Matheus Ribeiro was born in Brasilia, the capital city of Brazil where he got his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Agronomy. Matheus served as a professor for the Agronomy Department of Mato Grosso State University for a couple of years before working toward his PhD in Entomology from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln focusing on the risk of insecticide resistance development in North Central soybean aphid populations to thiamethoxam seed treated soybean. He continued in the Entomology department (Insecticide Toxicology Lab), as a postdoctoral research associate until the end of 2017. He later worked as a staff entomologist for a start-up company called Crop Enhancement Inc., where he was actively involved with research and development of a non-conventional plant protection product. Before returning to University of Nebraska, Matheus worked as an independent consultant, coordinating, and managing contract research operations in Central and South America on projects related to pest and disease management of soybean, coffee, and tomato. Prior to his Extension Educator role. he worked as a postdoctoral research associate for the Insecticide Toxicology and Crop Protection and Cropping Systems labs, where he collaborated with several soybean gall midge, and alfalfa weevil management projects, as well as supported rearing efforts of monarch butterflies. Matheus joined Nebraska Extension in November 2023 serving Clay, Nuckolls and Thayer Counties as an Extension Educator for Water and Cropping Systems. We are now pleased to welcome him to the Saline County office where he will serve Saline, Jefferson and Gage Counties.