He holds a Bachelor’s and Teaching degree in Biological Sciences, a Master’s degree in Sciences (Microbiology), and a Ph.D. in Sciences (Microbiology) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen, Netherlands. He is currently an Associate Researcher at AquaRio, a Scientist of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Faperj), and the coordinator of the Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Ecology (LEMM-UFRJ). He has been a member of CTNBIO (sub-area Environment and sub-area Plant) and technical groups of the Ministry of the Environment, Embrapa, SBM, and MCTI. He is a permanent member of the Graduate Programs in Sciences (Microbiology) and in Plant Biotechnology and Bioprocesses, and a collaborating member of graduate programs at Coppe, UERJ, and IB-UFRJ. He has trained highly qualified human resources, who are employed and working as faculty members/researchers at scientific institutions in Brazil and abroad. He has international collaborations and participates as a project evaluator for the following countries: Canada, USA, England, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Uruguay, Kenya, India, South Africa, Colombia, Australia, and New Zealand. He has experience in the field of Microbiology, with an emphasis on Microbial Ecology, working mainly on the following topics: Soil Microbiology and extreme environments, Environmental microbiomes, Biotechnology, and bioremediation of oil and derivatives.

Main responsibilities:

• Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro;
• Visiting Professor at UC Davis (USA);
• Associate Researcher at AquaRio;
• Scientist of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ);
• Associate Editor of the scientific journals: Journal of Microbiological Methods, BMC Microbiology, and Frontiers in Microbiology;
• Vice-President of the Brazilian Society of Microbiology – SBM (2009-2013);
• Founder of ECOCYCLE (Biotechnology and Environmental Startup/BioRio) and the Biotechnology Cluster BIOINOVAR at UFRJ;
• Founder and coordinator of the Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Ecology (LEMM-UFRJ).

Awards and titles:

• FEMS Grant – Young Scientist Awards (1996);
• ALV/98 – Antonio Luís Vianna, José Bonifácio University Foundation (1998);
• Therezinha Martins Award, Brazilian Society of Microbiology (1998);
• Academic Honor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2002);
• Best Environmental Microbiology work, Brazilian Society of Microbiology (2003);
• Young Scientist Award from the State of Rio de Janeiro (2004);
• Inventor of the Year Award 2004 – Petrobras (2004);
• III Oscar Niemeyer Award for Scientific and Technological Works (2013);
• Gilberto Velho Thesis Award from UFRJ (2013);
• Scientist of the State of Rio de Janeiro (2013).

E-mail: asrosado@micro.ufrj.br

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