Paulo is Professor of the Department of Genetics at the Institute of Biology, at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) since 1983. He earned his Ph.D. in Genetics from Unicamp and has pioneered the area of plant molecular biology and plant genomics in Brazil. His research interests are directed towards understanding the regulation of gene expression and its impact on amino acid metabolism and on stress response. He has published over 100 scientific papers in international journals. He is member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, The World Academy of Science (TWAS) and The National Order of Scientic Merit of the Brazilian Republic and has received Scientific and Technological Merit Award from the Government of State of São Paulo. Also, he was co-founder and Scientific Director of the plant biotechnology company Alellyx Applied Genomics and CanaVialis, both pioneering Brazilian companies in applied plant genomics founded in 2003. Currently, he coordinates the Genomics for Climate Change Research Center (GCCRC), at Unicamp.
