Agronomist (1992), and M.Sc. (1995) and D.Sc. (1999) in Soil Science. Full Professor at the Department of Soil Science at the Universidade Federal de Vicosa (UFV), Brazil. Currently is the Adjunct Secretary of the Soil Science Brazilian Society (www.sbcs.org.br), Coordinator of the Study Group on Soil Physics, Management and Conservation (GEFIS-UFV), and the Coordinator of the International Agreement between Cordoba University (Spain) and UFV in the Academic Mobility and Exchange Program (PIMA) of Organization of Ibero-American States. He was a member of the Coordination Committee (2009-2015) and the Coordinator (2016-2021) of the Graduate Committees of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition of UFV, member of the Coordination Committee (2011-2014) and the Coordinator (2023-2025) of the Graduate Committees of Agroecology of UFV, and the Coordinator of Consolidation Project of NEA ECOA-UFV (Call MCTI/MAPA/SEAD/MEC/CNPq N 21/2016). Visiting scholar at Wageningen University - The Netherlands (2008/2009) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - USA (2014/2015). Areas of interest and expertise: Soil quality; Agroecology; Soil and water management; Soil physics applied to agroecosystem management and the recovery of degraded areas; Soils and environmental services; Carbon dynamics in agroecosystems; Substrates and soil conditioners; Agricultural use of residues; and Nature-based solutions for wastewater treatment in rural areas.