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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Associate Professor in the Department of Soil Science at ESALQ-USP, specializing in Soil Management and Health. Agronomist (Federal University of Santa Maria - UFSM, 2006-2011), Bachelor of Business Administration (Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC, 2007-2012), Master of Agronomy (PPG in Agronomy: Agriculture and Environment - UFSM, 2011-2013), Doctor of Science, concentration in Soils and Plant Nutrition (Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture / University of São Paulo - ESALQ/USP, 2013-2016). He served as a visiting researcher at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment (NLAE), Ames-IA, USA (2015). Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2018) at the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP) - Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory. He supervises the Graduate Program in Soils and Plant Nutrition (ESALQ/USP) and coordinates the Soil Health Management Research Group - SOHMA. He teaches courses in Agronomy, Forest Engineering, and Environmental Management. His research aims to quantify and understand the impacts of land use and management practices on soil health, carbon dynamics, productivity, and the resilience of natural and agricultural ecosystems.He has traveled to 25 countries and has actively participated in scientific cooperation networks (projects and/or publications) with researchers from various Brazilian institutions (e.g., CNPEM, UFRGS, UFC, UFPR, UFMG, UEM, UFSM, UNICAMP, Embrapa, among others) and foreign institutions, including countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Colombia, and Australia. He is deputy general coordinator and research director of the Center for Carbon Research in Tropical Agriculture (CCARBON/USP). He is deputy director of the Nature Based Solutions (NBS) program at the Research Center for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (RCGI). He coordinates the Brazilian Soil Health Partnership. He is a Research Productivity Fellow - CNPq and an Affiliate Member of the São Paulo State Academy of Sciences and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He received the Bunge Foundation Youth Award in 2022 (Agricultural Sciences - carbon credit and regenerative agriculture). From 2021 to 2025, he has been listed as one of the most influential researchers in global science. In 2025, he received the Excellence Award for New Leaders in Research at USP (Agricultural Sciences). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Actions to mitigate global warming and consequent climate change are centred on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the capture and sequestration of atmospheric CO2. In this context, the agricultural and forestry sectors stand out, as they are able to act on both these fronts, particularly in capturing atmospheric CO2 via photosynthesis, and sequestering it in vegetation and …
Brazil is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of food, feed, fiber and (bio)fuel. Estimates indicated that the country would need to increase food production in 40% to meet global demands by 2050. Meanwhile, tropical agricultural systems have to be important allies to sequester carbon (C) and reduce greenhouse gases emission, and consequently, contribute to mitigating clima…
The FAPESP - Shell Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation aims to be a world-class Centre for advanced studies with a focus on innovation towards sustainability and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. The Centre complements Fapesp's experiences in supporting high-level scientific research and technology development towards these fields. It aims to establish a world-class Centre…
Prof. Graeme Nicol, a CNRS Director of Research at École Centrale de Lyon, is a distinguished expert in microbial ecology, particularly in soil nitrogen cycling. With over 90 high-impact publications and recognition as a Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Scientist, Prof. Nicol has significantly advanced the understanding of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms. His visit to the University…
The proposed visit of Prof. Christina Hazard, a renowned expert in microbial ecology, to the University of São Paulo (USP) aims to enhance the ongoing FAPESP-funded projects, including the Center for Carbon Research in Tropical Agriculture (CCARBON) and the Mechanisms of Nitrous Oxide Emission in Tropical Soil (MONS). Prof. Hazard's extensive research experience, particularly in soil micr…
Soil is natural capital that performs multiple functions and provides essential ecosystem services to people. Therefore, to assess the effects of agriculture expansion and intensification on "Soil Ecosystem Services" (i.e., flux of benefits people obtain from soil) is an emergent, strategic and priority research topic towards sustainable development in the next decades. In Brazil, it is a…
The project aims to quantify greenhouse gas fluxes (N¿O and CO¿) and assess biological indicators of soil health in agrovoltaic systems under soybean-maize succession. The study will be conducted in a pilot agrovoltaic experiment at ESALQ/USP, in Piracicaba (SP), comparing five land-use systems, including combinations of photovoltaic panels with crops and pastures. Greenhouse gas emission…
Actions to mitigate global warming and consequent climate change are centred on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the capture and sequestration of atmospheric CO2. In this context, the agricultural and forestry sectors stand out, as they are able to act on both these fronts, particularly in capturing atmospheric CO2 via photosynthesis, and sequestering it in vegetation and …
The increasing frequency of extreme climate events threatens agricultural production and food security. Climate adaptation management solutions that enhance soil health are key strategies to ensure production stability and improve the resilience of agricultural systems. Among the main management strategies in agriculture, the intensification and diversification of production systems stand…
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Healthy soils are crucial for meeting the demand for food production in a changing climate agriculture. Soil biological activity play several roles in improving nutrient cycling, suppression of diseases, soil structuring and others that are fundamental to sustaining soil health. Among the soil organisms, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are a key group. AMF are mutualistic symbionts tha…
The greatest challenge facing humanity is to produce more nutritious food to alleviate global hunger while protecting the environment and mitigating climate change. This is especially relevant in Brazil, where agriculture is vital to both the economy and societal development. As a global agricultural leader, Brazil must balance increasing food production with adopting sustainable practice…
Dryland degradation creates hardships for millions of people worldwide. Brazilian drylands are characterized by extensive land use changes to subsistence agriculture, leading to soil degradation and desertification. Desertification leads to soil health (SH) degradation, but several regenerative practices (e.g., grazing exclusion, cover crops, reforestation), may stop and even revert this …
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The Brazilian semiarid region is highly vulnerable to desertification, affecting over 34 million people and rendering extensive areas unfit for agriculture. The Caatinga biome has experienced significant degradation, losing 14.4% of its native vegetation between 1985 and 2023 due to overgrazing and agricultural expansion. These changes have accelerated soil erosion, reduced soil organic m…
Boosting bioenergy production is widely recognised as the main pathway to mitigating climate change. However, achieving this requires expanding cultivated land area, raising concerns about land use change effects (i.e., losses of carbon and biodiversity). Brazil, the world's largest sugarcane producer (~40% of world production) and a pioneer in biofuel production, has approximately 20 mil…
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emission in tropical agroecosystems predominantly occurs through nitrification due to well-aerated conditions that rarely support denitrification. Nitrification, a key process in the nitrogen (N) cycle, converts ammonium to nitrate. The limiting step in this process is ammonia oxidation, carried out by ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms (AOM) such as ammonia-oxidizing ba…
Conservation agriculture practices that improve soil health are key strategies to achieve production stability and make the production environment more resilient in a climate changing world. Metrics that represent soil health over large areas and in a simple way should be studied to facilitate sustainable land use and management practices. In this sense, the Soil Health Index (SHI), based…
Soil plays a crucial function in providing essential environmental benefits and services for human well-being and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, approximately 40% of global soils are currently degraded, posing significant challenges to crop production and food security. Soil health encompasses the continuous capacity of soil as a living ecosystem to maintain environ…
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