Prof. Dr. Lucas Rios do Amaral

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lucas.amaral@feagri.unicamp.br

Agronomist with a degree from the Federal University of São Carlos and a master’s degree and PhD in Crop Science from ESALQ/USP. He is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, State University of Campinas (FEAGRI/UNICAMP), specializing in Precision Agriculture. His main research areas include remote and proximal sensing of soil and plants, geostatistics, digital soil mapping, variable-rate management, management zones, and high-throughput phenotyping. His current scientific challenge is understanding how to turn data into actionable decisions. He supervises doctoral and master’s students, undergraduate research projects, and undergraduate final projects. He is a permanent faculty member of the Graduate Program in Agricultural Engineering at FEAGRI/UNICAMP. He also heads the Geospatial Information in Agriculture Laboratory (LIGeA) and coordinates FEAGRI’s Interdisciplinary Group on Precision Agriculture Technology (GITAP). He currently serves as Scientific Director of the Brazilian Association of Precision and Digital Agriculture (AsBraAP) and as the Latin America and Caribbean Representative for the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA). He regularly offers online courses in precision agriculture and geostatistics and maintains active professional profiles on Instagram (@lucasamaral.unicamp) and LinkedIn.