Born in 1963 in Andradina, São Paulo, Brazil, Julio Cesar de Souza began his academic journey in 1982 by entering the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), where he completed his degree in Biological Sciences in 1986. After teaching in secondary and primary education, he furthered his studies with a master's degree in Genetics and Animal Breeding from the UNESP (1992), followed by a doctorate in Biological Sciences from the same institution in 1997. In 1994, he joined the IZ as a Scientific Researcher. Pursuing continuous improvement, he obtained a degree in Animal Science from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR, 2008). He completed his first postdoctoral fellowship in Animal Science at the University of Missouri (USA, 2006/2007). Subsequently, he dedicated himself to Genetics and Animal Conservation during his second postdoctoral fellowship at Atlantic Florida University (USA, 2012/2013). In 2014, he was appointed to the position of tenured professor at UFMS. His third postdoctoral fellowship, on Ecology and Conservation, was carried out at Kent University (UK, 2018/2019). He serves as a course evaluator for the Ministry of Education and as an editor and reviewer for several prestigious journals, including Plos-ONE; the International Journal of Avian & Wildlife Biology; and Advances in Animal Production and Meat Science. His scientific contributions encompass publishing more than 130 articles in various journals, as well as 5 books and 17 book chapters.