Education

• Ph.D. in Crop Protection, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil, 2022
• M.S. in Agriculture & Biodiversity, Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), Brazil, 2019
• B.S. in Agronomy, Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), Brazil, 2017
  
   

Publications

• Santana Lima, A.P., Lopes Baldin, E.L., Braga dos Santos, T.L., SANTANA, A. S., et al. Influence of Physical and Morphological Factors On the Preference and Colonization of Bemisia Tabaci MED in Soybean Genotypes. Journal of Crop Health 76, 447–460, 2024.
• Silva, N. R., Souza, P. G. C., de Oliveira, G. S., SANTANA, A. S., Bacci, L., Silva, G. A., Barry, E. J. D. V., de Aguiar Coelho, F., Soares, M. A., Picanço, M. C., Sarmento, R. A., & da Silva, R. S. (2024). A MaxEnt Model of Citrus Black Fly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) under Different Climate Change Scenarios. Plants., 13(4), 2024.
• Cabral, I. R., Baldin, E. L. L., Faria, R. D., Silva, J. P., Santos, T. L. B. dos ., Takaku, V. S. de O., SANTANA, A. S., Lima, A. P. S., Canassa, V. F., & Ribeiro, L. do P. Searching for common bean genotypes resistant to Acanthoscelides obtectus, a primary pest species of stored beans. Bragantia, 83, 2024
• Santos MC, Lima AP, Farias AP, SANTANA, A. S., Prado Maluta N et al. Effect of Pelargonium graveolens essential oil and cyantraniliprole on the feeding behavior of Bemisia tabaci MED. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 00: 1–9, 2024
• Santos, T. L. B., Santos, E. L. L., Baldin, A. P. S., Lima, SANTANA, A. S., M. C., Santos, B. R. R., Silveira, N. M., Bueno, I. R., Cabral, M. C. E., Soares, A. M., & Pinheiro, A. L. Intraspecific and interspecific interaction and fitness cost of stink bugs Euschistus heros, Diceraeus melacanthus, and Piezodorus guildinii in soybean. Pest Management Science, 80(2), 661–668, 2024
• Santos, M.C., SANTANA, A. S., A., Schulz, G.P. et al. Preference of Bemisia tabaci MED (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) among morphologically and physically distinct tomato genotypes. Phytoparasitica 51, 1025–1039, 2023. 
• Edson Luiz Lopes Baldin, Muriel Cicatti Emanoeli Soares, SANTANA, A. S., Thomas Elliot Hunt, Justin McMechan, Ana Maria Vélez Arango, Joe Louis. Efficacy of ethanolic seed extracts of Annona spp. against Aphis glycines. Crop Protection, vol. 170, 2023.
• SANTANA, A. S., A., Santana Lima, A.P., Marques Pinheiro, A., Rabelo Santana, E.D., Andrade Nascimento, L. F., Celestino Santos, Silva, J.E., Bacci, L. Feasible sampling plan for adults of Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in orange orchards. Crop Protection, vol. 158, p.1-9, 2022.
• SANTANA, A. S., Baldin, E.L.L., Lima, A.P.S., dos Santos, T.L.B., dos Santos, M.C., Vieira, T.M., Crotti, A.E.M., Takeara, R. New challenges demand new solutions: Selected essential oils as an alternative to control Bemisia tabaci MED in Brazil. Crop Protection, vol. 155, p.1-8, 2022.
• SANTANA, A. S., Baldin, E.L.L., Santos, T.L.B. dos, Baptista, Y.A., Santos, M.C. dos, Lima, A.P.S., Tanajura, L.S., Vieira, T.M., Crotti, A.E.M. Synergism between essential oils: A promising alternative to control Sitophilus zeamais. Crop Protection, vol. 153, p.1-7, 2022.
• SANTANA, A. S., A., Santana Lima, A.P., Rabelo Santana, E.D., Celestino Santos, A.C., Cristaldo, P.F., Albano Araújo, A.P., Bacci, L. Development of conventional sampling plans for egg masses and nymphs of citrus blackfly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Crop Protection, vol. 149, p.1-7, 2021.
• Morando, R., Silva, I. F., SANTANA, A. S., Sampaio, G. S. L., Lourenção, A. L., Baldin, E. L. L. Assessing cotton genotypes for resistance to Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Journal of Economic Entomology, vol. 114, p. 1-10, 2021.
• Brito, F. A., Bacci, L., SANTANA, A. S., Silva, J. E., Nizio, D. A. C., Nogueira, P. C. L., Arrigoni-Blank, M. F., Melo, C. R., Melo, J. O., Blank, A. F. Toxicity and behavioral alterations caused by essential oils of Croton tetradenius and their major compounds on Acromyrmex balzani. Crop Protection, vol. 137, p.1-11 2020.
• Fanela, T. L. M., Baldin, E. L. L., Bentivenha, J. P. F., SANTANA, A. S. Assessing potential plants extracts to reduce Leucoptera coffeella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) attack in coffee. Coffee Science, vol. 15, no. 1, 1–8, 2020.
• Costa, Â. C. F., Cavalcanti, S. C. H., SANTANA, A. S., Lima, A. P. S., Santana, E. D. R., Brito, T. B., Oliveira, R. R. B., Macêdo, N. A., Cristaldo, P. F., Bacci, L. Formicidal activity of indole derivatives on Atta opaciceps (Borgmeier): Lethal, behavioural and locomotive effects. Journal of Applied Entomology, vol. 143, p. 58-68, 2019.

