Marcelo Campos is a biologist interested in the relationships between two biological empires: plants and insects. His project tries to answer an intriguing question: why are plants, even with more than a million species of insects lurking around, able to resist most of them? It’s an exploration that could have significant consequences for food production. Marcelo Campos graduated in biological sciences from the Catholic University of Brasília and completed a master’s in biochemical plant physiology at the University of São Paulo. Campos went to Michigan State University in the United States for his doctorate in genetics. He also had two postdoctoral periods, one at the Catholic University of Brasília and, later, at the University of Brasília. Today, he is part of the teaching staff at the Federal University of Mato Grosso.

In addition to his love for science, he is a proud father of two boys: Eduardo and Leonardo. In his free time, he swaps microscope lenses for video game screens, a passion that fills every shelf in his office with games and consoles. To balance scientific rigour, whenever possible, he is inspired by the words of José Saramago.