Dr. Paulino R. Villas-Boas holds degrees in Physics (2001) and Statistics and Data Science (2021) from the University of São Paulo, as well as a Master's (2004) and Ph.D. (2008) in Computational Physics from the same institution. Currently, he is a researcher at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), specializing in computational physics, statistics, and data science. Dr. Villas-Boas's work focuses on modeling and simulation of agricultural and environmental systems, complex networks, pattern recognition, and atomic and molecular spectroscopy. He develops calibration models for quantifying soil nutrients, carbon, and contaminants, characterizes soil organic matter structure, and creates classification models for diagnosing biotic and abiotic plant stresses, all utilizing advanced photonic techniques such as spectroscopy and imaging. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Laser-induced plasma emission spectroscopy (LIBS) is a promising alternative for the detection of possible nutritional imbalances and the presence of potentially toxic elements in plants. It requires little sample preparation, is a fast method, does not generate waste and has a low cost analysis. However, despite its advantages, the LIBS technique has limitations, such as the high detect…
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a promising alternative for the quantification of nutrients and contaminants in soil samples because it requires little sample preparation, is fast, and does not generate harmful residues to the environment. Despite these advantages, LIBS technique has not been established for routine analysis due to low reproducibility, especially because of…
Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a suitable atomic emission technique for rapid elemental analysis of materials in any physical state (solid, liquid or gaseous). In comparison with conventional analytical techniques, LIBS has several advantages, such as high spatial resolution, little or no sample preparation and remote detection. The spectra obtained via LIBS contain inform…
Climate change is a reality and can cause serious impacts on agricultural production in the world, especially in Brazil. Thus, in 2009 the Brazilian government established the National Policy on Climate Change (NPCC) and created in 2010 the Low Carbon Agriculture Plan (ABC) for sustainable agricultural production to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Because of the difficulty, the h…
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