Caio Abércio Silva is an Associate Professor at the Universidade Estadual de Londrina and an effective member of the Postgraduate Program in Animal Science. He graduated with a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil (1986). He has a Master's degree in Food Science from the Universidade Estadual de Londrina (1992) and a PhD in Animal Science from UNESP – Jaboticabal, Brazil (2000). He gained post-doctoral experience at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain (2006), and the Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique, INRA, Toulouse, France (2011). He has worked for two private companies: COROL Cooperative and Agroceres-PIC. His research focuses on swine nutrition and production. He has supervised more than 58 master's and doctoral students and has published more than 140 articles in national and international journals. He has written several chapters and books related to swine production and nutrition areas and has delivered more than 100 lectures in Brazil and in several countries. He also acts as a consultant for several companies. He was also named one of the 100 most important people in the Swine Industry of Brazil.