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Hire Dr. Maria Cristina V.

Brazil

Agronomist with an established track record of investigating issues, developing solutions, and presenting conclusions.

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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY Dedicated agricultural engineer with 10 years of experience in biochemistry and molecular biology applied to the development of projects aimed at solving problems in Agriculture. RESEARCH • Well-versed in planning, supporting, and leading multistep processes that led to gaining and advancing knowledge of specific sciences. PROJECT OVERSIGHT • Adept at setting goals and executing actions that result in objectives being fulfilled while staying within strict parameters such as timelines and budgets. DATA ANALYSIS • Proven ability to procure, interpret, and present information, with findings, observations, and conclusions influencing entire fields. CROSS-FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP • Skilled in building a consensus among stakeholders from research team members to lead scientists, with all parties working towards common targets. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Biological Institute, São Paulo Agribusiness Technology Agency (APTA), Department of Agriculture and Supply of State of São Paulo (SAA-SP) January 2020 – Present - Postdoctoral Researcher In consecutive roles, coordinated and supported research efforts centered around the evaluation of biochemical and molecular mechanisms related to predatory mites of the Phytoseiidae family. Put in place objectives, primarily investigating the interaction between vector mites, associated viruses, and host plants and the impact across citrus, coffee and vegetables agroecosystems. Synchronized actions that observed the reduction of centralized and general problems caused by the disease and compiled data and findings into reports, publications, and presentations that had audiences comprised of professionals, specialists, and other academics within the field. • Work developed at the Biological Institute was deepened the knowledge of the tritrophic relationships involving host plants, predatory mites and arthropod vectors with their associated viruses, seeking to reduce the transmission in the citrus, coffee and vegetable environment. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Internship, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) – Leipzig, Germany 2023 • Work developed was the Isolation and Identification of Volatile Organic Compounds presented in a Tritrophic System and Metabolome Analysis. Research Internship, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP, IRD) – Montpellier, France 2019 • Contributed to actions centered around expanding the genetic knowledge of Phytoseiidae predatory mites and the development of tools that can further the impact of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs • Work developed was the Characterization of populations of phytoseiid predatory mites using mtDNA CytB and microsatellite markers and evaluation of cross amplification of microsatellite markers. Research Partnership, Center for Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering (CBMEG, Unicamp) – Campinas, Brazil 2018 • Imperative in increasing the accessibility of molecular tools needed to procure information related to Phytoseiulus macropilis populations and mite dispersal, pivotal to Tetranychus urticae management programs. • Work developed was the isolation and characterization of microsatellites, evaluation of polymorphism and cross-amplification in other phytoseid species. Research Partnership, Laboratory of Genetic and Molecular Analysis (LAGM, Unicamp) – Campinas, Brazil 2017 • Essential in the identification and characterization of genes and mutations that impacted the increase in the expression of pyrethroid metabolizing enzymes, as well as the insensitivity in the target of action of pesticides in Phytoseiulus macropilis. • Work developed was the molecular characterization of P. macropilis resistance to insecticides, through the analysis of the P. macropilis transcriptome. Managing partner, Crisali Food Products – Campinas, Brazil 1996–2008 • Set up the company for the production and sale of non-carbonated beverages for the institutional market. • Designed a modern production line to produce liquid preparations for soft drinks, concentrated nectar, and syrups. • Developed new products for the institutional market segment, such as soft drinks, syrups, and isotonic drinks. Production engineer, Brazilian Citrus Company (CCB) – São Paulo, Brazil, 1995 • Managed the production process of concentrated juices and beverage formulations at the São Paulo branch, including development of raw material suppliers and support for final customers in the institutional market. Agronomist, Campinas Institute of Soil and Fertilization Analysis (ICASA) – Campinas, Brazil 1994 • Agronomist technically responsible for ensuring the quality of soil analyses. • Worked directly with farmers in Brazil and Latin America, supporting fertilization practices. EDUCATION . Postdoctoral Research Biological Institute – São Paulo Agribusiness Technology Agency (APTA) | Department of Agriculture and Supply of State of São Paulo (SAA-SP) • 2023 . Ph.D. in Plant and Animal Health, Food and Environmental Safety in the Agribusiness Biological Institute – São Paulo Agribusiness Technology Agency (APTA) | Department of Agriculture and Supply of State of São Paulo (SAA-SP) • 2020 . M.Sc. in Animal Health, Plant and Food Security in Agribusiness Biological Institute – São Paulo Agribusiness Technology Agency (APTA) | Department of Agriculture and Supply of State of São Paulo (SAA-SP) • 2014 . Agronomist Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) • 1993 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT . Cultural Management and Agile Methodologies, Mentto Education, Strategy, and Innovation, Brazil. . Molecular Techniques for Characterizing Mite and Tick Communities: Applied Aspects, Montpellier, SUPAGRO, France. . Empirical population genetics training course for beginners, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, CIRAD, France. . Construction of microsatellite enriched libraries for genetic studies in eukaryotes, Genetic and Molecular Analysis Laboratory (LAGM – Unicamp), Brazil. . Analysis of molecular data by computational biology: Transcriptomics module, Integrative and Systemic Biology Laboratory (CBMEG – Unicamp), Brazil. LANGUAGES . Portuguese (Native) . English (Fluent) . Spanish (Fluent) . French (Basic)

