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Izabela Gomes Department of Entomology Phone: (859) 270-2036 S-225 Ag. Science North E-mail: [email protected] Lexington, KY 40546-0091 Objective: Short-term: beginner position that would allow me to be mentored in my professional development and experience practical work in Entomology and related agriculture fields. EDUCATION University of Kentucky – Lexington, Kentucky 2017– Dec. 2019 Master of Science in Entomology University of Kentucky – Lexington, Kentucky 2018 – 2019 Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics Federal University of Technology – Paraná, Brazil 2012–Dec. 2016 Undergraduate, Bachelor’s Agronomy University of Kentucky – Lexington, Kentucky 2015–May. 2016 (Non-degree international student) College of Agriculture, Food and Environment EXPERIENCE 2017 – 2019 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Kentucky, Department of Entomology. Advisor: Dr Raul Villanueva. 2017 - 2017 Laboratory Technician at Faculdade de Pato Branco (FADEP). Supervisor: Oriel Prado Correa GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND HONORS 2018 Tracy Farmer for Sustainability and the Environment and the Appalachian Center. Eight Annual Sustainability Forum. Best poster award. Recognition of outstanding presentation and innovation in addressing sustainability and environment issued. 2018 – 2019 Food Connection Grant. Study and Outreach of Food Production Methods in an Amish Community in Western Kentucky. USD 6,500 2015 – 2 016 Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education – CAPES/CNPq – Sandwich Graduation. Brazil Scientific Mobility Program, Fulbright Scholarship, CsF 180/2014 United States/FULBRIGHT/IIE. USD 9,724 + tuition 2015 – 2015 University of Kentucky. Honorable Mention – For receiving all A’s during Summer A 2015 Session of the Intensive English Program at the CESL 2014 – 2015 Fundação Araucária. Undergarduate research assistant scholarship. Physiology and production of Alexander grass seed: study for the use of the specie as a forage plant. USD 1,040 COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION AND INTERNSHIPS 2016 Extracurricular internship “Soil Ecology and Management”. Intern (May-Aug). North Carolina State University - Department of Soil Science/USDA. Researcher: Alan J. Franzluebbers, Ph.D. 2016 Extracurricular internship “Grain Crops”. Research Assistant (Mar-May). University of Kentucky – Crop Science. Professor: Chad Lee, Ph.D. 2014 Course: "Worker in Agrochemical Application - Integrated agrochemicals - knapsack and trailed bars - NR 31" (Credit Hours: 24h). Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Rural – SENAR 2014 Extracurricular internship "Grazing intensities and nitrogen fertilization on winter pasture" (Credit Hours: 40h). Grupo Interação Solo Planta Animal - Federal University of Technology – Paraná 2013 Academic internship “Identification of dung beetle specimens in native forest and crop-livestock integration system” (Credit Hours: 175h). Federal University of Technology – Paraná. Professor: Jorge Jamhour, Ph.D. 2012 Academic Interniship “Management of Fruit Crops. Research Assistant (May-Dec). Federal University of Technology – Paraná. Professor: Idemir Citadin, Ph.D ACADEMIC PROJECTS 2017 – 2019 Biology and management of soybean stem borer, Dectes texanus LeConte, in Kentucky. Graduate Research Assistant. University of Kentucky. Professor: Raul T. Villanueva, Ph.D. 2014 – 2015 Physiology and production of Alexander grass seed: study for the use of the specie as a forage plant. Research Assistant. Federal University of Technology – Paraná, Fundação Araucária. Professor: André Brugnara Soares, Ph.D. 2014 – 2015 Grazing intensity and nitrogen fertilizer and its effect on livestock production and grain in Crop-Livestock Integration System. Research Assistant. Federal University of Technology – Paraná. Professor: Tangriani Simioni Assmann, Ph.D. ENTOMOLOGY EXTENSION AND OUTREACH EVENTS • BugFest at Lexington Explorium (Insect station leader: 3 Nov, 2018) • 22nd Hummingbird Festival (Insect station leader: 4 Aug, 2018) • BioBlitz at Kentucky Dam Village (Insect station leader: 9 Jun, 2018) • Gardening with the University of Kentucky teaching 4th and 5th grade kids (Insect station leader: 14-15 May, 2018) • Insect Safari at the UK-LFUGC Arboretum: Moonlit Edition teaching kids at different ages (Volunteer, Hike Guide: 15 Sept, 2017) Presentations: 2018 Xerces Society: Conservation Biological Control Short Course. Parasitism of Dectes texanus in soybeans in Western and Central Kentucky (Guest speaker). 2018 UK Corn, Soybean & Tobacco Field Day. Management of Dectes Stem Borer (Speaker). 