Rodrigo Mendes

Researcher at Embrapa

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Researcher at Embrapa Environment and professor in the Postgraduate Program at the University of São Paulo. Graduated in Agronomic Engineering, with a Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding from the University of São Paulo. He was Head of Research and Development Department at Embrapa Environment (2015 to 2022) and has experience as a researcher or visiting scientist at CanaVialis/Monsanto (Brazil), Wageningen University (Netherlands), Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (USA), University of Lausanne (Switzerland), Rothamsted Research (United Kingdom), and University of Cambridge (United Kingdom). Member of the scientific committee of the Promise research program (Gates Foundation). His research focuses on soil and plant microbial communities, aiming to understand how the rhizosphere microbiome influences plant growth and protection. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)