Dr. Mizubuti received his agronomy degree in Brazil at the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). Eduardo is currently a Agronomy and Associate Professor in the UFV Department of Phitopathology. He develops research in the area of population biology of phytopathogens including evolutionary genetic aspects of populations, molecular epidemiology and applications of these areas in the integrated management of diseases. He is the current Dean of Research and Graduate Studies from UFV.