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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Professor in the Department of Geography at the Faculty of Philosophy, Languages, and Human Sciences at the University of São Paulo (FFLCH/USP). Advisor in the Graduate Program in Physical Geography (FFLCH/USP). Completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Campinas (funded by FUNCAMP), focusing on evaluating soil health and carbon stabilization potential in Brazilian semi-arid soils under Agave cultivation. This research was part of the Brazilian Agave Development (BRAVE) project, launched by Shell Brasil in partnership with Unicamp, to develop Agave as a productive, efficient, and competitive biomass source capable of capturing and storing significant amounts of carbon. From 2021 to 2023, completed another postdoctoral fellowship (funded by FAPESP) at the University of São Paulo, addressing the vulnerability of mangrove soils to climate change, with a focus on iron and carbon biogeochemistry and implications for ecosystem services. Holds a Ph.D. in Soils and Plant Nutrition, with a specialization in Pedogenesis and Soil Geography, from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ/USP; CAPES Concept 7), with part of the doctorate conducted at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in 2019-2020. Earned a Master's degree in Soil Science from the Federal University of Ceará (CAPES Concept 4) and a degree in Agronomy from the Federal University of Ceará in 2014.Expertise includes agronomy, soil science, focusing on pedogenesis, soil geochemistry, contaminated soils, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dynamics, and coastal ecosystem soils (hydromorphic soils). Editor of the Special Issue "Geochemical Behavior of Heavy Metals in Soils and Waters from Mining Sites" in the journal Minerals, Guest Editor of the Research Topic "Micro/Trace Elements (M/TEs) and Marine Ecosystems" in Frontiers in Marine Science, Guest Editor of the "Focus Issue on Soil Pollution" in Environmental Research Communications, and Editorial Board Member of Discover Soil. Member of the Brazilian Soil Health Partnership (BSHP), an initiative linked to the Center for Carbon Studies in Tropical Agriculture (CCARBON) at USP since April 2024. Coordinator of the Applied Pedology Research Center (NUPPA). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Mangroves are vital coastal ecosystems that provide critical ecosystem services, including climate regulation and carbon sequestration. The capacity of mangrove soils to store carbon is closely tied to their biogeochemical functioning, which is influenced by geoclimatic factors (e.g., geology, tidal variation, temperature, precipitation) and the conservation status of mangrove forests. Co…
Poorly crystallized structures, known as amorphous, are defined by the lack of a crystalline arrangement that characterizes a periodic structure. This fraction of natural metals has a variable chemical composition, mineral structure, and crystallinity, making it prone to rapid alteration when exposed to leaching conditions and acidic pH. In tropical regions, where these conditions occur, …
Mangroves are coastal ecosystems widely recognized for their ecosystem services provided, one of their main services provided is the global warming mitigation due to the great potential for C accumulation, mainly in their soils. Despite this, mangroves are among the ecosystems most impacted by extreme weather events (e.g., reduced rainfall and freshwater inputs on estuarine regions). As a…
Mangroves are coastal ecosystems widely recognized for its provided ecosystem services, for instance, global warming mitigation, which led to the creation of Blue Carbon term. However, this ecosystem is among the most impacted by extreme weather events (increased hotter or colder days frequency, lower rainfall, and inputs freshwater in estuarine regions). These impacts may affect short-te…
In 2015, failure of a tailing dam in Mariana - Minas Gerais, dumped into Doce River basin tons of iron tailings, reaching the Doce River estuary in the state of Espírito Santo. This has been the biggest environmental disaster in the Brazil's history. The tailings deposited are rich in iron oxides, which has an important role in metal retention in soils. However, iron is susceptible to oxi…
This project aims to examine the dynamics of iron oxyhydroxides and associated toxic metals sourced from mine tailings deposited in the Rio Doce estuary as a result of the Fundão Dam disaster in 2015. Recently, studies have reported an increase in the total iron and trace metal content in soils of the Rio Doce estuary; however, few studies have determined the mechanisms that control trac…
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