Researcher at the Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory (LNBR), which integrates the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) based in Campinas/SP. Ricardo is Agronomic Engineer (2009) and holds a masters degree (2012) and a PhD (2016) in Agronomy (Crop Production) from the Sao Paulo State University (FCAV/UNESP), Jaboticabal campus. He conducted part of his doctoral research as a visiting graduate student (2013-2014) at Carbon Management and Sequestration Center (C-MASC), The Ohio State University, USA. His doctoral thesis received an honorable mention from the Capes Thesis Award 2017 in the area of Agricultural Sciences. Ricardo also holds a Specialist's degree (2012) in Environmental Management from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCAR) and concluded postdoctoral research (2016) at the Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE/CNPEM). The focus of his research surrounded integrated analysis of sustainability with focus on the greenhouse gas balance associated with sugarcane cultivation in Brazil, considering the potential mitigation options. Equipped with extensive research background in soil carbon dynamics, greenhouse gas accounting, carbon balance in agricultural systems, carbon footprints of agricultural products, and sustainability metrics of agri-food supply chains also complemented his research aiming to achieve a more sustainable agriculture. His current research focuses on advancing understanding of the mechanisms that govern carbon stability in tropical agricultural soils. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Bioenergy production, particularly liquid biofuels, has been promoted as a mean to enhance energy security and reduce climate change impacts. Additionally, the growing demand for energy for the next few years has intensified investments in technologies capable of using crop residues as raw material for bioenergy production. Sugarcane straw has enormous potential for use in industry to max…
Carbon (C) sequestration via integrated crop-livestock (ICL) systems is known, but the mechanisms involved in this process have not yet been fully elucidated in tropical environments. Associated with this, microbial activity is affected at the micro-scale by the abiotic conditions of aggregates that differentiate with land use change, and affect the turnover of C. Thus, the main of this p…
Integrated crop-livestock (ICL) systems are acknowledged as promising nature-based solutions for enhancing soil carbon (C) accrual relative to crop-succession (CS) systems, but an incomplete understanding of the underlying mechanisms of this phenomenon cripples our ability to develop strategies for optimizing soil C sequestration in tropical environments. Conceptually, micro-scale heterog…
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