Profile

• Time Zone

  (GMT -3) Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Georgetown

  
  
• Organization

  Universidade Vila Velha

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  Pollination biology, plant-animal interactions, herbivory, plant breeding biology, plant community ecology, plant populaiton ecology, fruit/seed dispersal

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  When and why did you decide to go into a science career?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):

  I decided to go into a science career when I was almost a teenager, abou t 11 years old, and I was deleighted with so many things that happend during life evoltion on Earth, and felt a deep necessity of undertanding them, at least at the information level. So, at this first glance, I decided to study hard and becoming a Professor and a Researcher was a consequence of tha firs insight.

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What lessons have you learned in your career about how science works?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):

  No matter how big is the knowledge I think I have, there are much, very much more to learn.

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  What is the coolest thing you have discovered or learned about plants?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):

  Plants are the base for life sustainability on Earth.

  
  
• Availability

  I am NOT available, please temporarily remove me from the available mentor list

  
  
• Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?

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