Dr Fabiellen Pereira

Post Doctoral Researcher

I am an animal scientist from Brazil with a passion for developing efficient, resilient, and healthier agricultural systems. My main focus is on grazing management strategies and holistic approaches that connect soil, plants, animals, and humans to promote sustainable pastoral livestock production globally. I recently completed my PhD, where I proposed an innovative methodology focusing on different components of grassland ecosystems. Using modelling and systems thinking, I demonstrated that grasslands need to be managed as context-adjusted, adaptive, and complex systems to remain multifunctional and deliver multiple ecosystem services. Currently, I am working on a project comparing different farming systems to understand how they affect milk quality, soil health, and the potential impacts of milk on human health. I am also involved in a project in Saudi Arabia to determine the carrying capacity of natural reserves. My areas of interest include grazing management, rangeland ecology, and integrating these disciplines to improve pastoral production systems while maintaining ecosystem health. I particularly enjoy combining field-based observational studies with modelling and GIS to generate realistic, fast, and efficient outcomes that can be applied at larger scales. In the future, I intend to expand my expertise in sustainable pastoral livestock systems and geographic information systems, incorporating modelling and systems thinking approaches to promote strategies that support healthy ecosystems.