Professor and researcher at the Federal University of Santa Maria, advisor at undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels in the area of #8203;#8203;Plant Science/Cultural Management and Treatments. Current coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Agronomy - PPGA (Capes Concept 6). Currently, he has 117 complete articles published in scientific journals, and collaborated with the publication of chapters in 11 scientific books. I have supervised 7 master's dissertations and am currently advising 4 doctoral theses, two of which have already passed the doctoral qualification process. The subjects taught in the undergraduate course are Special Agriculture I and II and Management Strategies in Annual Crops Producing Vegetable Oils and Cotton, a course completion project and advisor for the final internship of the course. In the Postgraduate Program in Agronomy PPGA-UFSM, I teach the subjects Seminars II and Management Strategies in Annual Crops Producing Vegetable Oils. I collaborate as one of the leaders in the research group Flaxseed Production Chain registered with CNPq. Reviewer of scientific journals in national and international high-impact scientific journals and Associate Editor of the Revista Ciência Rural in the area of #8203;#8203;agriculture/Management of annual crops.