Abteilung Physische Geographie

Curiculum Vitae


  • Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Physical Geography, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and Scientific assistant in the CarBioCial project (www.carbiocial.de)

  • Research assistant at the International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies (ICASALS) at Texas Tech University (USA) - October 2009 to January 2010.

  • Research assistant at the Water Resources Engineering Area of the Department of Civil Engineering at UFCG, Brazil, working in the following selected projects:

    • Evaluation of Techniques for Water and Soil Conservation in a Semi-Arid Experimental Basin (January 2007 to December 2008), supported by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). http://www.hidro.ufcg.edu.br/aguaesolo/

    • Application of Grid-Computing to Support Sustainable Water Management (January 2008 - June 2009), supported by the Brazilian Ministry for Science and Technology (MCT). http://seghidro.lsd.ufcg.edu.br/

    • Rainwater Harvesting: environmental education, sanitation and technological aspects (May 2007 - October 2009). Supported by the Brazilian Ministry for Science and Technology (MCT). http://www.hidro.ufcg.edu.br/cisternas/

    • Development of Laboratories for Integrated Water Resources Management (Ago 2010 - May 2011). Supported by the Brazilian Ministry for Science and Technology (MCT). http://www.hidro.ufcg.edu.br/liga/

  • Member of the scientific associations:
    IWA - International Water Association; IAHS - International Association of Hydrological Sciences; ABRH - Brazilian Water Resources Association; IRCSA and ABCMAC - International and Brazilian Rainwater Catchment Systems Association.

  • Member of the scientific committee or reviewer of the following scientific events: IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, IWA Young Water Professionals Conference, Brazilian Congress of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Brazilian Rainwater Harvesting Conference.

  • Education

    • Since 2012 – Ph.D. Student at University of Göttingen

    • 2010 – M.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering (area of study: water resources), UFCG, Brazil.

    • 2007 – Diplom in Civil Engineering, UFCG, Brazil.

  • Complementary education (2007/2008): MBA in Project Management.