Dilier Olivera Viciedo is an academic at the Institute of Agri-food, Animal, and Environmental Sciences, Universidad de O'Higgins. He completed his PhD and postdoctoral studies at São Paulo State University, Brazil. He serves as an International Visiting Researcher at the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA, Chapadinha) and the Federal Institute Goiano (IF-Goiano, Rio Verde), Goiás, Brazil, where he also collaborates with several research groups of high international reputation. He is an international mem-ber of the faculty of the Master's program in Renewable Natural Resources at the University of Machala, Ecuador. His expertise lines can be summarized as (i) Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, (ii) Biofertilizers, Water Management, and Agroecology), and (iii) Climate Change, especially their impact on agriculture. He has supervised and advised Ph.D., MSc, and undergraduate theses in various countries. He has participated in numerous scientific events including congresses, workshops, and seminars in different national and foreign centers, often as a keynote speaker. He has authored over 50 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals, books, and book chapters. Additionally, he frequently serves as a reviewer for several Web of Science journals. His current research work focuses on understanding how soil and vegetation respond to climate change-related threats in natural and managed terrestrial ecosystems through international, national, and local research projects.
Prof. Dr. Renato de Mello Prado is an Associate Professor at the Department of Soils and Fertilizers, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, Brazil, where he completed a doctorate in Agronomy (2003) and Free Teaching in Plant Nutrition (2009). Re-nato was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Córdoba and Public University of Navarra. Renato has experience in plant nutrition, teaching the subject and coordinating the Plant Nutrition Study Group at UNESP, which covers the following topics: studies of nutritional disorders, nutrient mobility, leaf nutrition, nutritional efficiency, etc.
Doctorado en Producción Vegetal (Concepto CAPES 6) Universidad Estadual Paulista JulioMesquita Filho, UNESP, Brasil (2018-2021). Donde desarrolló investigaciones relacionadas conla fisiología de la salinidad y el estrés por sequía en plantas de soja (Glicine max L). Maestría enAgricultura Sostenible por la Universidad de Cienfuegos Carlos Rafael Rodríguez (UCF) (2007-2009) con investigaciones sobre agricultura orgánica, uso de biomasa vegetal como cobertura.Tierra muerta en hortalizas. Ingeniero Agrónomo, de la Universidad Central Marta Abreu dasVillas (UCLV) (1998-2003). Donde desarrolló su proyecto de iniciación científica, influyede cobertura de suelo muerto en el cultivo de cebolla (Allium cepa L.). Tiene experienciacomo profesor investigador de 20 años de la Universidad de Sancti Spíritus José Martí Pérez.Desempeña el rol de Profesora Titular en cursos de pregrado y posgrado en las áreasbotánica, fisiología, metabolismo oxidativo, bioquímica, producción agrícola, agroecología,agrivoltaica y experimentación agrícola. Es coordinadora del convenio UNISS-CATALYSISEspaña desde 2012 con resultados relevantes y más de 40 investigaciones desarrolladas paraevaluar la efectividad de diferentes promotores del crecimiento vegetal, logrando más de 50publicaciones y premios.
Prof. Dr. Alexander Calero Hurtado is an Associate Professor at the University of Sancti Spíritus “José Martí Pérez”. He obtained a doctorate in Agronomy (Plant Production) from the São Paulo State University in 2020. He was an Agricultural Engineer (2000–2005) at the Central University “Marta Abreu” of Las Villas, Cuba. He has international experience from his research period at the Insti-tute for Sustainable Horticulture, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, Canada (2012). He also has extensive experience in re-search in the areas of organic waste in agriculture, production, and application of biofertilizers and biostimulants, crop manage-ment, use of microorganisms to mitigate root and foliar diseases in plants, saline and abiotic stress, nutrition, agroecology, and or-ganic agriculture.
Prof. Dr. Marisa de Cássia Piccolo holds a degree in Industrial Chemistry from the Methodist University of Piracicaba (1985) and master’s and doctoral degrees in Science (Nuclear Energy in Agriculture) from the University of São Paulo (1989 and 1994, respec-tively). Marisa was a postdoctoral researcher at The Ecosystems Center (Woods Hole, MA, USA) and Natural Resource Ecology (Fort Collins, CO, USA) from 2005 to 2006. Marisa is currently an Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo. Marisa has ex-perience in Agronomy, with an emphasis on Soil Chemistry, working on the following topics: carbon, nitrogen, soil organic matter, greenhouse gases, C and N isotopes, root system, soil solution, Atlantic Forest, Amazon, Cerrado, pasture, and agriculture. Marisa is a reviewer for Revista Árvore, Plant and Soil, Acta Amazonica, Scientia Agricola, etc.
Prof. Dr. Anderson de Moura Zanine is a full Professor at the Federal University of Maranhão. He received bachelor’s (2002) and master’s (2003) degrees in Animal Science from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro and a doctorate in Animal Science from the Federal University of Viçosa in 2007. He spent about a year at the Federal University de Viçosa as a postdoctoral research-er. He received a research productivity fellowship from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Develop-ment---CNPQ (Level 1). He has participated in several national and international projects in countries such as the United States, Spain, and Cuba. He was an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso, working at the Institute of Agricultural and Technological Sciences, Department of Animal Husbandry, from 2008 to 2016. He received several awards and decorations from the Foundation for Research Support and Scientific and Technological Development of Maranhão (FAPEMA), the Agency for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Research, Graduate Studies and Internationalization (AGEUFMA), the Legislative Assembly of Ma-ranhão (ALM) and Research Quality, Postgraduate and Innovation Program Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies (PROQUALI). He has experience in Animal Husbandry, working mainly on the following topics: grazing ecology and pasture eco-physiology, evaluation of forage grasses, forage conservation, and evaluation of alternative foods for ruminants.
