My research is related to the Brazilian agriculture and agro-industrial sectors. Additionally, it involves post-harvest losses in Brazilian scenarios and the effects of typical Brazilian conditions on grain quality by quantifying dry matter losses related to grain respiration during storage. The activities included adapting instrumentation system, developing experimental design and collecting data on soybean storage. As a subsequent step, this data will be used to develop guidelines for a maximum allowable storage time of soybeans in Brazil, to fill a gap in Brazil’s soybeans production and create reliable, safe storage guidelines that reduce post-harvest losses and consequently increases economic aspects in Brazil. The main objectives of my activities are to help develop a more efficient storage system and help the logistics of grains transportation once the grain production in Brazil strongly contributes to economics aspects of the country. It is understandable that improving this sector would lead to economical improvements, jogs generation and, very important, increase the percentage of food available for processing. I Graduated in Biosystems engineering at the University of São Paulo (USP). Currently, I am starting my PhD program at University of São Paulo in Brazil to work in partnership with University of Illinois to explore more about agricultural infrastructure needs, administration improvements and how to avoid production losses during storage and transportation and find ways to apply this changes in the production centers, to develop a more efficient and sustainable system.