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How I work
From water resources engineering in Brazil to international research, my work has focused on how to make evidence useful for the people making decisions.
Turning evidence into decisions
Five years at the science-policy-practice interface, translating complex analysis on food, land, and water systems into insights that partners use.
Leading and convening
Co-founder of HarvestStat, an international consortium that brings together organisations worldwide to build shared crop data.
Working across sectors
Experienced in delivering joint work with multilateral agencies, NGOs, governments, and the private sector. Most recently I led the report 'Climate and ecosystem service benefits of forests and trees for agriculture', with FAO, CIF, and TNC, with 45+ authors.
Brazil and Latin America
Brazilian, fluent in Portuguese, with long-standing networks across LAC's research and civil-society landscape.
Technical toolkit
Programming and GIS:
R · Python · Google Earth Engine
Communication:
Policy briefs · workshop facilitation · webinars · media engagement
Data:
Data science skills· remote-sensing · water footprint accounting
Analysis and modelling:
Land-use and Earth system modelling · panel econometrics · supply-chain analysis
Professional experience
Jan 2022 – Present day | Stockholm, Sweden
Research Fellow · Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) / Trase
Lead interdisciplinary research producing evidence for decisions on sustainable supply chains, agriculture, water resources and land-use change.
Co-founded and coordinate HarvestStat, an international consortium harmonizing subnational agricultural data, leading its governance, fundraising and partnerships.
Conceived and secured funding for the FAO report Climate and Ecosystem Service Benefits of Forests and Trees for Agriculture, coordinating 49 authors from over 25 organizations.
Build and manage collaborations with governments, NGOs, international organizations and companies, including WWF and Water Witness International.
Translate complex analyses into decision-support resources for policymakers, companies and civil society.
Nov 2020 - Jan 2021| São Paulo, Brazil
Postdoctoral Researcher · Brazilian Institute for Space Research (INPE)
Improved the representation of Brazilian agriculture in the GLOBIOM-Brazil model, adding dynamic crop calendar routines and locally relevant cultivars to better capture the country's main crops and multi-cropping systems.
Oct 2019 – Dec 2020 | San Francisco, United States
Research Consultant · ClimateWorks Foundation and Tufts University
Coordinated an international team on climate resilience and deforestation-free agricultural production in Brazil, developing the analytical framework and assessing the costs, benefits and trade-offs of sustainable pathways in the Amazon and Cerrado for funders and strategic stakeholders.
Sep 2015 – Feb 2016 | Bonn, Germany
Visiting Researcher · Centre for Development Studies, University of Bonn
Contributed to "Forests in the Global Economy: Developing Multi-Scale Policy Scenarios" (funded by BMZ), analysing spatial land-use change and trade data and developing a land-use change model.
Jun 2015 – Jul 2015 | Linköping, Sweden
Guest Researcher · Linköping University
Estimated phosphorus flows and phosphorus scarcity linked to food production in Brazil and its connections to international trade.
2010–2013 | Curitiba, Brazil
Water Resources Engineer · Sanepar (Water and Wastewater Company of Paraná)
Short- and long-term water resources planning for a utility serving over 9 million people across 350 municipalities, including technical guidance on wastewater projects and negotiation with the regional water agency and river basin committees.
Education
Hamburg, Germany | 2016–2020
Hamburg University and Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
PhD in Earth Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.)
Thesis: On the interactions between land and water use in Brazilian rainfed agriculture (defended January 2020)
Linköping, Sweden | 2013–2015
Linköping University
MSc in Science for Sustainable Development
Thesis: Global Markets, Local Impacts: A Spatially-Explicit Water Footprint and Virtual Trade Assessment of Brazilian Soy Production
Curitiba, Brazil | 2005–2010
Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
BSc in Environmental Engineering
Thesis: Relationship between the frequency of extreme precipitation events in South America and interannual variability associated to ENSO: present and future climate projections
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