Rayssa Santos is the research and development manager at Alltech Brazil. An agricultural engineer with a strong academic background in crop science and agronomy, Santos earned her undergraduate degree from the Federal University of Paraná in 2016, followed by a master’s degree in crop science from the University of São Paulo’s Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture in 2018. In 2019, she expanded her expertise with a specialization in marketing from the University of São Paulo. She later completed her Ph.D. in agronomy, focusing on crop production, at the State University of Maringá in 2022.