🌱 Agronomic Engineer · Researcher · MSc student (Plant Production) at UFVJM — Diamantina–MG 🇧🇷 · CNPq fellow I work at the interface of plant science, soil-microbiome metagenomics and data analysis, turning experiments and amplicon sequencing (16S rRNA / ITS) into reproducible statistics and publishable figures. Strong focus on experimental statistics.
🌱 Engenheiro Agrônomo · Pesquisador · Mestrando em Produção Vegetal na UFVJM · Bolsista CNPq. Atuo na interface entre ciência vegetal, metagenômica do microbioma do solo e análise de dados, com forte ênfase em estatística experimental.
- 🎓 MSc student in Plant Production & researcher @ UFVJM (CNPq fellow)
- 🧬 Member of NES-UFVJM (Seed Studies) and NEBIM-UFVJM (Biotechnology, Innovation & Plant Breeding)
- 🌿 Research on phytoremediation of herbicides and the soil/rhizosphere microbiome (16S rRNA / ITS metagenomics)
- 📊 Experimental statistics: experimental design, mean comparisons, correlations, multivariate analysis
- 🐍📈 Data-oriented programming in Python and R; applying ML/AI to plant breeding
- 🧪 Hands-on with high-throughput genomics — NGS (Illumina · Ion Torrent · MGI) and SNP genotyping (KASP/TaqMan) for plant breeding (@ GDM)
- 📍 Based in Diamantina, Minas Gerais — a UNESCO World Heritage city
| Period | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 – present | MSc in Plant Production (in progress) — CNPq fellow | UFVJM |
| 2020 – 2025 | BSc in Agronomic Engineering | UFVJM |
| 2018 – 2019 | Technical degree in Biotechnology | IFNMG |
🎯 Undergraduate thesis: The impact of metolachlor applications and phytoremediation processes on soil microorganisms — insights from functional metagenomics.
High-throughput genomics supporting GDM's multi-crop molecular breeding program (soybean, maize, sorghum, wheat, sunflower):
- Next-generation sequencing on Illumina, Ion Torrent and MGI T7 — genomic library preparation, quality control and preliminary data analysis in a high-throughput environment
- High-throughput SNP genotyping with TaqMan and KASP assays (endpoint PCR & qPCR on QuantStudio 3 / FLUOstar) for molecular-marker projects
- Large-scale data traceability & QC monitoring (LGC Kraken) across ~40,000 samples/day on automated platforms (Oktopure, Replikator, Hydrocycler, Solex)
- Data monitoring & dashboards with Grafana and Elasticsearch
Phytoremediation · Herbicide bioremediation · Soil & rhizosphere microbiome
· Amplicon metagenomics (16S/ITS) · Microbial ecology & diversity
· Plant breeding & biotechnology · Seed science · Experimental statistics
· Machine Learning / AI for agriculture
| Year | Article | Journal (Qualis) | DOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Avena sativa as a Multifunctional Tool for Phytoremediation and Bioenergy Production in Sulfentrazone Contaminated Soils | J. Xenobiotics (A1) | 10.3390/jox15030087 |
| 2025 | Vigor of canola seeds as assessed by the electrical conductivity test | Semina: Ciências Agrárias (A4) | — |
| 2024 | The Impact of Metolachlor Applications and Phytoremediation Processes on Soil Microorganisms: Functional Metagenomics Analysis | J. Xenobiotics (A1) | 10.3390/jox14030054 |
| 2024 | Métodos de secagem e qualidade fisiológica em sementes de feijão superprecoce BRS FC104 | Contribuciones a las Ciencias Sociales | — |
+ 25 abstracts in conference proceedings (weed science, seed science, plant breeding, biotechnology). Full record on Lattes.
- 🧫 environmental-metagenomics-pipelines — Python pipelines (16S/ITS): diversity, NMDS, LEfSe cladograms, SRB redox, Eh–pH geochemistry
- 🌾 sulfentrazone-avena-phytoremediation — data + R analysis for the Avena sativa / sulfentrazone study
- 🌿 metolachlor-phytoremediation-metagenomics — data + R analysis (diversity, PCA, correlation & chord networks)
🌱 "If you want to understand life, don't look at a single gene. Look at the entire system. Biology today is an information science." — Leroy Hood.