Claudio De Melo currently works at the Laboratório de Moluscos Marinhos, Departamento de Aquicultura, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Laboratory of Marine Mollusks, Department of Aquaculture, Federal University of Santa Catarina). Claudio De Melo carries out research in a wide range of subjects, including genetics and breeding of Pacific oysters, nutrition and reproduction of marine mollusks and culture of larvae, juvenal and adult oysters.