Sustainable Agrochemistry: A Compendium of Technologies
暫譯: 可持續農業化學：技術彙編

本書第二版在第一版的基礎概念上進行擴展，融入了可持續農業的前沿研究和新興技術。除了更新有關綠色化學、毒理學和農藥合成的章節外，還引入了新主題，例如農藥的生命週期評估、基於木質素的納米配方的光降解研究、草 herbicides 的 pH 依賴性吸附模型，以及可持續肥料的創新方法。本版由領先專家貢獻，提供了一個全面且前瞻性的視角，旨在在提高農業生產力的同時，最小化對環境的影響。

Dr. Silvio Vaz Jr. holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry with technological assignments (applied chemistry) from the Federal University of Uberlândia (Brazil), a M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry and a D.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of São Paulo, and PhD equivalence diplomas from the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and from University of Granada (Spain). He was the founder and managing partner of two chemical analysis and consulting companies (Solução Ambiental and Hidrolisis, Brazil). He is currently a senior scientist at Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa, Brazil). He has experience in several areas of Chemistry, working on the following topics: analytical & environmental chemistry; renewable chemistry; green chemistry; agricultural chemistry; and technological/industrial chemistry. He is coordinator of R&D&I projects nationally and internationally. He is author, co-author and editor of articles, books and chapters, and patents. He is past president of the ACS Brazil Chapter of the American Chemical Society. He is the leader of the Embrapa/CNPq research group in renewable chemistry. He is the winner of two editions of the Kurt Politzer Prize of the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association (new enterprise category 2008 and researcher 2011 category). He is a member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition of the World Bank. He serves as professor of the graduate program in Environmental Engineering at Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil, and of the graduate programme in Biofuels (Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil); he serves also as collaborator of the graduate program in Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and of the graduate program in Materials Science (University of Brasília). Recently, Dr. Vaz Jr. received the Talents 2024 award from the Federal Chemistry Council (Brazil) as winner of the Industrial Chemistry/Technological Chemistry category and Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award 2025.

西爾維奧·瓦茲博士（Dr. Silvio Vaz Jr.）擁有巴西烏貝蘭迪亞聯邦大學（Federal University of Uberlândia）化學學士學位（技術任務，應用化學）、聖保羅大學（University of São Paulo）物理化學碩士學位及分析化學博士學位，並持有葡萄牙科英布拉大學（University of Coimbra）和西班牙格拉納達大學（University of Granada）的博士等同學位。他是兩家化學分析和諮詢公司的創始人及管理合夥人（Solução Ambiental 和 Hidrolisis，巴西）。目前，他是巴西農業研究公司（Embrapa，巴西）的高級科學家。他在化學的多個領域擁有經驗，研究主題包括：分析與環境化學、可再生化學、綠色化學、農業化學以及技術/工業化學。他是國內外研發與創新項目的協調者。他是多篇文章、書籍和章節的作者、合著者及編輯，並擁有多項專利。他曾擔任美國化學學會（American Chemical Society）巴西分會的會長。他是Embrapa/CNPq可再生化學研究小組的負責人。他曾獲得巴西化學工業協會（Brazilian Chemical Industry Association）庫爾特·波利策獎（Kurt Politzer Prize）兩個獎項（2008年新企業類別及2011年研究者類別）。他是世界銀行碳定價領導聯盟（Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition）的成員。他擔任巴西奧魯普雷圖聯邦大學（Federal University of Ouro Preto）環境工程研究生課程的教授，以及巴西烏貝蘭迪亞聯邦大學（Federal University of Uberlândia）生物燃料研究生課程的教授；同時，他也是巴西里約熱內盧聯邦大學（Federal University of Rio de Janeiro）化學與生化過程工程研究生課程及巴西巴西利亞大學（University of Brasília）材料科學研究生課程的合作者。最近，瓦茲博士獲得巴西聯邦化學委員會（Federal Chemistry Council）2024年人才獎，並在工業化學/技術化學類別中獲獎，還獲得2025年Springer Nature卓越編輯獎。