Leidivan Almeida Frazão
Leidivan Almeida Frazão is Professor of Soil Science and coordinator of the Graduate Program in Plant Science (2017-2020) at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Institute of Agricultural Sciences. She received a BSc in Agronomic Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos in 2004, and an MSc in Chemistry in Agriculture and Environment and a DSc in Soil and Plant Nutrition from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2007 and 2012, respectively. She has published papers in international peer-reviewed journals about the management of soil organic matter compartments, soil carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions from different agricultural systems. Currently, her main focus of research is dynamics of soil organic matter under agrosilvopastoral and agroforestry systems in Brazil in collaboration with various national and international institutions.