UNIVERSITY
1991-95 Agronomy, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
1998 Oregon State University, Department of Forest Science, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
GRANTS
1992-94 Undergraduate Fellowship, Iniciação Tecnológica Industrial (ITI) CNPq-RHAE, Laboratório de Micorrizas, Depto de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, Feb.-Feb..
1994-95 Undergraduate Fellowship, ITI (Iniciação Tecnológica Industrial) CNPq-RHAE, Laboratório de Micorrizas, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Mar-Jun.
1995-96 Undergraduate Fellowship, IC (Iniciação Tecnológica) CNPq, Laboratório de Micorrizas, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Aug-Feb.
1998-99 Rotary Ambassadorial Student. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
1998-00 Graduate Research Assistanship, Oregon State University, Department of Forest Science, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1990 Agricultural Technician, Agroveterinária Mozer, Xaxim, Santa Catarina State, Brazil.
1996 Teaching Assistant, Depto de Microbiologia and Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil.
KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:
1992 Supervisor during college entrance examination at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, January.
1994 Supervisor during college entrance examination at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, January.
1994 Member of the local committee of V REBRAM (Brazilian Reunion of Mycorrhizas), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, October.
1994 Research Assistant during the course "Taxonomy of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi" given by Dr. James M. Trappe at V REBRAM (Brazilian Reunion of Mycorrhizas), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, October.
1995 Supervisor during college entrance examination at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, January.
1995 Appraiser during V Seminário Catarinense de Iniciação Científica, (Seminary for Undergraduate Students), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, August.
1996 Teaching Assistant, Depto de Microbiologia and Parasitologia of Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC.
1996 Appraiser during undergraduate thesis presentation, Biology course, student Eduardo Luiz Voigt, November.
1997 Appraiser during undergraduate thesis presentation, Agronomy course, student Kaori Futatsugi, April.
1997 Appraiser during undergraduate project thesis development, Biology course, student Elizeane Bueno Pinheiro dos Santos, November.
1998 Supervisor and appraiser during undergraduate thesis development, Agronomy course, student Juliano Simione, Dept of Microbiology, January-March.
1999 Co Vice-president of the North American Truffling Society (NATS).
6) ACADEMIC MERIT
1995 Award as a young researcher, area Science of Life, by the work presented at V Seminário Catarinense de Iniciação Científica (Seminary for Undergraduate Students), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, August.
1995 Homage of the Director of the Agricultural Center at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina for the award received as a young researcher, August.
1995 Card for excellent Academic performance (A as an average of the semester grades) relative to the first semester of 95 in the Agronomy course at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, August.
1996 The medal and certificate of first student of the group of graduate Agronomist students in 95, offered by the Dean of Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, January.
1996 Certificate of excellent performance during Agronomy course offered by Association of Engineers, Architects and Agronomists of Santa Catarina State and by AEASC (Association of Agronomists of Santa Catarina), January.
PUBLISHED WORKS:
WORKS PRESENTED AT SCIENTIFIC EVENTS:
1993 Qualitative analysis of free carbohydrates in extracts of species of the Eucalyptus genera by thick layer chromatography. In: III Seminário Catarinense de Iniciação Científica (Resumes), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September.
1993 Effect of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the development of Eucalyptus dunnii under field conditions. In: III Seminário Catarinense de Iniciação Científica (Resumes), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September.
1994 Assessment of ectomycorrhizal fungi in plantations of Pinus and Eucalyptus in Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. In: V REBRAM (Brazilian Reunion of Mycorrhizas) (Resumes), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, October.
1995 Assessment of ectomycorrhizal fungi in plantations of Pinus and Eucalyptus in Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. " Dissertation to conclude Agronomy course". Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, 69 p., May.
1995 "Identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi from Pinus and Eucalyptus plantations of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. In: V Seminário Catarinense de Iniciação Científica (Resumes), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September.
1996 Ectomycorrhyzal fungi in Eucalyptus and Pinus plantations in Santa Catarina (Southern Brazil): First International Conference on Mycorrhizae-ICOM, University of Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, August.
1997 Ectomycorrhyzal fungi in Eucalyptus and Pinus plantations in Santa Catarina (Southern Brazil): XIX Brazilian Congress of Microbiology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November.
1997 Effect of semi-solid fermented inoculum on Eucalyptus dunni growth: XIX Brazilian Congress of Microbiology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November.
INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHED PAPERS:
1999 Giachini, A. J.; Oliveira, V. L.; Trappe, J. M. & Castellano, M. A. Ectomycorrhizal fungi in Eucalyptus and Pinus plantations in Southern Brazil - submitted to Mycologia, February 1999.
1998 Oliveira, V. L. & Giachini, A. J. Ecologia e Aplicacao de Ectomicorrizas. Chapter of a book to be published in 1999.