João Batista Freire de Souza Junior

João is graduated in Animal Science from the Federal Rural University of Semi-Arid (2009), Master's and Doctorate from the same institution, with emphasis on Applied Animal Biometeorology. He is a researcher at the Laboratory of Behavioral Ecology and Laboratory of Biometeorology and Environmental Biophysics of the same University, working mainly in studies involving physical and physiological factors acting on the animal thermoregulation (ruminants, poultry, and stingless bees). He also studies strategies to attenuate heat stress in production animals. João is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology and Multidisciplinary Reviews and is part of editorial boards at three other international journals. He is also a reviewer for several international journals, such as the Journal of Thermal Biology, International Journal of Biometeorology, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Physiology & Behavior, among others.

Zootecnista graduado pela Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mestre e Doutor em Ciência Animal pela mesma instituição, com ênfase em Biometeorologia Animal Aplicada. Atua principalmente em estudos que envolvem fatores físicos e fisiológicos atuantes na termorregulação dos animais (mamíferos, aves e abelhas sem ferrão), além de estudar estratégias de atenuação do estresse térmico em animais de produção. Atua como editor chefe do Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology e Multidisciplinary Reviews, além de integrar equipes editoriais de outros três peródicos internacionais. Atua ainda como revisor de diversos periódicos internacionais, como Journal of Thermal Biology, International Journal of Biometeorology, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Physiology & Behavior, dentre outros.