Prof. Dr. José de Brito Lourenço-Júnior is an Agricultural Engineer who graduated from the Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA) (1971), received a Master's degree in Animal Nutrition from the University of São Paulo USP/Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (1978), and gained Ph.D. in Biological Sciences/Environmental Biology from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) (1998). He worked as a researcher at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) Eastern Amazon from 1972 to 2007 and as a Substitute Professor at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) from 1999 to 2001. Since 1998, he has been a Permanent Professor and advisor in the Animal Science Postgraduate Program at UFPA/Embrapa/UFRA, teaching in the discipline of Bioclimatology and Environment for Cattle and Buffaloes in the Brazilian Humid Tropics, as well as serving as a reviewer for scientific journals. He has experience in the field of animal science, with emphasis on domestic animal ecology and ethology, focusing on topics such as the Amazon, silvopastoral systems, buffalo farming, animal behavior, and sustainable systems on small properties. He conducts research on the bioclimatology and environments of cattle and buffaloes in the Brazilian Amazon, studying the effects of the physical environment on their behavior and feeding/nutrition, as well as the production/evaluation of meat, milk, and derivatives.
Prof. Dr. José de Brito Lourenço-Júnior is an Agricultural Engineer who graduated from the Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA) (1971), received a Master's degree in Animal Nutrition from the University of São Paulo USP/Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (1978), and gained Ph.D. in Biological Sciences/Environmental Biology from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) (1998). He worked as a researcher at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) Eastern Amazon from 1972 to 2007 and as a Substitute Professor at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) from 1999 to 2001. Since 1998, he has been a Permanent Professor and advisor in the Animal Science Postgraduate Program at UFPA/Embrapa/UFRA, teaching in the discipline of Bioclimatology and Environment for Cattle and Buffaloes in the Brazilian Humid Tropics, as well as serving as a reviewer for scientific journals. He has experience in the field of animal science, with emphasis on domestic animal ecology and ethology, focusing on topics such as the Amazon, silvopastoral systems, buffalo farming, animal behavior, and sustainable systems on small properties. He conducts research on the bioclimatology and environments of cattle and buffaloes in the Brazilian Amazon, studying the effects of the physical environment on their behavior and feeding/nutrition, as well as the production/evaluation of meat, milk, and derivatives.