Evaldo Ferreira Vilela | Deputy Secretary | State Secretariat of Science, Technology, and
Higher Education of Minas Gerais State | Brazil | [email protected]
Education
PhD in Chemical Ecology – University of Southampton, U.K.
Master in Entomology – University of São Paulo, Brazil
Major in Agronomy – Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil
Personal Resume
Evaldo Ferreira Vilela graduated in Agronomy at the Federal University of Viçosa-UFV, Brazil (1971),
MSc. in Entomology at the University of São Paulo-USP, Brazil (1975) and Ph.D in Chemical Ecology at
the University of Southampton, UK (1983). Full Professor at the UFV and Visiting Professor at the
Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG; member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the
Support of Research of Minas Gerais - Fapemig; and of the National Commission of Science and
Technology Institutes - INCT. He is the Deputy Secretary of Science, Technology, and Higher
Education of Minas Gerais State; member of the Committee for External Evaluation of Embrapa;
member of the Project Agribusiness Foresight Network - USP; coordinator of the Project Innovation
for Agricultural Defense, and manager of the Project Technology Innovation Network of the Minas
Gerais State. He was the Rector of the Federal University of Viçosa from 2000 to 2004. His wide
professional experience goes from the field of Agronomy, Entomology, and Biological Control to
Chemical Ecology. More recently, he has dedicated himself to the study and promotion of Innovation
Systems.