Awards and Honors

• 2021- Virtual poster competition, The Ohio State University Plant Sciences Symposium (#1^st): Challenges for pest management of Bemisia tabaci MED in Brazil: is the chemical control efficient? (co-author)
• 2021- Virtual poster competition, The Ohio State University Plant Sciences Symposium (#2^nd): Larval development of Anticarsia gemmatalis (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in different soybean genotypes. (co-author)
• 2020- Honorable mention for academic and scientific performance, City Council of Poço Verde, state of Sergipe, Brazil.
• 2020- Oral Presentation Competition, Congress of Scientific Initiation of Unesp (#10^th): Bioatividade de óleos essenciais sobre ovos de Bemisia tabaci MED (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) em tomateiro. (co-author)
• 2018- Oral Presentation competition, Initiation in Technological Development and Innovation meeting, Federal University of Sergipe (#3^rd): Larvicidas para o controle de Aedes aegypti resistente à piretroides. (co-author)
• 2017- Oral presentation competition, Initiation in Technological Development and Innovation meeting, Federal University of Sergipe (#1^st): Óleo essencial e nanoformulação de Pogostemon cablin para controle de formigas cortadeiras. (co-author)
• 2017 - Agricultural Engineering Student of the Year (#1^st)
• 2016 - Research Student of the Year (#1^st)
• 2016- Oral Presentation competition, Initiation in Technological Development and Innovation meeting, Federal University of Sergipe (#1^st): Atividade repelente dos óleos essenciais de L. gracilis obtidos de diferentes manejos. (1^st author).

Patents

1. Patent: ‘Privilégio de Inovação’. Registration number: BR10201806819, Title in Portuguese: Bioformulações à base dos princípios de Aristolochia trilobata e do p-cimeno para o controle de Aedes aegypt. Register institution: Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). Date of deposit: September 10th, 2018.
2. Patent: ‘Privilégio de Inovação’. Registration number: BR10201700426, Title in Portuguese: Bioformulações à base do óleo essencial de Lippia sidoides e do timol para o controle de pragas em grãos armazenados. Register institution: Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). Date of deposit: March 3rd, 2017
3. Patent: ‘Privilégio de Inovação’. Registration number: BR1020160101514, Title in Portuguese: Formulação formicida, método para controlar ou eliminar formigas cortadeiras à base de óleo essencial de genótipos de Hyptis pectinata. Register institution: Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). Date of deposit: May 5th, 2016.