rdgMendes Lab

Senior Researcher @Embrapa Environment Brazil

World's Top 2% Scientists list, curated by Stanford University and Elsevier

Member of the Back to Roots program, advancing the use o f microorganisms for sustainable crop protection.

Member of the Soil Stars initiative, harnessing microbial power for Earh's future.

Education

Sabbatical Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, United States   2022 - 2023 (1 year)

Postdoctoral, Wageningen University, The Netherlands   2009 - 2010 (1 year and 8 months)

PhD Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil & Wageningen University, The Netherlands (Sandwich)   2003 - 2008 (5 years)

BSc (Eng) Agronomy, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil   1998 - 2002 (5 years)

Experience

Senior Researcher, Embrapa Environmental   2010 - present

Graduate School Professor, University of Sao Paulo   2011 - present

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Promise Program, Gates Foundation   2017 - present

CNPq Research Productivity Fellow   2017 - present

Head of Research and Development of Embrapa Environment, Brazil   2015 - 2022 (6 years and 6 months) 

Assistant Breeder, Canavialis/Monsanto, Brazil   2008 - 2009 (1 year and 3 months)

Chemistry Technician, Bärlocher do Brazil, Brazil   1997 - 1997 (1 year)

Visiting Scientist  (1 month)

NIOO-KNAW, Netherlands  (2026)

Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom   (2015)

Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge University, United Kingdom   (2014)

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, United States  (2010)

University of Lausanne, Switzerland   (2009)

Scholarly Service

Editorial board   ISME Communication  2020 - present

Associate editor   Frontiers in Soil Science 2023 - present

Reviewer for         Nature Communications, Plant and Soil, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Diversity, Plant Science,  Molecular Plant Pathology, Diversity, 

                                     Biotechnology for Biofuels, The ISME Journal, Plos One, Microbiome, Trends in Plant Science, Ecological Engineering, 

                                     FEMS Microbiology Ecology, and others.