Mariangela Hungria da Cunha

Graduated in Agronomy, School of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ-USP) (1979), M.Sc. in Soils and Plant Nutrition (ESALQ-USP) (1981), Ph.D. in Agronomy (Soil Science) Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) (1985), post-doc at Cornell University (1989), University of California - Davis (1991), University of Seville (1998). Researcher at Embrapa since 1982, at the National Soybean Center (Embrapa Soja) since 1991. Professor at the State University of Londrina (UEL), in the post-graduate courses in Microbiology and Biotechnology and at the Federal University of Technology (UTFPR), in Bioinformatics. Has experience in Agronomy with emphasis on Soil Biotechnology, in the themes: biological nitrogen fixation, biodiversity; taxonomy and phylogeny of prokaryotes, microbial ecology, soil microbiology, plant growth promoting bacteria; plant physiology; inoculant production; technologies of inoculation; omics sciences; microbial culture collections; bioindicators of soil quality. Has over 500 refereed scientific articles, book chapters, books and technical publications, and over 600 abstracts presented in congresses/meetings/workshops (papers, books, book chapters, technical reports) on these lines of research and has launched more than 20 technologies, including strains of rhizobia for the common bean crop, Azospirillum for the maize, wheat and brachiarias and for co-inoculation with rhizobia for the soybean and common bean. Works with various private partnerships in the development of new microbial inoculants, with several products already registered and commercialized. Has completed the supervision of more than 100 M.Sc., Ph.D. and post-doc students, and over 130 other types of supervision. President of the Brazilian Society of Soil Science (2001 to 2003), member of editorial boards and reviewer of national and international refereed journals. Represented the environmental area of the Brazilian Society of Microbiology for 20 years and coordinator of biofertilizers nets in Ibero-Americas. Vice-president and president of the RELARE (Laboratory Network Meeting for the Recommendation, Standardization and Technology Transfer of Microbial Inoculants of Interest for the Agriculturea) (2010-2016). Advisory committee of the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation in projects N2Africa and Human Capacity Building, as well as of projects in Argentina, Mexico and Peru and has projects in collaboration with Spain, Australia and France. Fellow research of CNPq since 1992 at the 1A level since 1998. Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) (2008), and Brazilian Academy of Agronomic Sciences (ABCA) (2021). Title of Commander of the National Order of Scientific Merit by the President of Brazil (2008) and Grã-Cruz Order (2018). Award Glaci Zancan "Women in Science" of Paraná State (2009) "Honorary Advisor on Agricultural Scientist Technology Green" of the Rural Development Administration (RDA, Korea) (2009). Award Frederico de Menezes Veiga by Embrapa, on the theme of "Low-Carbon Agriculture " (2012). Award Claudia-Maganize Category Science (2015). Medal of Merit by the Administrative Council of Agronomists of Paraná (CREA-PR, 2018) and of the Brazilian Agronomists (CONFEA/CREA, 2018). Award Antonio Carlos Moniz of the Brazilian Society of Soil Science (2019); List of the most influential researchers in the world (2020-2021); TWAS (Third World Academy of Sciences)-Lenovo in agriculture (2020); Soybean Character of Rural TV (2021). Member of the World Academy of Sciences (2022), #1 Agronomy #Microbiology-Brazil (Research.com) (2025), Prize CNPq Women and Science (2025), World Food Prize (2025). h=65 (Web of Sciences), h=100 (Google Scholar), h=68 (Scopus), h=87 (ResearchGate). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)