CURRICULUM VITAE
Leonardo Jo
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ADDRESS
University:
Utrecht University
Plant Ecophysiology Group
Padualaan 8
3584 CH Utrecht
Home:
Groen Van Prinstererstraat 117
6702 CR Wageningen
Telephone: +31 06 28 737720
EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE
Degree: B.S., Biological Sciences, 2008
Institution: University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dates of Attendance: March 2004 – December 2008
Research Experience: Undergraduate research on plant development in the laboratory of Dr. Eny Iochevet Segal Floh, Department of Botany
Degree: Teaching Degree in Biology, 2011
Institution: University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dates of Attendance: March 2009 – December 2011
GRADUATE
Degree: Ms.C., Biotechnology, 2012
Institution: University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dates of Attendance: August 2009 – October 2012
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Eny Iochevet Segal Floh
Ms.C. Thesis Title: Establishment of biochemical markers for somatic embryogenesis in Brazilian Pinetree (Araucaria angustifolia)
Degree: Ph.D., Plant Biology, 2021
Institution: University of California Davis
Dates of Attendance: September 2014 – Present
Thesis Advisor: Dr. John J Harada
Ph.D. Dissertation: Transcriptional Regulatory Networks Controlling Soybean Seed Development
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Laboratory of Dr. Kaisa Kajala
Plant Ecophysiology Group
Utrecht University
Plant Ecophysiology Group
November, 2021 - Present
ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK
Gene Regulatory Networks for Development - Woods Hole, MA, Fall 2017
Two week course on the topic gene regulatory networks on development including transcriptional control systems, the structural organization of hierarchical networks, developmental functions of circuit modules, evolution, and computational modeling using BioTapestry as well as Boolean and quantitative mathematical approaches.
HONORS AND AWARDS
HONORS
CNPq - National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, 2007-2009
Selected as a grantee of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Brazil) grant for undergraduate students.
CAPES - Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, 2009-2011
Selected as a grantee of the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Brazil) grant for graduate students, level Masters.
LASPAU - Latin America Scholarship Program of American Universities, 2014-2018
Selected as a grantee for the Science without Borders program from CAPES (Brazil) and LASPAU(USA) to pursue a Ph.D. education in international institutions
Elsie Taylor Stocking Memorial Fellowship, 2017-18
Selected as a grantee for the Elsie Taylor Stocking Memorial Fellowship that supports graduate students in studies and research in plant physiology.
Professors for the Future, University of California Davis, 2018-2019
Professors for the Future (PFTF) is a year-long competitive fellowship program designed to recognize and develop the leadership skills of outstanding graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who have demonstrated their commitment to professionalism, integrity, and academic service.
Walter R. and Roselinde H. Russell Fellowship, 2019-2020
This prestigious Fellowship was created to honor the outstanding contributions of Walter R. Russell, who worked many years in the Department of Botany at UC Davis. The Fellowship is awarded to the most outstanding graduate student in the Plant Biology Department at UC Davis.
AWARDS
Student Travel Grant, IUFRO Tree Biotechnology, 2011
Student Travel Grant, Soy2018 Meeting, 2018
Best Poster Award, UC Davis Plant Biology Retreat, 2018
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
MAIN LECTURER
PLB112 - Plant Growth and Development, UC Davis, Spring 2020
Associate Instructor for the course PLB112-Plant Growth and Development (~200 students).
Professional English Presentations, UC Davis, Summer 2019
Instructor of the course Professional English Presentations for engineering graduate students from the Osaka/SIT/Chuo Universities during the summer quarter of 2019.
INVITED LECTURER
PLB112 - Plant Growth and Development, UC Davis, Spring 2019
Invited lecturer for the topic Shoot Apical Meristems for the upper-division undergraduate class PLB112-Plant Growth and Development.
UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT
Metabolic and Hydric Relationships in Plants, University of Sao Paulo, 2009
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT
SAS070A - Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and Law, UC Davis, Winter 2016
SAS070A - Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and Law, UC Davis, Spring 2017
SAS070A - Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and Law, UC Davis, Winter 2018
SAS070A - Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and Law, UC Davis, Winter 2019
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Board Member, Winter School of Botany, University of Sao Paulo, 2011
Member, Mentoring Committee of the Plant Biology Graduate Group, UC Davis, 2018-2019
Member, Graduate School Admissions Committee of the Plant Biology Graduate Group, UC Davis, 2019-2020
Student Representative, Faculty Search Committee for the Plant Systems Biology Position in the Plant Biology Department of UC Davis, 2020-2021
PRESENTATIONS
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
2016
Plant Biology Retreat, Point Reyes, CA
2017
International Seed Science Society (ISSS), Monterey, CA
Seed Institute, Los Angeles, CA
IGDB Bio International Student Workshop 2017, Beijing, China
Plant Biology Graduate Group Colloquium, Davis, CA
2018
Plant Biology Retreat, South Lake Tahoe, CA
2019
Plant and Animal Genomes (PAG), San Diego, CA
American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), San Jose, CA
Seed Institute, Los Angeles, CA
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
2009
XXXVIII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sao Paulo, Brazil
XII Brazilian Meeting of Plant Physiology, Fortaleza, Brazil
2011
XIV Latin American Meeting of Plant Physiology, Buzios, Brazil
IUFRO Tree Biotechnology, Arraial D’ajuda, Brazil
2017
International Seed Science Society, Monterey, CA
IGDB Bio International Student Workshop 2017, Beijing, China
2018
Plant Biology Retreat, South Lake Tahoe, CA
Soy2018 Meeting, Athens, GA
2019
Plant and Animal Genomes, San Diego, CA
American Society of Plant Biologists Meeting, San Jose, CA
PUBLICATIONS
Jo L, dos Santos ALW, Schlogl P, Guerra MP, Rossi MM, Floh EIS (2011) Establishment of molecular markers for early selection of embryogenic cultures with high embryogenic potential in Brazilian pine (Araucaria angustifolia (BERT) O. KTZE). BMC Proceedings 2011, 5(Suppl 7):P138 doi:10.1186/1753-6561-5-S7-P138.
Balbuena TS, Jo L, Pieruzzi FP, Dias LLC, Silveira V, Santa-Catarina C, Jungueira M, Thelen JJ, Shevchenko A, Floh EIS (2011) Differential proteome analysis of mature and germinated embryos of Araucaria angustifolia Phytochemistry. 72: 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.12.007.
dos Santos ALW, Jo L, Santa-Catarina C, Guerra MP, Floh EIS (2012) Somatic Embryogenesis in Brazilian pine: establishment of biochemical markers for selection of cell lines with high embryogenic potential. In: Park, Y.S. and Bonga, J.M. (eds). Proceedings of the IUFRO Working Party 2.09.02 conference on “Integrating vegetative propagation, biotechnologies and genetic improvement for tree production and sustainable forest management” June 25-28, 2012, Brno Czech Republic. Published online: http://www.iufro20902.org/
Jo L, dos Santos ALW, Bueno CA, Barbosa HR, Floh EIS (2013) Proteomic analysis and polyamines, ethylene and reactive oxygen species levels of Araucaria angustifolia (Brazilian Pine) embryogenic cultures with different embryogenic potential. Tree Physiology, tpt102
Elbl P, Lira BS, Andrade SC, Jo L, dos Santos ALW, Coutinho LL, Floh EIS, Rossi MM (2015) Comparative transcriptome analysis of early somatic embryo formation and seed development in Brazilian pine, Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 120(3):903-15.
Jo L, Pelletier JP, Harada JJ (2019) Central role of LEAFY COTYLEDON 1 transcription factor in seed development. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 61: 564 – 580. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.12806
Jo L, Pelletier JP, Baden R, Hsu SW, Goldberg BG, Harada JJ (2020) Combinatorial Interactions of the LEC1 Transcription Factor Specify Diverse Developmental Programs during Soybean Seed Development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(2):1223-1232.
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