Graduado em Engenharia Florestal pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1989), mestrado em Ciências Florestais pela Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz/USP de São Paulo (1992) e doutorado em Ecologia e Nutrição Florestal pela Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur em Viena na Austria (1995). Atualmente é professor Titular do Departamento de Ciências Florestais da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Professor de graduação do curso de Engenharia Florestal e de pós-graduação no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Florestal. Coordenador do Laboratório de Ecologia Florestal do Departamento de Ciências Florestais da UFSM. Coordenador de projetos de pesquisa nas áreas de Ecologia e Nutrição Florestal. Consultor dos periódicos Biomass and Bioenergy, Forest Ecology and Management, Forest Ecology and Nutrition, Ciência Florestal, Floresta, Ciência Florestal. Editor chefe da revista Scientia Florestais do IPEF. Atual Líder Científico do programa cooperativo sobre Pesquisa do Pinus no Brasil (PPPIB), junto ao Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florestais (IPEF). Representante da área de Pesquisa Florestal, junto ao conselho Deliberativo do IPEF. Líder do grupo de pesquisa do CNPq: Ciclagem de Nutrientes em Florestas Nativas e plantações comerciais. Coordenador da Divisão 1.02.01 - Ecology and Silviculture of Plantation Forests in the Tropics da International Union of Forest Research Organization (IUFRO). Tem experiência na área de Recursos Florestais e Engenharia Florestal, com ênfase em Ecologia e Nutrição Florestal, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Ecologia Florestal, Biomassa, Solos florestais,Nutrição florestal, Eucaliptocultura, Acacia mearnsii, Pinus, Ciclagem de nutrientes e sustentabilidade.
Graduated in Forestry Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria (1989), Master's degree in Forestry Sciences from the Luiz de Queiroz School of Agriculture/USP in São Paulo (1992) and PhD in Ecology and Forest Nutrition from the Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur in Vienna, Austria ( 1995). He is currently a Full Professor at the Department of Forestry Sciences at the Federal University of Santa Maria. Undergraduate professor of the Forestry Engineering course and postgraduate professor at the Postgraduate Program in Forestry Engineering. Coordinator of the Laboratory of Forest Ecology of the Department of Forestry Sciences at UFSM. Coordinator of research projects in the areas of Ecology and Forest Nutrition. Consultant for journals Biomass and Bioenergy, Forest Ecology and Management, Forest Ecology and Nutrition, Ciência Florestal, Floresta, Ciência Florestal. Chief editor of IPEF's Scientia Florestais magazine. Current Scientific Leader of the Cooperative Program on Pinus Research in Brazil (PPPIB), with the Institute of Research and Forestry Studies (IPEF). Representative of the Forestry Research area, with the Deliberative Council of IPEF. Leader of the CNPq research group: Nutrient Cycling in Native Forests and commercial plantations. Coordinator of Division 1.02.01 - Ecology and Silviculture of Plantation Forests in the Tropics of the International Union of Forest Research Organization (IUFRO). He has experience in the area of Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering, with an emphasis on Ecology and Forest Nutrition, working mainly on the following topics: Forest Ecology, Biomass, Forest Nutrition, Forest Soils, Eucalyptus Culture, Acacia mearnsii, Pinus, Nutrient Cycling and Sustainability.
