Agronomist/Entomologist and completed the bachelor's degree at Federal University of Lavras-UFLA (1998), Master's in Entomology at Federal University of Viçosa-UFV (2006), and PhD in Entomology/Toxicology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA (2016). My experience is on Toxicology, Integrated Pest Management on the main crops, with emphasis on Insect Resistance Management to insecticides and transgenics, Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, sampling plans of economic important pests of coffee and vegetables, semichemical baited traps, and quarantine pests of economic importance in South America. I'm currently a Research Scientist (Entomologist) working for USDA/ARS, at University of Missouri-USA, and I work with resistance management of western and northern corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera e D. barberi).
Possui graduação em Agronomia pela Universidade Federal de Lavras (1998), Mestrado em Entomologia pela UFV (2006) e Ph.D. em Entomology/Toxicology pela Universidade de Nebraska-Lincoln (2016). Tem experiência na área de Entomologia, com ênfase em Toxicologia, Manejo Integrado de Pragas das grandes culturas, Manejo da Resistência de insetos-praga a inseticidas e transgenicos, Biotechnologia, Bioquimica e Biologia Molecular, plano de amostragem para broca do café e hortícolas, armadilhas com semioquímicos e pragas quarentenárias. Atualmente é Research Scientist (Entomologist) pelo USDA/ARS, University of Missouri, USA, e trabalha com manejo de resistencia das brocas da raiz do milho, western e northern corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera e D. barberi).
