Márcio de Castro Filho

Márcio Filho is the Vice-Provost for Gradute Studies at University of São Paulo. He holds a Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology from the University of Louvain (1994), Belgium. Visiting Scholar at the Ohio State University, USA (2016-2017). He is a Full Professor in the Department of Genetics at the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, a level 1A Researcher at CNPq, a Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo, President of the Brazilian Society of Genetics (2018-2020), Knight of the National Order of Scientific Merit (2018), Deputy Vice-Provost for Graduate Studies at USP (2016-2021). He served as Director of International Relations (2011-2012) and Director of Programs and Scholarships in the Country (2012-2016) at CAPES. President of the National Forum of Vice-Provosts for Research and Graduate Studies (FOPROP) in 2019.