Agronomist (class of 1983) from Luiz de Queiroz Agricultural College, São Paulo University (USP). Msc (1989) and Ph.D. (1994) both in the Soils and Plant Nutrition Program in the same University. Post-doc in Soil Geochemistry and Pedogenesis at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1997-1999). Since 2007 Full Professor in Pedology at USP. His experience as a professor, researcher and consultant is in the field of Pedology, with an emphasis on Soil Genesis, Morphology and Classification in different regions of the Brazilian territory, acting on the following topics: soil formation (pedogenesis), soil-landscape relations (pedology -geomorphology-geology), soil micromorphology and soil mineralogy.
Pablo Vidal Torrado