Visiting Scholar – University of Viçosa, Brazil
Education
B.S. in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Universidad de Cordoba, Colombia, 2012.
Spc in Tropical Animal Science, Universidad de Cordoba, Colombia, 2013.
M.Sc. in Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil, 2018.
Ph.D. in Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil, 2018-Present.
Awards
CAPES Foundation PhD Fellowship, Ministry of Education of Brazil, 2021-2022.
Full-Ride M.Sc. Scholarship from CNPq., 2016-2018.
Publications
Caldeira JLA, Faria ACS, Diaz-Miranda EA, Zilch TJ, da Costa Caliman SL, Okano DS,
Guimarães JD, Pena JL, Barbosa WF, Junior AS, Chang YF, Moreira MAS. Interaction of
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis with bovine sperm. Theriogenology 161, 228-
236, 2020.
Díaz-Miranda EA, Maitan PP, Machado TP, Camilo BS, Lima DA, Okano DS, Penitente-Filho
JM, Machado-Neves M, Oliveira LL, Guimarães SEF, Costa EP, Guimarães JD. Disruption of
bovine sperm functions in the presence of aplastic midpiece defect. Andrology 8, 201-210,
2020.
Okano DS, Penitente-Filho JM, León VEG, Maitan PP, Silveira CO, Waddington B, DíazMiranda EA, Costa EP, Guimarães SEF, Guimarães JD. In vitro evaluation of cryopreserved
bovine sperm and its relation to field fertility in fixed-time artificial insemination. Reproduction
in Domestic Animals, 54, 604-612. 2019.
Díaz-Miranda EA, Machado TP, Penitente-Filho JM, Okano DS, Maitan PP, Neves MM,
Guimaraes SEF, Guimaraes JD. Midpiece of Bovine Spermatozoa: Functions and
Abnormalities. Revista Brasileira de Reprodução Animal 42, 30-35, 2018.
Penitente-Filho JM, Villadiego FAC, Silva FFE, Camilo BS, León VG, Peixoto T, Díaz E,
Okano D, Maitan P, Lima D, Guimarães SF, Siqueira JB, Pinho R, Guimarães JD. Can scrotal
circumference-based selection discard bulls with good productive and reproductive potential?.
PLoS One 13, e0193103, 2018