Dr. Erick Santos

Agronomy and Crop Science

Dr. Erick Santos concluded his B.Sc. in animal sciences at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco in 2014. In 2012 and 2014, he attended the University of Florida, first as an exchange student, followed by an internship at the North Florida Research and Education Center. Erick obtained a M.Sc. (2017) and Ph.D. (2021) in Agronomy at the University of Florida, with focus on forage and grazing management. Erick served the Agronomy Graduate Student Association for three years, as secretary (2017), vice-president (2018), and president (2019). During his Ph.D., he received several awards and recognitions, including the Gerald O. Mott Meritorious Graduate Student Award in Crop Science, Fred Hull Award of Excellence, the International Student Outstanding Achievement, and the CLIFF-GRADS scholarship to develop a project at Bangor University, UK. Currently, Erick is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta, working on the benefits of adding forages to cash crop systems on soil carbon. To date, he has published 39 papers, 68 abstracts and 39 extension reports or prints in popular press.