Marcelo Almeida de Oliveira Junior holds a degree in Agronomical Engineering from São Paulo State University (FCA/UNESP), with an academic exchange at Iowa State University. He earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Crop Science from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ/USP), where he worked on the micropropagation of native Brazilian fruit species and nutritional management in perennial crops. He also completed a specialization in agribusiness at ESALQ/USP. His research interests include plant tissue culture, fruit crop nutrition, plant propagation, and sustainable horticultural systems. He is currently pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship in plant genetics, focusing on the conservation of potato germplasm. Marcelo also serves as an instructor in postgraduate programs on Plant Physiology and Development and Bioinputs and Plant Protection at Solloagro.