Paulo Henrique Gorgatti Zarbin

Paulo H. G. Zarbin is a full professor in the Department of Chemistry at UFPR, where he leads the Semiochemicals Laboratory. He holds a degree in Chemistry from UFSCar (1993), followed by a Master's in Organic Chemistry (1995) and a Doctorate in Science (1998) from the same institution. He also completed part of his doctoral research at the National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science in Tsukuba, Japan (1996-1997). He served as coordinator of the PPG-Chemistry/UFPR (2002-2004) and was a member of the Chemistry Evaluation Committee at the Paraná State Research Foundation (FAPPR) (2002-2005). Prof. Zarbin is actively involved in various scientific societies, having been president of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) (2011-2012), vice-president of the Entomological Society of Brazil (SEB) (2010-2012), secretary of the Paraná regional office of the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ) (2002-2004), and president of the Latin American Association of Chemical Ecology (ALAEQ). Currently, he serves as an associate editor for Scientific Reports (Nature) and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Chemical Ecology (Springer). A CNPq productivity fellow since 1999 (currently level 1C) and a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (FRES), he was honored with the Silverstein-Simeone Award from ISCE in 2021, being the only researcher from Latin America to receive this recognition. His research primarily focuses on the identification, structural elucidation, and synthesis of insect pheromones, as well as on the chemical ecology of insect-plant interactions. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)