Marcos Buckeridge

Marcos Buckeridge is an Associate Professor at the Department of Botany of the University of São Paulo and Director of the National Institute of Science and Technology of Bioethanol (INCT do Bioetanol). From 2009 to 2012 he was also Scientific Director of the Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), in Campinas. He is Communicating Editor Bioenergy Research (Springer) and Reviews Editor for Trees: structure and function (Springer). Buckeridge's work has generated 3 edited books and more than 150 publications in plant physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of plant growth and development related to the Global Climate Changes and bioenergy production. In 2010, Buckeridge was appointed a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel of Climatic Changes (IPCC) report (AR5) released in 2014. He is the actual President of the Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo. He is a member of the Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of São Paulo as member of the research group on Environmental Studies and being the actual coordinator of the USP Global Cities Program.