Luciano Ponzi Pezzi

Dr Luciano Pezzi has a degree in Meteorology from UFPel (1989), a master's degree in Remote Sensing from UFRGS (1993) and a PhD in Physical Oceanography from the University of Southampton - School of Ocean and Earth Sciences (2003). He is currently a Researcher, linked to the General Coordination of Earth Observation (OBT) of INPE. In 2011 and 2012 he held a postdoctoral fellowship at the USP Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (IAG) and in 2016 at the SCRIPPS Institute of Oceanography (SIO) of the University of California San Diego (UCSD). He also holds the title of "Honorary Hydrographer" of the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN) of the Brazilian Navy. He also works as a permanent teacher in the Post-Graduation Programs, in Remote Sensing (PGSER) of OBT and in Meteorology (PGMet) of the Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies (CPTEC), both from INPE. He was Substitute Head of the OBT / INPE Remote Sensing Division (DSR) from 2013 to 2015 and the INPE Antarctic Program (PAN) from 2007 to date. He currently coordinates the Laboratory of Ocean and Atmospheric Studies (LOA / OBT / INPE). At the international level, he served as a Distinguished Expert for the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Implementation Working Group in 2015. He is a member of the SOFLUX task team, which is a working group of the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS). He is the current INPE representative with the "Regional Alliance on Oceanography for the Upper and Tropical Southwest Atlantic (OCEATLAN)". He mainly works on the following topics: Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, Regional and Global Coupled Modeling, Seasonal Climatic Forecasting, Observational and Numerical Studies of Climate, Tropical Oceanography and South Atlantic Oceanography, having published several articles in specialized periodicals and annals of events. He was Assistant Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Meteorology (RBMet) from 2008 to 2016. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)