Interests and expertise
I am a Research Fellow at the Nature-based Solutions (NbSI) and Oxford Net Zero (ONZ) Initiatives. My research interests focus on scenarios modelling for environmental and climate policy evaluation, with a particular emphasis on Brazil. I have experience using regional economic land-use models to provide quantitative science-based results to Brazilian stakeholders and policymakers. As part of the NbSI and ONZ, I am interested in understanding the synergies and trade-offs between net zero policies and biodiversity conservation, including the role of Nature-based Solutions in climate mitigation efforts. I am also interested in evaluating policies regarding ecosystem protection connected to forest-risk supply chain agreements.
I previously advised Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation on generating technical inputs that can be used to update the country’s NDC and the net zero plan, from September 2023 to September 2024. I was also part of the team of researchers working on the development of SINAPSE 2.0, a scenarios modelling platform for climate and environmental policy evaluation in Brazil.
Background
My background is Mathematics and I have a Master and a PhD in Applied Computing from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research on unconstrained global optimization. I am an environmental scientist by training with experience in regional economic land use modeling for quantitative policy evaluation.
Media
Events
- ONZ Webinar: Net Zero Needs Nature and Nature Needs Net Zero
- TEDxAmazônia: Como 9 empresas da carne e da soja podem reduzir o desmatamento
- ONZ Fellows Webinar: Assessing the potential impact of the EU deforestation regulation in Brazil
- ONZ Webinar: Net zero pathways for Brazil
- NbS Conference: The role of NbS in Brazil’s net zero pathways
Publications
- Integrated modeling of nature’s role in human well-being: a research agenda
- Using policy scenarios to assess challenges and opportunities for reaching restoration targets in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
- Nature-based solutions are critical for putting Brazil on track towards net-zero emissions by 2050
- Eroding resilience of deforestation interventions – evidence from Brazil’s lost decade
- Expanding the Soy Moratorium to Brazil’s Cerrado
- Future environmental and agricultural impacts of Brazil’s Forest Code
Interviews
- Cientista usa matemática para convencer agronegócio de crise climática (UOL, 2024)
- O Brasil e sua jornada rumo ao net zero (O Estadão, 2023)
- Brasil deverá desmatar área equivalente a MG até 2050 (BBC News Brasil, 2023)
- Brasil pode reduzir emissões drasticamente com soluções baseadas na natureza, aponta estudo (o Eco, 2023)
- Estudo quer fim do desmatamento legal para zerar gases estufa no país (Agência Pública, 2023)
- Pergunte a um pesquisador: Qual o futuro da agricultura com e sem biodiversidade e os serviços ecossistêmicos no Brasil?
- Analysis: Bolsonaro election loss could cut Brazilian Amazon deforestation by 89% (Carbon Brief, 2022)