Sector: Office of the Deputy Head of Research and Development
Sector: Núc Temático Agreg Valor e Uso Div Biol
Data de Contratação: 20/11/2001
Matrícula: 304126
Minicurrículo
BS from the University of Rhode Island (1992) in Aquiculture and Fisheries, MS in Animal Science from the University of California Davis (1994) and Ph.D. in Genetics from the University da California Davis (1999). Completed postdoctoral training at the University of Nebraska Lincoln and University of São Paulo. Holds a position as research scientist at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation since 2001, and is graduate advisor at the Animal Science Graduate Program at the University of Brasilia. Coordinates the National Network of Animal Genomics Research in Embrapa since 2008, is a CNPq group leader on the topic and member of CTNBIO in the area of animal health. Serves as Associate Editor of Genetics and Molecular Biology and is ad hoc reviewer of the Journal of Animal Science, BMC Genomics, Frontiers in Livestock Genomics, Gene, Livestock Science, Molecular Biology Reports, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Genetics and Molecular Research, Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, Brazilian Agricultural Research, Scientia Agricola and Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. Has experience in the area of genetics, with emphasis on Animal Genetics, acting on the following topics: development and use of genomic tools in animal breeding, mapping and genomic sequencing of genomes. His work has been cited more than 3,592 times in the scientific literature (WebScience, Cited Ref, January 2026).
Formação Acadêmica
1988 - 1992
Graduação em Zootecnia/Aquicultura
University of Rhode Island
Ano de obtenção: 1992
1992 - 1994
Mestrado em Genetica
Universidade da California Davis
Título: PCR-Based Sex-Specific Markers for Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Ano de obtenção: 1994
Orientador: Graham A. E. Gall
1994 - 1999
Doutorado em Genetica
Universidade da California Davis
Título: Comparative Mapping of the Horse Genome by Synteny Assignment of Type I Genes with a Horse-Mouse Somatic Cell Hybrid Panel
Ano de obtenção: 1999
Orientador: Ann T. Bowling e James D. Murray
2001 - 2002
Pós-Doutorado em
Universidade de São Paulo
Ano de obtenção: 2002
1999 - 2001
Pós-Doutorado em
University of Nebraska Administration
Ano de obtenção: 2001
Livre Docência em
Universidade de São Paulo
Áreas de Conhecimento
- Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Genetics / Subárea: Animal genetics
- Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Animal Science / Subárea: Domestic Animal Genetics and Breeding
- Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Fishery Resources and Fishery Engineering / Subárea: Aquaculture
- Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Genetics / Subárea: Molecular and Microorganism Genetics
- Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Veterinary Medicine / Subárea: Animal Reproduction