Antonio Saraiva
Full Professor at Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolAntonio Saraiva is a Full Professor and research leader based in São Paulo with nearly four decades of academic experience and nine years focused on senior research roles in planetary health, AI, agriculture and biodiversity. He heads the Research Center on Biodiversity and Computing and coordinates USP’s Study Group on Planetary Health, bridging computing, agronomy and environmental science to address food security and ecosystem resilience. Formerly a long-serving faculty member and department head at Escola Politécnica, he has combined leadership roles—vice-provost, research committee president, and provost advisor—with hands-on lab direction in agricultural automation. Now at the Institute of Advanced Studies he has shifted from teaching to full-time interdisciplinary research and outreach, applying ICT and AI to real-world sustainability challenges. His profile reflects a rare blend of electrical engineering and agronomy training that informs pragmatic, systems-level approaches to planetary health problems.
9 years of coding experience
Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"USP - Universidade de São PauloBachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineer / Telecomm, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineer / Telecomm at Escola Politécnica da USP
English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese
Github Skills (20)
diet8
scientific-publications7
ecology7
biodiversity7
bioinformatics6
jekyll5
biology5
taxonomy4
interaction4
eol4
pelican3
datasets3
credit2
traits2
etl-framework2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tdwg/interaction
Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
Biological Interactions Data Interest Group
Contributions:5 commits, 5 pushes, 1 comment in 1 month
interest-groupinteresttdwginteractionsbiological
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