Renato Zanella

PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the Dortmund Universität (Germany) with post-doctorate at the Free University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) he joined UFSM in 1994 acting as Full Professor since 2014. Founder and Coordinator since 2001 of the Laboratory of Pesticide Residue Analysis (LARP) and of the Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Research Center with focus on residues and contaminants determination in food, environmental, biological and industrial samples. President of the Science and Technology Support Foundation (FATEC) since 2024.

President of the Red de Analises de La Calidad Ambiental en América Latina (RACAL) from 2013 to 2024 and member of the Extended Executive Committee of the International Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry (IAEAC) since 2013. Vice-coordinator of the National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT) in Food Analytical Chemistry. Author of 235 papers and 18 book chapters, with more than 6000 citations and h-index 43. Supervisor of 52 master's and 30 doctoral studies. Associate Editor of Food Analytical Methods and Scientia Chromatographica.