Prof. Maurício Cherubin

Maurício Roberto Cherubin is a professor in the Department of Soil Science at the “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP) in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. Prof. Cherubin is also an agronomist trained at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), and holds a Bachelor of Administration from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, a Masters in Agronomy, Agriculture and Environment (UFSM), and a PhD in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (ESALQ/USP). He spent one year as a visiting researcher at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment (NLAE) in Ames, Iowa, USA, and also conducted his post-doctoral studies at the Environmental Biogeochemical Laboratory at the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP) in Brazil. He also created and coordinates the Soil Health & Management Research Group (SOHMA) at the ESALQ/USP, focusing his research on topics related to land use and soil management, soil health, soil carbon sequestration, nature-based solutions and ecosystem services.