Dr. Flavio Roberto Mello Garcia is a professor at Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil. He holds a Master's degree and a PhD in Zoology (Entomology) from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil. He did his pos-doctoral training at the University of Florida (UF) and at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). He is the author of more than 200 articles and chapters and has led eleven national and international books. Full Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society at Cornell University. He mentored students from Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Italy, Mozambique, Peru, Portugal, USA and Uruguay.He supervises postdoctoral, PhD, MSc and undergraduate students and has coordinated more than 34 research projects in Brazil, Africa, Uruguay and the United States.