Professors for Research and Graduate Education:

Alessandra Marieli Vaccari, biologist, MSc, PhD
PhD in Agronomy at the Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences of Universidade Estadual Paulista – Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FCAV – UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor of Entomology Applied to Agronomy and Experimental Analysis Techniques in the School of Agronomic Engineering, UNIFRAN.
Research Interests: entomology and integrated pest management.

Cristiane dos Santos Honsho, DVM, MSc, PhD
PhD in Veterinary Surgery at the Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences of Universidade Estadual Paulista – Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FCAV – UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor of Anesthesiology and Veterinary Surgery at School of Veterinary Medicine, UNIFRAN.
Research Interests: operative technique, veterinary surgery; veterinary ophthalmology.

Daniel Paulino Junior, DVM, MSc, PhD
PhD in Veterinary Medicine at the Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences of Universidade Estadual Paulista – Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FCAV – UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor of Small Animal Medical Clinic at School of Veterinary Medicine, UNIFRAN.
Research Interests: veterinary medicine and cardiology.

Ewaldo de Mattos Junior, DVM, MSc, PhD
PhD in Sciences at the Surgery Department of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo (FMVZ-USP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor of Surgical Technique at Medical School, UNIFRAN.
Research Interests: veterinary anesthesia and analgesia; sedation of small and large animals.

Fernanda Gosuen Gonçalves Dias, DVM, MSc, PhD
PhD in Sciences at the University of Franca (UNIFRAN), Franca, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor of Descriptive and Topographic Anatomy of Domestic Animals at Veterinary Medicine School and Agronomic Engineering School, UNIFRAN.
Research Interests: animal anatomy, small animal dentistry, natural products, synthetic polymers and healing.

Jair Camargo Ferreira, DVM, MSc, PhD
PhD in Veterinary Medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science at the Universidade Estadual Paulista – Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FMVZ – UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor of Reproduction of Domestic Animals at Veterinary Medicine School, UNIFRAN.
Research Interests: Hemodynamics of the reproductive system, hormone therapies applied to animal reproduction and theriogenology.

Leandro Zuccolotto Crivellenti, DVM, MSc, PhD
PhD in Veterinary Medicine at the Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences of Universidade Estadual Paulista – Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FCAV – UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor of Clinical Pathology and Veterinary Semiology at Veterinary Medicine School, UNIFRAN.
Research Interests: nephrology and urology

Lizandra Guidi Magalhães, biologist, MSc, PhD
PhD in Basic and Applied Immunology at the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP – USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor of Immunology at the Biomedicine School, UNIFRAN.
Research Interest: molecular biology of schistosomiasis, activity and mechanism of action of natural and synthetic products against neglected parasitic diseases.

Marcela Aldrovani Rodrigues, biologist, MSc, PhD
PhD in Cellular and Structural Biology at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor of Histology at Veterinary Medicine School, UNIFRAN.
Research Interests: cellular and molecular biology, genetics, regenerative medicine and tissue bioengineering, evolutionary medicine, experimental ophthalmology, marine biotechnology.

Maricy Apparicio Ferreira, DVM, MSc, PhD
PhD in Veterinary Medicine at the Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences of Universidade Estadual Paulista – Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FCAV – UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor of Veterinary Obstetrics at the Veterinary Medicine School, UNIFRAN.
Research Interests: in vitro biotechniques in dogs and cats, cryopreservation of gametes and gonadal tissues, pathophysiology of reproduction and neonatology.

Rafael Paranhos de Mendonça, DVM, MSc, PhD
PhD in Veterinary Medicine at the Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences of Universidade Estadual Paulista – Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FCAV – UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor of Veterinary Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases of Domestic Animals at Veterinary Medicine School, UNIFRAN.
Research Interests: veterinary parasitology, parasitic diseases, research and development of antiparasitic products.

Ricardo Andrade Furtado, biologist, MSc, PhD
PhD in Sciences at the Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP/USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Professor of Veterinary Parasitology at Veterinary Medicine School, Cell Biology at Pharmacy School and Animal Physiology at Biology School, UNIFRAN.
Research Interests: inflammation, antinociception, cytotoxic, genotoxic, antigenotoxic of medicinal plants.