PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Venezuelan, graduated in Environmental Engineering from the National Experimental University of Táchira (UNET-VE), with the degree officially revalidated in Brazil by the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV-BR). Holds 3 master’s degrees: Environmental Management and Audits in Engineering and Environmental Technology from the European University of the Atlantic, Spain; Animal Science from Santa Catarina State University (UDESC), Brazil; and Business Management from the Central University of Venezuela. He is a Ph.D. at UDESC in Animal Science (focus on pasture system ecology). Throughout his university career he received several scholarships, most notably fellowships from CNPq and CAPES at EPAGRI (BR) during his master's degree. He was also awarded a PDSE/CAPES scholarship to conduct a Sandwich Ph.D. at the University of A Coruña (UDC, Spain). In parallel, he is pursuing a second Ph.D. in Agricultural and Forestry Research specializing in soil science within the Aqua-Terra group at the Interdisciplinary Center for Chemistry and Biology (CICA), UDC. He has completed more than 30 short courses related to research and academic development. PRODUCTION 6 (Q1) scientific articles (3 as first author). 17 abstracts published in scientific events. 1 book chapter. 7 research datasets published in open-access (Mendeley data). 1 technical report (institutional outreach publication).