Jonathan Mota da Silva

He has a degree in Physics (L.do and B.Sc.) from the State University of Ceará (UECE), a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of São Paulo (USP), with a post-doctorate from the same institution, with a focus on hydrometeorological instrumentation in a project with Alterra Research Institutes, ALTERRA (Holada). He has been a leading researcher in hydrometeorological modeling at the Climatempo Innovation Laboratory, funded by the RHAE program of the CNPq. He is currently Assistant Professor of Hydrometeorology at the Department of Atmospheric and Climatic Sciences of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). He coordinates the Laboratory of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Modeling (LeMA) and works as a professor in the Postgraduate Courses of Climate Sciences (PPgCC) and Civil and Environmental Engineering (PPCivam), both at the UFRN, and as a collaborating researcher in scientific projects in the country and abroad, transversal to hydroclimatology in the areas of: Water Resources, Liminology, Social and Economic Sciences. He carries out basic and applied scientific research in the following areas: Hydroclimatology, Water Resources, Hydrological and Atmospheric Modeling, Climate Change and Variability, Land Use and Land Cover Change, Hydrometeorological Instrumentation and Ecosystem Services. Contact: jonathan.mota@ufrn.br (Source: Lattes Curriculum)