Ricardo de Oliveira Figueiredo

Education: D.Sc., Environmental Sciences, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Thesis title: Carbon and Nitrogen Transport in the Lower Portion of the Paraíba do Sul River Basin: fluxes and processes. 1999. M.S., Environmental Geochemistry, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Dissertation title: Hydrogeochemical Fluxes and their Relation to Environmental Factors in the Drainage Basins of the Maricá-Guarapina Fluvio-Lagunar System / RJ. 1995. Specialist in Environmental Planing, Universidade Federal Fluminense, 1991. B.S., Agronomy, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 1980.Professional Experience: Researcher. EMBRAPA Meio Ambiente, February 2011 to 2021. Researcher. EMBRAPA Amazônia Oriental, August 2002 to January 2011. Researcher. IPAM (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia), January 1999 to July 2002. Post-doctoral research experience as a visitor scholar at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA Innovative approaches for evaluating the effects of land use change on stream water chemistry and other topics related to the conservation of water resources in the Amazon. January 2008 to January 2009. Post-doctoral at Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) and Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia (IPAM) Biogeochemical studies in the Eastern Amazon January 1999 to July 2002. Collaborative Professor Environmental Science Graduate Program - at Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) March 1999-present Graduate Research Assistant - Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF), December 1993 to December 1998. Agronomist - Nova Empresa de Serviços Ltda., 1991-1992 Agronomist and other assignments - Comunidade S8, 1980-1989 (Source: Lattes Curriculum)