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Science
Laudelino Vieira Da Mota Neto
PHD STUDENT
Sustainable Soils and Crops
Location
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ
Tel
+44 (0) 7423 399702
Professional Platforms
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Biography
Laudelino is interested in researching climate-smart solutions that increase soil carbon sequestration and climate resilience. His PhD project focusses on intercropping systems and their role on building carbon stocks, stabilization of carbon into soil organic matter fractions and persistence of carbon in tropical soils in Brazil. He also uses process-based modelling to investigate current and future climate impacts on carbon dynamics. Having grown up in a smallholder farm in Brazil, he has first-hand experience of the challenges faced by farmers and hopes his research will contribute to more sustainable food production systems.
Awards
- 2019-present PhD Candidate, Sao Paulo State University - UNESP, Botucatu Campus, Sao Paulo State, Brazil.
- 2014-2018 BSc Agronomist, Maringa State University-UEM, Umuarama Campus, Parana State, Brazil.