research Productivity, working in the areas of Physiology, Production and Postharvest of Fruit and Hops. Professor Roberto offers the course on Fruit Crops II in the Agronomy Undergraduate Course, and Fruit Production Technology in the Plant Production Graduate Program. He served as Head of his Department for 3 terms. Advisor to Foundations and Research Promotion Agencies in the country and abroad, currently he is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Area of Agricultural Sciences of the Araucaria Foundation. He served as a member of the Coordination of the Graduate Program Strictu sensu in Agronomy at the Universidade Estadual de Londrina from 2013 to 2016, and as the 2nd Secretary of the Brazilian Society of Fruit Crops in the 2010-2014 term. Associate Editor and Reviewer of national and international journals, Professor Roberto guides students of Scientific Initiation, Master's, PhD and Post-Doctorate. Member of the Brazilian Fruit Society and the Brazilian Enology Association, Sergio served as a member of the CNPq Advisory Committee (Agronomy) from 2021 to 2024. Actually, Sergio serves as a consultant of CAPES and, Advisory member of Araucaria Foundation, and of the Viticulture Committee, Table Grape SubComission, of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine - OIV, France. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)