Background
Fontes, Maurício Paulo Ferreira was born on July 11, 1951 in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Son of Rubens Resende and Gertrudes Ferreira Fontes.
researcher agricultural engineer
Fontes, Maurício Paulo Ferreira was born on July 11, 1951 in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Son of Rubens Resende and Gertrudes Ferreira Fontes.
Master of Science, North Carolina State University, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, 1988.
From lecturer to professor Department de Solos - University Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil, 1976—1991, professor, since 1991. Visiting scholar ecosystem science University California, Berkeley, 1993—1994. Visiting scholar Technische University München - Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde, Freising, Germany, 2000—2001.
Member of Society Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, Clay Minerals Society, Soil Science Society.of American, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Rosa Maria Olivera Fontes, February 4, 1977. Children: Maira, Lucas Fontes.