Prof. Dr. Miguel Ferreira Neto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering at the Center for Agricultural Sciences at the Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid Region; General Supervisor of the Soil, Water and Plant Analysis Laboratory (LASAP/UFERSA) and a researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Salinity (INCTSal). He works as an advisor to undergraduate students in Agronomy and postgraduate students in Soil and Water Management (Master's and Doctorate). He was the Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Soil Science at UFERSA. He was Vice Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Soil and Water Management at UFERSA. He holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid Region (1999), a master's degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (2001), and a PhD in Irrigation and Drainage from the University of São Paulo (ESALq-USP, 2005) and a post-doctorate in plant physiology from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) (2012). He works mainly on the following topics: Efficiency in the use of water and nutrients by plants; Tolerance of agricultural crops to salinity; use and management of saline and wastewater in irrigation; Management of saline and sodic soils; Plant ecophysiology.