Frederico Antonio Loureiro Soares holds a degree in Agronomy from the Federal University of Paraíba (1995), a master's degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (2001), a doctorate in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (2006), and a post-doctorate from the Federal University of Campina Grande (2010). He is currently a Level 2 Research Productivity Scholarship holder from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, a reviewer for a funding project from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, a reviewer for the Brazilian Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, a reviewer for the Brazilian Journal of Irrigated Agriculture, a professor at the Federal Institute of Goiás, a professor at the PPGCA—Programa de Pesquisas de Agricultura—Universidade Federal de Goiás, AGRONOMY at the Instituto Federal Goiano, Coordinator of Scientific Initiation at the Instituto Federal Goiano, Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program at the Instituto Federal Goiano, Professor of PPGIS (52010015101P3) at the Instituto Federal Goiano, and Member of the editorial board of the Revista Brasileira de Agricultura Irrigada. He has experience in the area of Agricultural Engineering, with emphasis on water and soil engineering, working mainly on the following topics: saline level, macronutrients, micronutrients, and dry matter.
Edson Cabral da Silva has a secondary-level degree in Agricultural Technician from the Federal Agrotechnical School of Rio Verde, GO - EAFRV (1987); a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the School of Agricultural Sciences of Rio Verde, GO - ESUCARV/FESURV (1997); a master's degree in Agronomy (Production Systems) from the São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho - FEIS/UNESP (2001); a specialization in Soil Management from the School of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo - ESALQ/USP (2004); and a doctorate in Science (Nuclear Energy in Agriculture) from the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of São Paulo - CENA/USP (2005). He was a post-doctoral researcher at CENA/USP (2008). He worked as a project coordinator for the FAPESP Young Researcher Program in partnership with UNESP, APTA Polo Centro-Sul, and CENA/USP (2009-2012). He has experience in agronomy, with an emphasis on soil science, working mainly in the following subareas: soil fertility and mineral nutrition of plants, use of stable and radioactive isotopes in soil fertility and plant nutrition, direct planting, soil management, green manure, and crop rotation.
Jhon Lennon Bezerra da Silva is currently a Visiting Professor at the Cerrado Irrigation Graduate Program (PPGIC) at the Goiano Federal Institute - Campus Ceres (2023), working with education, research and extension in the area of Agricultural Sciences. He was a Researcher/Fellow in the Institutional Training Program (PCI / CNPq) (2022-2023) of the National Institute of the Semiarid (INSA / MCTI) in Information Management (Geoprocessing and Remote Sensing). He has a Ph.D. (2017-2021) and a master's degree (2014-2016) from the Postgraduate Program in Agricultural Engineering (PGEA) at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE). He is also a specialist in Environmental Sciences (2014-2015) at the Cajazeiras Higher Education Institute (ISEC). He has a degree in Irrigation and Drainage (2010-2014) from the Federal Institute of Ceará, IFCE - Campus Iguatu. He also supervised and participated in panels of Scientific Initiation/PIBIC students. He frequently participates in national and international technological, technical, and scientific events.
Ailton Alves de Carvalho Graduated in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE/UAST) and holds a master's degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Vale do São Francisco and PhD in Agricultural Engineering from UFRPE. He is currently a researcher at the Postgraduate Program in Vegetable Production-UFRPE, with field research with family farming in areas of the semiarid region, developing projects focused on rural sanitation and water reuse for hydro-agricultural purposes. In addition, he has carried out work in the area of modeling in the soil–water–plant–atmosphere system, geostatistics, multivariate analysis, geoprocessing, and remote sensing. In the instrumental area, he develops and calibrates hydro-agricultural microstations.
Thieres George Freire da Silva has been a Professor of Agrometeorology at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE/UAST) since 2010, currently in the Associate Class III. He is a CNPq Research Productivity Scholar with focused on agrometeorological services, the micrometeorology of landscapes under land use change, and coexistence with water scarcity and animal bioclimatology. He is an agronomist (UNEB) with a master's and a doctorate in Agricultural Meteorology (PosMet) from UFV. He has a high capacity for training human resources. He coordinates numerous research, extension, and innovation projects. He is the intellectual mentor of SERVAgro, a system for optimizing water use and reducing climate risk for the agricultural sector.
