PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

Angelo de Fatima, PhD
UFMG - REDNIU Coordinator
His research is focused on the synthesis of compounds of biological and technological interests. He develops new synthetic methodologies for obtaining natural and non-natural organic molecules.

Luzia Valentina Modolo, PhD
UFMG - REDNIU Coordinator
Her research interest includes plant biochemistry and physiology, with emphasis on nitrogen nutrition and plant response to stressing conditions. Another goal of her group is the development of novel urease inhibitors and plant growth modulators.

Álvaro Vilela de Resende, PhD
EMBRAPA Maize and Sorghum
His main goal is the management of soil fertility and adubation for the production of crops by planting direct system in Cerrado. He has experience on agronomical evaluation of fertilizers, maize and soybean crops.

Antonio Marcos Coelho, PhD
EMBRAPA Maize and Sorghum
His primarily aim is the management of soil fertility and adubation for the production of crops. He is also interested in the evaluation of urease inhibitors on plant growth and development.

Christiane Abreu de Oliveira Paiva, PhD
EMBRAPA Maize and Sorghum
Her research is focused on the soil biochemistry, plant-soil-microorganisms interactions and microbe environmental ecology.

Eliane Aparecida Gomes, PhD
EMBRAPA Maize and Sorghum
Her research is focused on the molecular aspects of plant-soil-microorganisms interactions and microbe environmental ecology.

Francisco Adriano de Souza, PhD
EMBRAPA Maize and Sorghum
His research is focused on the soil biochemistry, plant-soil-microorganisms interactions and microbe environmental ecology

Ivanildo Evódio Marriel , PhD
EMBRAPA Maize and Sorghum
His research is focused on soil microbiology and biochemistry with emphasis in plant nutrition, nitrogen fixation by plants from Poaceae family, nutrient cycling in agroecosystems and environmental monitoring.

Marcelo Curitiba Espindula, PhD
EMBRAPA - Rondonia
His primary interest is on crops yields in the context of mineral nutrition management. He investigates, in field conditions, the plant growth in the presence of urease inhibitors for optimization of urea use by annual and perennial crops.

Bianca Braz Mattos, MSc
EMBRAPA Soils
She is the the responsible for the activities carried out in the Laboratory of Fertilizer Technologies.

Jose Carlos Polidoro, PhD
EMBRAPA Soils
His primarily aim is the management of soil fertility, agricultural nutrient efficiency and technologies for the development of novel urease inhibitors

Paulo César Teixeira, PhD
EMBRAPA Soils
His primarily aim is the management of soil fertility, agricultural nutrient efficiency and technologies for the development of novel urease inhibitors

Heitor Cantarella, PhD
IAC
His primary research interest is on soil fertility and impact f urease inhibitors on nitrogen losses to ecosystems.

Fernando César de Macedo Júnior, PhD
UEL
He works in organic chemistry field with emphasis in synthesis and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. His primary interest includes investigation on the structure and biological properties of organic molecules.

Isis Martins Figueiredo, PhD
UFAL
Her research is focused on the synthesis, purification and characterization of novel urease inhibitors and their in vitro evaluation with respect to urease-inhibitor interactions using spectroscopic methods. The influence of organic matter on soil ureases activities is also of interest

Josué Carinhanha Caldas Santos, PhD
UFAL
His research is focused on the synthesis, purification and characterization of novel urease inhibitors, their in vitro evaluation with respect to urease-inhibitor interactions using spectroscopic methods. The influence of organic matter on soil ureases activities is also of interest.

Wander Gustavo Botero, PhD
UFAL
His research is focused on Environmental Chemistry with emphasis in humic substances and soil.

Felipe Terra Martins, PhD
UFG
His research is focused on the synthesis, purification and characterization of novel urease inhibitors.

Giovanni Wilson Amarante, PhD
UFJF
His research is focused on the synthesis and development of synthetic methodologies for obtaining natural and non-natural organic molecules.

Adão Aparecido Sabino, PhD
UFMG
His research is focused on the development of synthetic methodologies for obtaining bidentate organic ligands to be employed in organocatalysis, synthesis of bioactive compounds. Besides, he uses Mass Spectrometry techniques monitor and elucidate mecanisms of reactions.

Aristóteles Góes Neto, PhD
UFMG
His research aims the development of analytical methodologies for the study of urease inhibitors biotransformation by soil microbiota, together with the evaluation of urease inhibitors effects on plant growth and development and on soil microorganisms.

Cleiton Moreira da Silva, PhD
UFMG
His research is focused on the synthesis and development of synthetic methodologies for obtaining natural and non-natural organic molecules.

Rosemeire Brondi Alves, PhD
UFMG
She develops new synthetic methodologies for obtaining natural and non-natural organic molecules.

Ana Silvia Franco Pinheiro Moreira, PhD
UFU
Her research interest is on soil fertility and the evaluation of biological effects of urease inhibitors on plant growth and development.

Leandro Torres de Souza, PhD
UFRR
His research interest includes nitrogen fertilization for the production of crops in Roraima Savanna. He is also interested in crop management under aluminum stress as well as the use of urease inhibitors for enhancing crop production.

Juliano de Carvalho Cury, PhD
UFSJ
His research aims the development of analytical methodologies for the study of urease inhibitors biotransformation by soil microbiota, together with the evaluation of urease inhibitors effects on plant growth and development and on soil microorganisms.

Reinaldo Bertola Cantarutti, PhD
UFV
His research is focused on the nitrogen dynamics in soil-plant system, nitrogen fertilizers and forage nutrition.
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Sergio Antonio Fernandes, PhD
UFV
His research is focused on the development of new controlled-releasing systems of bioactive compounds using synthetic approaches. He is also interested in supramolecular chemistry and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.

Gisele Assis Castro Goulart, PhD
UFMG
Her research is focused on the design, development and characterization of new delivery systems.