Francisco Claudio da Conceicao Lopes

Agronomist with Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics. Professional experience of eight years as Research Scientist leading and executing projects in the fields of conventional and molecular plant breeding. Knowledge and experience in applied research for the development of improved varieties, marker-assisted selection (MAS), statistical methods to identify associations between trait phenotypes and molecular markers (QTL and association analysis), genomic selection or prediction (GWS). Knowledge of quantitative genetics, experimental design, statistical analysis, phenotypic data analysis, molecular marker development and molecular data analysis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)