Student internships

da Rosa, Sttela Veiga Franco Post-Doctorate ESALQ, Brazil
Sttela Veiga Franco da Rosa is an Agricultural Engineer from Brazil. She obtained her M.S. degree in Irrigation Engineering/Seed Germination at Universidade de Sao Paulo, ESALQ, Brazil, and Ph.D. degree as an Agronomy Engineer/Seed Physiologist at Universidade Federal de Lavras, UFLA, Brazil. She is currently working as a Visiting Scientist at Ohio State University-OSU with Miller McDonald and Yael Vodovotz. Her post-doctorate program was initiated in December, 2006 in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science and Department of Food Science and Technology. Ongoing research focuses on desiccation tolerance in coffee seeds by examining the state of water and cell cytoplasm components in seeds using Differential Scanning Calorimetry and assessing physiological/enzymatic and biochemical changes in seeds following drying. Stella’s training at OSU has allowed her to obtain additional information about probable causes of desiccation sensitivity and poor storability of this important species in Brazil under both social and economical conditions. These studies on coffee seeds are scarce in the world and almost nonexistent in Brazilian research institutions. The possibilities for research collaboration in this area will be immense in the future, both for conservation of coffee seeds and several other recalcitrant species where survival in storage is difficult because of sensitivity to dehydration and low longevity, as well as for grain and dehydrated food storage. In addition, at OSU, Sttela has participated in courses and training at a well-known international research and teaching institution and through CISTT with the advice of skilled teaching and research teams which will contribute toward her personal achievement and advanced professional development. Sharing accumulated experiences, knowledge and advances in seed technology in each participating institution or country allowing the search for solving local or global agricultural challenges, both in the present and future moment, are, in her opinion, one of the most important achievements of the Consortium for International Seed Technology Training

da Rosa, Sttela Veiga Franco

Post-Doctorate
ESALQ, Brazil

Sttela

Sttela Veiga Franco da Rosa is an Agricultural Engineer from Brazil. She obtained her M.S. degree in Irrigation Engineering/Seed Germination at Universidade de Sao Paulo, ESALQ, Brazil, and Ph.D. degree as an Agronomy Engineer/Seed Physiologist at Universidade Federal de Lavras, UFLA, Brazil. She is currently working as a Visiting Scientist at Ohio State University-OSU with Miller McDonald and Yael Vodovotz. Her post-doctorate program was initiated in December, 2006 in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science and Department of Food Science and Technology. Ongoing research focuses on desiccation tolerance in coffee seeds by examining the state of water and cell cytoplasm components in seeds using Differential Scanning Calorimetry and assessing physiological/enzymatic and biochemical changes in seeds following drying.

Stella’s training at OSU has allowed her to obtain additional information about probable causes of desiccation sensitivity and poor storability of this important species in Brazil under both social and economical conditions. These studies on coffee seeds are scarce in the world and almost nonexistent in Brazilian research institutions. The possibilities for research collaboration in this area will be immense in the future, both for conservation of coffee seeds and several other recalcitrant species where survival in storage is difficult because of sensitivity to dehydration and low longevity, as well as for grain and dehydrated food storage. In addition, at OSU, Sttela has participated in courses and training at a well-known international research and teaching institution and through CISTT with the advice of skilled teaching and research teams which will contribute toward her personal achievement and advanced professional development.

Sharing accumulated experiences, knowledge and advances in seed technology in each participating institution or country allowing the search for solving local or global agricultural challenges, both in the present and future moment, are, in her opinion, one of the most important achievements of the Consortium for International Seed Technology Training