Prof. Santurio has a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Federal University of Santa Maria (1976), a specialization in Mycology from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (1984) and a PhD in Veterinary Science, specializing in MICOLOGIA, from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2004) . He is a full professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria where he was hired in 1977; is currently Coordinator of the Laboratory of Mycological Research in the Department of Microbiology and member of the board of researchers of the Graduate Program in Pharmacology at UFSM where he guides students of scientific initiation, master's, doctorate and postdoctoral studies. He has experience in Microbiology, with emphasis on Mycology and Parasitology, working mainly on the following topics: Pythium insidiosum, environmental nematicidal fungi, agrotoxicology of agricultural fungicides and mycotoxins. It has 242 articles published in indexed journals in addition to 2 patent registries, one of which refers to the development of immunotherapeutic against pythiosis in horses called PitiumVac. It has a published book on the subject and eight chapters of books in the country and abroad. He is a consultant for topics related to mycoses and mycotoxicoses for Brazilian companies. He is researcher 1B of CNPq.