RESUMÉ
RICARDO
SGRILLO is an Engineer Agronomist (UFRGS,
1971), Masters in Nuclear Energy in Agriculture and Ph.D.
in Entomology, from the University of São Paulo in 1972 and 1979, respectively.
He was a trainee at the Louisiana State University (1974/75) and post-doctorate
at USDA-ARS/Gainesville-USA in 1983. From 1974 to 1994 he served as a
scientist in various institutions in Brazil, as the Center for Nuclear Energy in
Agriculture USP, the National Research Center for Fruits of Temperate Climate of
EMBRAPA and the Cocoa Research Center of CEPLAC. While in these organizations he
worked primarily in the development of mathematical models for simulation of
agricultural, economic and ecological systems. On some occasions he exercised
administrative positions and also teaching activities, taught post-graduate
courses at ESALQ / USP (1981-1985) and at the State University of Santa
Cruz-UESC (2001 to 2003). He also has developed several software and information
systems for technical issues. From 1994 to 2001 his activities
focused on international plant protection problems, as Technical Secretary of
the Plant Protection Committee of the Southern Cone (COSAVE) and as Head of
Division of International Affairs of the Department of Plant Protection and
Inspection of the Ministry of Agriculture. During this period he worked with the
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC / FAO) on the development of
several International Standards on Plant Protection.
He was also a consultant for the
IICA and an expert for a dispute settlement process of the World Trade
Organization (WTO). Today is at ESALQ / USP developing
mathematical models for pest risk analysis, and should return shortly to its
activities in CEPLAC.