Márcia Helena Machado da Rocha Fernandes

Marcia Fernandes is graduated in Agronomy Engineering (USP, ESALQ, Piracicaba, Brazil) with PhD in Animal Science (UNESP, Jaboticabal, Brazil). Since graduation, she has been working with animal metabolism and production of cattle, sheep, and goats. At the end of her undergraduate studies, she completed a six-month internship at Fresno University, California. During her PhD, she developed part of her dissertation at Texas AM University, where she improved his knowledge in animal metabolism and modelling. After her doctorate, she worked professionally in a private company in the agricultural and livestock sector, as head of information technology, where she added experience in beef cattle management. Since 2012, she is researcher at Universidade Estadual Paulista, campus Jaboticabal, hired to coordinate the Centralized Multiuser Laboratory ("Facility") to study the metabolism of animals of economic interest. Since then, she has been involved in research projects regarding nutritional and energy metabolism, gaseous exchange, remote sensing, and environmental impact of grazing beef cattle. Her research motivation is to generate innovative and technological climate smart solutions to assist in pasture management decision support tools that could contribute to more sustainable ruminant production. (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)