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Molecular Biology
• ★ Survey Design & Methodology
• ★ Instructional Webinars
• ☆ Zoology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Molecular Evolution
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ Protein Sequencing
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ Molecular Ecology
• ☆ Entomology/Insects
• ☆ Medical Entomology
• ☆ Agribusiness
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Environmental Management & Protection
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Phylogenetics
• ☆ Population Genetics
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Meta-Research
• ☆ Feasibility Studies
• ☆ Technology Scouting
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Gap Analysis
• ☆ Gray Literature Search
• ☆ Presentation Design
• ☆ Skills Training
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Instructional Materials
• ☆ Release Notes
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Spec Sheets
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Language Translation
• ☆ Speechwriting
• ☆ News Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing

Research Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

Biological Institute, São Paulo Agribusiness Technology Depart (APTA)

January 2020 - Present

Managing partner

Crisali Produtos Alimentícios Ltda

1997 - 2008

Technical responsible agronomist

Instituto Campineiro de Análise de Solo e Adubo - ICASA

1996 - 1997

Production engineer

Cia de Cítricos do Brasil - CCB

1995 - 1996

Laboratory technician

Fundação Empresa Escola de Engenharia da UFRGS - FEENG

1991 - 1993

Education

Ph.D. in Plant and Animal Health, Food and Environmental Safety in the Agribusiness

Biological Institute, São Paulo Agribusiness Technology Depart (APTA)

August 2015 - May 2020

PhD in Health, Food and Environmental Safety in Agribusiness (Laboratory of Acarology)

Instituto Biológico

August 2015 - March 2020

Master's Degree in Health, Food and Environmental Safety in Agribusiness (Laboratory of Acarology)

Instituto Biológico

March 2012 - May 2014

M.Sc. in Animal Health, Plant and Food Security in Agribusiness

Biological Institute, São Paulo Agribusiness Technology Depart (APTA)

March 2012 - May 2014

Agronomist

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

March 1987 - April 1993

Biological Sciences (incomplete) (Institute de Biology)

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

1983 - 1985

Certifications

• Cultural Management and Agile Methodologies

  Mentto Education, Strategy, and Innovation, Brazil

  January 2021 - Present

• Empirical population genetics training course for beginners

  Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, CIRAD, France

  September 2019 - Present

• Molecular Techniques for Characterizing Mite and Tick Communities: Applied Aspects

  Montpellier, SUPAGRO, France.

  July 2019 - Present

• Construction of microsatellite enriched libraries for genetic studies in eukaryotes

  Genetic and Molecular Analysis Laboratory (LAGM Unicamp), Brazil.

  January 2018 - Present

• Analysis of molecular data by computational biology: Transcriptomics module

  Integrative and Systemic Biology Laboratory (CBMEG Unicamp), Brazil.

  October 2017 - Present

• Theoretical and Practical-Demonstrative Course in Organic Agriculture

  Brazilian agricultural research company (Embrapa) - Environment division, Brazil.

  January 2013 - Present

Publications

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT

QUEIROZ, M. C. V.; SATO, M. E. . Volatile mediated tritrophic interactions determine behavioral changes in the pest mite B. yothersii, in presence of the predator E. concordis, in citrus plants.. In: XVII Congress of Europian Society For Agronomy, 2022, Potsdam, Alemanha. XVII Congress of Europian Society For Agronomy, Book of Abstracts, 2022. v. 1. p. 135.

QUEIROZ, M. C. V.; SATO, M. E. . Volatile mediated tritrophic interactions determine behavioral changes in the pest mite B. yothersii, in presence of the predator E. concordis, in citrus plants.. In: IX Symposium EURAAC, 2022, Bari, Itália. Acarology, 2022. v. 1. p. 53.

ZORZENON, G. T. ; QUEIROZ, M. C. V. ; MINEIRO, J. L. C. ; SATO, M. E. ; MATIOLI, A. L. Estudo da estrutura genética de populações de Phytoseiulus macropilis com uso de marcadores moleculares microssatélites e transferabilidade em outras espécies da família Phytoseiidae. In: 15º Congresso Interinstitucional de Iniciação Científica, 2021, São Paulo. 15º Congresso Interinstitucional de Iniciação Científica, 2021. v. 1. p. 21817.

QUEIROZ, M. C. V.; HORTA, M. A. C. ; BRANDAO, M. M. ; SATO, M. E. . Análise de transcriptoma de linhagens de Phytoseiulus macropilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) resistente e suscetível a piretroides.. In: III Congresso Latinoamericano de Acarologia, 2018, Pirenópolis, GO. III Congresso Latinoamericano de Acarologia, Resumos, 2018. v. 1. p. 8.

QUEIROZ, M. C. V.; OLIVEIRA, F. A. ; SATO, M. E. . Isolamento de microssatélites para Phytoseiulus macropilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) resistente a piretroides. In: III Congresso Latinoamericano de Acarologia, 2018, Pirenópolis, GO. III Congresso Latinoamericano de Acarologia, Resumos, 2018. v. 1. p. 106.