2018 UK Amish Field Day in Cerulean. (Organizer) 2014 Crop-Livestock Integration Field Day. Brazil (Organizer) 2013 Crop-Livestock Integration Field Day. Brazil (Organizer) PRESENTATIONS Oral: Gomes, Izabela, Raul T. Villanueva, Ricardo T Bessin, John Obrycki, Yaziri Gonzalez and Rocio Davila, 2018. Biology and parasitism of Dectes texanus in soybeans in Western and Central Kentucky. Entomological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Graduate Student Ten-Minutes Competition, P-IE, IPM, Field Crops. Vancouver, CA. Poster: Gomes, Izabela and Raul T.Villanueva. 2019. Management of Dectes texanus in soybeans in western Kenyucky. 74th Annual Meeting of the North Central Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Poster, P-IE, IPM, Field Crops. Cincinnati, OH. Villanueva, Raul T, Yaziri Gonzalez and Izabela Gomes. 2018. Study and Outreach of IPM and Food Production Methods in an Amish Community in Western Kentucky. Entomological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Poster, P- IE, IPM, Field Crops. Vancouver, CA. Gomes, Izabela, Yaziri Gonzalez and Raul T. Villanueva. 2018. Supporting Food Production through Extension in an Amish Community and Educating New Agricultural Professionals in Kentucky. Farmer for sustainability and the Environment and the Appalachian Center. Eight Annual Sustainability Forum. Lexington, KY. LANGUAGES AND SKILLS • Portuguese (Native), English (Advanced), French (Basic), Spanish (Basic). • Invertebrate Colony Maintenance • Working with diverse shareholders (Including: Master Gardeners and Amish Farmers) • Working with extension for children • CorelDRAW®, Inkscape, GIMP, Microsoft Office®, LibreOffice, LaTeX, Ubuntu (User level), Fedora (User level), SAS, SPSS, JMP, R MEMBERSHIPS • Entomological Society of America (2018 – present) • University of Kentucky, Harrison Garman Entomology Club: member (2017-present). PUBLICATIONS Ariati, A. C.; Oliveira, M. C. ; Loss, E. M. S. ; Gomes, I. ; Pacheco, V. ; Negri, R. C. 2017. Mineral and organic fertilizer in two Physalis species. African Journal of Agricultural Research. AJAR/16.09.16/11717 Soares, A. B. Aiolfi, R. B. Mioto, D. F. Kagimura, L. T. Bernardon, A. Gomes, I. 2015. Gross protein content and production of diploid and tetraploides cultivars of annual ryegrass submitted to the cut system. SODEBRAS Journal, v. 10, p. 197- 201. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Rigon, J. P.; Calonego, J. C. ; Franzluebbers, A. J. ; Gomes, I. 2016. Soil Microbial Biomass and Mineralizable Carbon Affected By Crop Rotations Under No-till System. In: International Annual Meeting, The American Society of Agronomy - "Managing Global Resources for a Secure Future", Phoenix. Oliveira, J. R. ; Soares, A. B. ; Gomes, I. ; Poletto, I. C. P. ; Zatta, A. C. ; Candiotto, L. ; Zanella, C. R. ; Forcelini, D. ; Lima, A. C. ; Tatto, W. H. ; Simionato, T. ; Damo, L. 2015. Seed dormancy breaking towards the control of Alexandergrass seeding in Crop Livestock Systems of Southern Brazil. In: World Congress on Integrated crop- livestock-forest systems, 2015, Brasília. Annals of III World Congress on Integrated crop-livestock-forest systems. Oliveira, J. R. ; Soares, A. B. ; Gomes, I. ; Poletto, I. C. P. ; Lazzari, M. ; Fernandes, F. ; Oliveira, R. T. ; Schmalz, B. A. H. ; Candiotto, L. ; Zanella, C. R. ; Zatta, A. C. ; Boldrini, R. F. 2015. Alexandergrass panicles production dynamic: a step towards the conversion of a weed to a forage plant. In: World Congress on Integrated crop- livestock-forest systems, 2015, Brasília. Annals of III World Congress on Integrated crop-livestock-forest systems. Grigolo, C. R. Gomes, I. Oliveira, M. C. Ropelato, J. Bressiani, A. P. Allelopathic potential of physalis on lettuce germination. 2015. In: XV Brazilian Plant Physiology Congress - I Brazil-Israel Conference on Plant Science, 2015, Foz do Iguaçu. Annals of XV Brazilian Plant Physiology Congress. Soares, A. B. Pigosso, M. Oliveira, R. A. G. Kagimura, L. T. Zatta, A. Schmalz, B. A. H. Aiolfi, R. B. Gomes, I. Lima, A. C. 2015. Corn yield under desiccation effect of ryegrass single pasture or intercropped with vetch. In: World Congress on Integrated crop-livestock-forest systems, 2015, Brasília. Annals of III World Congress on Integrated crop-livestock-forest systems. Soares, A. B. Pigosso, M. Oliveira, R. A. G. Kagimura, L. T. Zatta, A. Lima, A. C. Aiolfi, R. B. Gomes, I. Schmalz, B. A. H. 2015. Straw production of ryegrass under different managements in Crop-Livestock Integration system. In: World Congress on Integrated crop-livestock-forest systems, 2015, Brasília. Annals of III World Congress on Integrated crop-livestock-forest systems. Pagnoncelli Jr., F.D. Vidal, R. A. Batistel, S. C. Mizerski, P. H. F. Gomes, I. Trezzi, M. M. 2015. Tolerance of bean cultivar IAC Emperor to the herbicide ethoxysulfuron and its potential use for the control of weeds in the bean crop. In: III Seminar On Updates On Plant Management Weeds, 2015, Lages. III Seminar On Updates On Plant Management Weeds. Bernardon, A. Soares, A. B. Elejalde, D. A. G.