CV Lattes
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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
Agronomist (2007), Master and PhD in Entomology (2009 and 2012) from the Federal University of Viçosa. I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Entomology and Acarology at the University of São Paulo (USP / ESALQ). I was a visiting researcher at the Department of Zoology and St John's College at the University of Cambridge, UK, between 2023 and 2024. I have experience in Entomology and Molecular Ecology of Arthropods, with specific interests in DNA barcoding, phylogeography, population, and adaptive genomics projects on insect pests and natural enemies in the agricultural landscape. He works or acted as the principal investigator in a Young Researcher project at FAPESP, regular projects (FAPESP), Universal CNPq and other projects with the private sector. In addition, I have participated as an associate researcher in diverse projects, collaborating with my expertise in the molecular ecology of arthropods. I advise undergraduate and postgraduate students at the PPG in Entomology at USP/ESALQ and teach basic and applied entomology and molecular ecology subjects. I am an associate editor of the journals Evolutionary Applications, Neotropical Entomology, and Scientia Agricola. I also collaborate as a reviewer of projects for funding agencies and national and international journals. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Invasive crop pests are a major challenge of our times, and lead to huge economic costs to agriculture. One less well recognised aspect of such invasions is that invasive species often hybridise with related native species. This can have various potential outcomes: One possibility is that hybridisation leads to a collapse of the species barrier and a single mixed population. Alternatively…
The Old World Cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, is one of the most injurious pests of agriculture in Asia, Africa, and Australia. And now this pest species has invaded Brazil and is spreading to other countries in South America. It has the potential to hybridize with a closely related native pest, the Corn Earworm Helicoverpa zea, which has an even wider host range. Helicoverpa zea c…
Among the biggest troubles of Brazilian agriculture is the sustainability of production systems. Thus, it is necessary to carry out research that seeks management plans that increase productivity through strategies of low environmental and social impact. In Brazil, where the abiotic factors are favorable, insect pest´s damages are a major component of productivity losses. Molecular ecolog…
The Rachiplusia nu caterpillar (Guenée 1852) is a polyphagous species native to southern South America capable of promoting a high rate of defoliation in soybean, bean, sunflower, and vegetable crops. In Brazil, the occurrence of R. nu was restricted to the South region until 2020. However, the species became the predominant caterpillar on soybeans 2023 in more central areas of Brazil (Go…
Biological control of pests is a big ally for agricultural sustainability since it is extremely compatible with other control strategies and has a low risk of environmental impacts and toxicological contamination of operators. The high Brazilian biodiversity makes it possible, with adequate management of the agricultural environment, that native species present in the environment efficien…
Insects of the Coccinellidae family, known as ladybugs, are generalist and voracious predators widely found in agricultural environments. Due to these characteristics, ladybugs are commonly used in biological control programs worldwide. Recently, Harmonia axyridis invaded South America, and reports of competition and intraguild predation on other native ladybugs are constant. The cotton c…
The Neotropical Brown Stink Bug, Euschistus heros (F.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a key soybean pest in South America. Recently, our research group reported for the first time the presence of two allopatric lineages of E. heros in Brazil, one occurring in the North/Northeast region, another in the Southern region and a hybridization zone at the Cerrado region, apparently without reprod…
Helicoverpa armigera is an invasive pest in Brazil. The wide geographic distribution and polyphagia of H. armigera promote its simultaneous occurrence with other endemic Heliothinae species of the Americas, which previously evolved allopatrically. Ecological interactions such as reproductive interference, host range, hybridization and introgression between the invasive and the native spec…
Climatic conditions vary strongly with latitude and usually are directly linked to the establishment of a species. Diapause is a neurohormonal mechanism of developmental suppression used by arthropods to survive unfavorable climate conditions. The genus Euschistus is one of the most important soybean pests in the Americas (e.g. Euschistus heros is a key soybean pest in Brazil) and express…
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