MARCAL, J. F. ; MARQUES, S. S. ; QUEIROZ, M. C. V. ; SATO, M. E. . Suscetibilidade a cyflumetofen e diafenthiuron em populações de Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae), de diferentes localidades no Brasil. In: III Congresso Latinoamericano de Acarologia, 3, Pirenópolis, Goiás, Resúmenes, 2018, 2018, Pirenópolis, Goiás. III Congresso Latinoamericano de Acarologia, 3, Pirenópolis, Goiás, Resúmenes, 2018, 2018. v. 1. p. 157.

MARQUES, S. S. ; VICTORINO, J. B. ; SATO, M. E. ; ENNES, M. R. ; QUEIROZ, M. C. V. ; MACENA, A. B. . MONITORAMENTO DA RESISTÊNCIA DE TETRANYCHUS URTICAE KOCH (ACARI: TETRANYCHIDAE) A DIAFENTHIURON NO BRASIL, DE 2008 A 2017. In: 30a RAIB - Reunião Anual do Instituto Biológico, 2017, São Paulo. Biológico, São Paulo, 2017. v. 79. p. 45-109.

QUEIROZ, M. C. V.; SATO, M. E. . Pesticide toxicity in a pyrethroid resistant strain of Phytoseiulus macropilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae. In: IOBC Meeting of the Working Group Integrated Control of Plant-Feeding Mites, 2017, Chania, Grécia. IOBC Meeting of the Working Group Integrated Control of Plant-Feeding Mites, Book of Abstracts, 2017. v. 1. p. 10.

CHAGAS, R. C. M. ; SATO, M. E. ; QUEIROZ, M. C. V. ; MARQUES, S. S. . Diversidade de Neuroptera (Insecta) em cultivo de Coffea spp. em Campinas, SP, Brasil. In: 29 Reunião Anual do Instituto Biológico, 2016. O Biológico, 2016. v. 78. p. 146.

CHAGAS, R. C. M. ; QUEIROZ, M. C. V. ; SATO, M. E. . Relative toxicity of pesticides on Chrysoperla externa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) and Brevipalpus yothersi (Acari: Tenuipalpidae). In: 8th Symposium of the EURopean Association of ACarologists, 2016, Valencia, Espanha. 8th Symposium of the EURopean Association of ACarologists, Abstracts, 2016. v. 1. p. 9.

SATO, M. E. ; SILVA, M. Z. ; QUEIROZ, M. C. V. . Efeito de pesticidas sobre comunidades de ácaros em agroecossistemas.. In: V Simpósio Brasileiro de Acarologia, 2015, São José do Rio Preto. V Simpósio Brasileiro de Acarologia, Resumos, 2015. v. 1. p. 23.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Mário Eidi Sato, André Luís Matioli, Jeferson Luiz de Carvalho Mineiro, Maria Cristina Vitelli Queiroz, Rafaelly Cristina Mendonça Chagas, Patrícia Magnaboschi Hesketh, Valdenice Moreira Novelli (2022). Controle biológico do ácaro-da-leprose (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) em citros com ênfase em ácaros predadores da família Phytoseiidae e influência de plantas espontâneas . Citrus Research & Technology.

Maria Cristina Vitelli Queiroz and Martial Douin and Mario Eidi Sato and Marie-St{\'{e}}phane Tixier(2021). Molecular variation of the cytochrome b DNA and protein sequences in Phytoseiulus macropilis and P. persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) reflect population differentiation . Experimental and Applied Acarology. 84. (4). p. 687--701. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Maria Cristina Vitelli Queiroz, Fernanda Ancelmo de Oliveira, Anete Pereira de Souza, Mario Eidi Sato(2021). Development of microsatellite markers for the predatory mite Phytoseiulus macropilis and cross-amplification in three other species of phytoseiid mites . Experimental and Applied Acarology. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Mário E. Sato, Bruce Veronez, Rafael S.M. Stocco, Maria Cristina V. Queiroz, Rafaela Gallego(2016). Spiromesifen resistance in Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae): Selection, stability, and monitoring . Crop Protection. 89. p. 278--283. Elsevier {BV}

(2016). Pyrethroid resistance in Phytoseiulus macropilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae): cross-resistance, stability and effect of synergists . Experimental and Applied Acarology.

CONFERENCE POSTER

(2016). Relative toxicity of pesticides on Chrysoperla externa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) and Brevipalpus yothersi (Acari: Tenuipalpidae).

(2016). Stability of fenpropathrin resistance in Phytoseiulus macropolis and cross-resistance in the pyrethroids group.

(2016). Stability and monitoring of spiromesifen resistance in Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae).

(2013). Toxicidade de fenpropatrina (piretróide) em Tetranychus urticae Koch(Acari: Tetranychidae) e Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks) (Acari:Phytoseiidae) em cultivos de morango e chuchu.

(1985). Comportamento de Reprodução em Fêmeas de Bracon sp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae).

LECTURE SPEECH

(1993). Viticultura e Enologia.