Full professor at the Federal University of Lavras, Biology Department, Brazil. MS (1990) and Ph.D. (1994) in Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University and University of Illinois, USA. Professor and Researcher on Plant Physiology and In Vitro Plant Propagation since 1994. Research interests: in vitro plant propagation, cryopreservation, nanotechnology. Member of ABCTP [Brazilian Association of Plant Tissue Culture] and ISHS (International Society for Horticultural Science).