Laudelino Vieira da Mota Neto

He holds a degree in Agronomy from the Maringá State University, Umuarama Campus (2018). He developed four Scientific Initiation Research Projects while an undergrade, focusing on soil acidity, liming and gypsum application. Since 2019 he has been a PhD student at Sao Paulo State University, Botucatu Campus, SP, Brazil. Currently, he is a Visiting Researcher at Rothamsted Research Institute, Harpenden, England, UK. He is interested in researching climate-smart solutions that increase soil carbon sequestration and climate resilience. His PhD project focusses on intercropping systems and their role on building carbon stocks, stabilization of carbon into soil organic matter fractions and persistence of carbon in tropical soils in Brazil. He also uses process-based modelling to investigate current and future climate impacts on carbon dynamics. Having grown up in a smallholder farm in Brazil, he has first-hand experience of the challenges faced by farmers and hopes his research will contribute to more sustainable food production systems. (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)