Experience

80 Acres Farms

• United States
• Farming
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Plant Scientist

  • Oct 2022 - Present



Plantible Foods

• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Aug 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Evaluation of crop technologies for Lemna, that allow the plant to have constant productivity with high quality. • Evaluation of different nutrient formulations and creation of ideal media formulation for the new crop at different seasons during the year. • Head of cultivation R&D and Operations, making the decisions about ideal genotypes and ideal crop management at the different environmental conditions.

• • Apr 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Developed and implemented experiments at lab conditions, testing different light duration, light intensity, and water temperature for different genotypes of lemna for plant based protein production.



Evolution Farms

• United States
• Food Production

• Co-Founder

  • Mar 2020 - Apr 2021

  • Co-founder of a farm that produced organic vegetables in three different environments: indoor (totally controlled), protected (greenhouse), and outdoors. • Responsible for the crop planning for different seasons during the year. • Co-founder of a farm that produced organic vegetables in three different environments: indoor (totally controlled), protected (greenhouse), and outdoors. • Responsible for the crop planning for different seasons during the year.



Pink Farms

• Brazil
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Research Development

  • Jun 2018 - Feb 2020

  • Responsible for the R&D department at the first indoor (controlled environment) urban farm in South America. • Formulated nutritional solutions for various crops at different growth stages in a controlled environment. • Performed tests related to the best technologies to produce vegetables, microgreens, and wheatgrass in a totally controlled environment. • Tested the various LED lights, light duration and intensity for all the crops at different stages of growth. • Evaluated different crops, seeds, and substrates that could provide higher productivities and shorter life cycle of the plants. Show less



SQM VITAS Brasil

• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Development Supervisor

  • Oct 2015 - Jan 2018

  • Responsible for the supervision of the market development department, in the segment of special water- soluble fertilizers, focusing on fertirrigation and hydroponic production. • Formulated, tested and promoted the sale of new nutritional formulations for the different crops that were produced in Brazil. • Responsible for the supervision of the market development department, in the segment of special water- soluble fertilizers, focusing on fertirrigation and hydroponic production. • Formulated, tested and promoted the sale of new nutritional formulations for the different crops that were produced in Brazil.



Universidade Federal da Bahia

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Mar 2015 - Oct 2015

  • Developed a project of genetic improvement of the castor bean with artificial cross-pollination and evaluation of cultivars at field conditions. • Developed a project of genetic improvement of the castor bean with artificial cross-pollination and evaluation of cultivars at field conditions.



Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura - CENA/USP

• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Researcher

  • Mar 2011 - Feb 2015

  • Studied maize production technologies such as planting density, nitrogen fertilization in relation to different hybrids tolerant and not tolerant to water deficit. • Evaluated physiological mechanisms that provided a better use of environmental resources to achieve higher grain yields. • Developed experiments using Nitrogen 15, a stable isotopic. • Studied maize production technologies such as planting density, nitrogen fertilization in relation to different hybrids tolerant and not tolerant to water deficit. • Evaluated physiological mechanisms that provided a better use of environmental resources to achieve higher grain yields. • Developed experiments using Nitrogen 15, a stable isotopic.



Purdue University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • May 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Evaluated various corn hybrids for drought tolerance, responsiveness to nitrogen fertilization, and planting density. • Collected data about photosynthesis and transpiration in corn using the device IRGA (LI-COR). • Evaluated various corn hybrids for drought tolerance, responsiveness to nitrogen fertilization, and planting density. • Collected data about photosynthesis and transpiration in corn using the device IRGA (LI-COR).



UFRB - Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia

• Brazil
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Internship (Scientific initiation Scholarship)

  • Feb 2004 - Jan 2009

  • Held prestigious ongoing internship entire tenure as student at the lab of Crop Science, biotechnology and genetic improvement, received financial grant from the federal government. • Developed plant genetic improvements, artificial crossings, and held experiments in both the field and laboratory. • Received two awards for best scientific initiation work at the UFRB. • Held prestigious ongoing internship entire tenure as student at the lab of Crop Science, biotechnology and genetic improvement, received financial grant from the federal government. • Developed plant genetic improvements, artificial crossings, and held experiments in both the field and laboratory. • Received two awards for best scientific initiation work at the UFRB.



Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia

• Education Administration Programs
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Field Technician

  • Mar 2002 - Dec 2003

  • Responsible for the reforestation project of areas along the Itapicuru-Açu River, Brazil. • Responsible for the reforestation project of areas along the Itapicuru-Açu River, Brazil.