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Carlos is an undergraduate in Agronomic Engineering from the College of Agronomic Sciences of the São Paulo State University – FCA/UNESP-Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil (1993). He holds a Master’s and Doctor’s degree in Agronomy, respectively, in 1999 and 2003, from FCA/UNESP-Botucatu through a Postgraduate Degree program in Energy in Agriculture. He currently works as a 3rd Associate Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, where he is also Director of the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – ICCA/CUS/UFMT. Carlos acted as the Dean of the Course in Agronomy/ICAA/CUS between 2010-2014 and 2018- 2020. In the first semester of 2020, he worked as the Manager of the Graduate Program and Continuing Education of the Campus. He carried out research in the agronomic field with an emphasis on the use of waste as a source of nutrients, conservation, and soil physics.

He holds an undergraduate degree in Agronomy from the University of São Paulo (1983), a Master’s degree in Nuclear Energy in Agriculture from the University of São Paulo (1989), and a Doctor’s degree in Soils and Plant Nutrition from the University of São Paulo (1995). He currently works as a level IV researcher at the Agronomic Institute of Campinas, where he retired on July 7, 2021. Edmilson has experience in the Agronomy field with an emphasis on Soil Fertility and Fertilization, especially in the following topics: ecological agriculture, organic agriculture, and green manure. He has been working as a scientific advisor for Fundação Agrisus since 2022.

José is an agronomic engineer who graduated from the College of Agricultural Science of the Federal University of Lavras – ESAL/UFLA (1986), holds a Master’s Degree in Soils and Plant Nutrition from ESAL (1991), a Ph.D. in Soil Sciences from the Michigan State University, USA (1997), and a Postdoctoral Degree from the Michigan State University (2015). He worked for Manah S/A in 1987 as a supervisor. He is a Full Professor of the Department of Soils at Unesp-Jaboticabal, working in the Soil Physics and Management field. Also has a Productivity in Research Scholarship from the CNPq. Scientific Consultant of several development agencies, scientific journals, and governmental and private entities. Member of the Brazilian Society of Soil Sciences, the American Society of Soil Sciences, and the International Union of Soil Sciences. José instructed more than 45 undergraduate students (undergraduate research scholarships), 14 Master’s students, 19 Doctor’s students, and supervised two postdoctoral students. He is author of papers in national and international journals, book chapters, and several papers published in national and international scientific conference proceedings. Subject Coordinator for Undergraduate and Graduate Programs. He worked as a dean of the Department of Soils. He worked as a supervisor of the Experimental Farms of Education, Research, and Production (FEPE) at Unesp-Jaboticabal. He was a member of the Councils of the Postgraduate Programs in Agronomy, Crop Production, and Soil Sciences. He worked as a Director of Division 3 – Soil Use and Management and Coordinator of the Committee 3.3 – Soil and Water Management and Conservation of the Brazilian Society of Soil Sciences. José is a full member of the Council and Sub-dean of the Department of Soils (Campus of Jaboticabal). He is the Executive Officer of the Foundation for Support to Research, Education, and Extension – FUNEP. He was a Full Member and the Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for UNESP entrance exam (VUNESP). Member of the Coordination Office for Agronomy and Veterinary fields of the Foundation for Research Support of the State of São Paulo – FAPESP. Guest speaker, presenter of technical and scientific papers, and/or participant in events and technical visits in Brazil and abroad. José has experience in the Soil Sciences field, especially in the following topics: physical and chemical attributes of the soil and their interactions with crop performance, soil compaction, and precision agriculture.

Luís is an agronomic engineer (ESALQ/USP-Piracicaba-1985), holds a Master’s Degree in Agronomy/Irrigation and Drainage (FCA/UNESP- Botucatu-1990), a Doctor’s Degree in Science/Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP-Piracicaba-1994), and a Postdoctoral Degree (University of California, Davis, USA-2000). Between December 1994 and April 2015, he worked as a researcher at Embrapa Semi-Arid Region in Petrolina, PE. Starting on May 2015, he became a researcher at Embrapa Instrumentation in São Carlos, SP. Major research topics: soil physics, irrigation management, fertigation, use of water in agriculture, and precision agriculture. Member of the faculty, master’s and doctoral advisor of the Graduate Program in Agricultural Engineering of the College of Agronomic Sciences – FCA/UNESP-Botucatu.

