Dr. Jose Costa Netto

Vice President

MUPA Board,

jcostanetto@missouri.edu

Dr. Jose Costa Netto is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the MU Research Excellence Program in Dr. Felix Fritschi’s lab in the Department of Plant Science and Technology. He is an agronomist with degrees from the Federal Rural University of Amazon and a Ph.D. in Crop Physiology from the University of Missouri–Columbia. His research focuses on plant physiology and anatomy related to photosynthesis and gas exchange. Dr. Costa Netto is passionate about sustainable agriculture, he is interested in developing innovative tools to improve crop yield for the near future and likes to actively communicate scientific knowledge to stakeholders in the agriculture industry. Dr. Costa Netto’s hobbies are traveling and geek culture. He also has a podcast in Portuguese that is focused on discussing agronomy and farming in Brazil. The podcast usually has around 12k downloads monthly and 12k Instagram followers.