RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
• Genomics

PUBLICATIONS

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis. February, 2001 . Dissertation: Cloning and characterization of avrXa21 determinants from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Advisor: Dr. Pamela C. Ronald

Master of Science, Plant Pathology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Agronomy Department, Brazil, December 1992. Thesis: Biological control of Fusarium oxyporum f. sp. lycopersici with species of Trichoderma. Advisor: Dr. Maria Menezes.

Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, Federal Rural Univeristy of Pernambuco, Brazil, August 1985.

HOBBIES

• Singing
• Working out
• HDTV
• Boating