Professor Doctor at the Department of Soil Sciences of ESALQ-USP in the Soil and Management Soil field. Maurício is an agronomic engineer (graduated from the Federal University of Santa Maria – UFSM, 2006-2011), Bachelor of Business Administration (Federal University of Santa Catarina – UFSC, 2007-2012), Master’s Degree in Agronomy (Graduate Program (PPG) in Agronomy: Agriculture and Environment – UFSM, 2011-2013), Doctor’s Degree in Science, concentration area of Soils and Plant Nutrition (Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture of the University of São Paulo – ESALQ/USP, 2013-2016). He worked as a visiting researcher at the United States Department of Agriculture – USDA in the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment – NLAE, Ames-IA, USA (2015). Postdoctoral Degree (2016-2018) at the Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP) – Environmental Biogeochemical Laboratory. He also provides guidance in the Graduate Program in Soils and Plant Nutrition (ESALQ/USP) and coordinates the Soil Health and Management Research Group – SOHMA. Teaches in Agronomic Engineering, Forest Engineering, and Environmental Management courses. His researches aim to quantify and understand land use impacts and management practical on soil health, carbon dynamics, and provision of ecosystem services in natural and agricultural ecosystems. He travelled 23 countries and has been actively participating in scientific cooperation networks (projects and/or publications) alongside researchers of different Brazilian (e.g. the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials – CNPEM, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Rural Federal University of Pernambuco – UFRPE, Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG, State University of Maringá – UEM, Federal University of Santa Maria – UFSM, State University of Campinas – Unicamp, Embrapa, among others) and foreign institutions, including from United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Colombia, and Japan. He is the vice director of the Center for Carbon Research in Tropical Agriculture – CCARBON (Research, Innovation, and Dissemination Centers – CEPID/FAPESP) He is researcher of the Research Center for Greenhouse Gas Innovation – RCGI (FAPESP- Shell) and deputy director of the Nature Based Solutions (NBS) programme. He received the Fundação Bunge – Juventude Award in 2022 (Agricultural Sciences – “carbon credits and regenerative agriculture”). Also has a Productivity in Research Scholarship from the CNPq. He is listed as one of the most influential researchers in world science and is Affiliate Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

He holds an undergraduate degree in Agronomy from the Federal University of Santa Maria – UFSM (2001), a Master’s degree in Soil Sciences also from UFSM (2004), and a Doctor’s degree in Agronomy/Agriculture from São Paulo State University – UNESP- Botucatu, SP, with an emphasis on soil chemistry and fertility (2007). He currently works as an associate professor at Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture of the University of São Paulo – ESALQ/USP- Piracicaba, SP (2012). His area of teaching and research expertise is Soil Fertility and Fertilization. His projects focus on fertilizer management and fertilization in succession of crops, dynamics of phosphorus in the soil in production systems involving cover crops and management, and use and cycling of environmental waste as sources of nutrients for plants.

He graduated in Agronomic Engineering from the College of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences from UNESP/Jaboticabal in 1986 and in Forest Engineering from Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, Piracicaba, in 1994. He also completed his Master’s degree in Soils and Plant Nutrition in 2003 from Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture. He granted the Doctor’s degree in Soil Sciences from École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellier (France) in 1999. Valter also taught undergraduate courses of Agronomy and Forest Engineering at University of Taubaté – UNITAU and the College of Agronomy and Forest Engineering – FAEF in Garça. He worked with product research and development in foliar fertilizer manufacturers. Between 2009 and 2018, he worked as the Deputy Director of the International Plant Nutrition Institute – IPNI (Brazil Program). He currently works as a professor of the specialist degree of the SolloAgro Program at ESALQ/USP and scientific coordinator of the Nutrients for Life Foundation. Valter also works as a technical collaborator for Nutrição de Plantas Ciência e Tecnologia – NPCT.