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Head of R&D Seed Technology, developing new products (upgraded seeds, enhanced -primed- seeds, coatings and pellets), and conducting research on Seed Tech and Seed Production.

My team develops and implements new priming protocols for vegetable seeds and is dedicated to solve any germination issues that may be related to the physiology of the seed.

Manage the Chemical Biology Group, lead the Nicotiana Bioactive Discovery Program, and establish collaborations with external partners

Senior Post-doc Define, design and conduct experiments on primary metabolism of oilseed plants · Established a metabolic flux map in sunflower, and measure the carbon balance in developing rapeseed embryos under controlled conditions (C and N supplies, gas composition, light intensity)

Define, design and conduct phytochemical studies on rice and other Oryza species · Determined genetic x environmental interactions for lipid composition and antioxidant activity in a germplasm collection of 200 rice varieties · Developed rapid and low-cost analytical methods to measure oil content, fatty acid composition, hydroxylic stability, phenolics and antioxidant activity in rice bran

· Tought a course on soybean and sunflower cultivation · Prepared outline for courses on plant secondary metabolites and metabolic pathways

PhD dissertation on Vitamin E inheritence in rapeseed seeds, research on other oil plant species

· Delivered lectures on cereal and oilseed crops and tought a course on oilseed crops

· Provided assistance in a course on soybean and sunflower cultivation · Conducted lab and field research on natural populations of new industrial crops

· Provided assistance in a soybean and sunflower cultivation course; conducted research