Julio César Pedrassoli

PhD in Human Geography (University of São Paulo - USP), MA in Physical Geography (USP), and BA/Teaching Degree in Geography (São Paulo State University - UNESP). Researcher specializing in Remote Sensing applied to the analysis and mapping of urban expansion and the complex interrelations between housing and poverty in the Global South. Currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Western Michigan University (School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability), United States.In 2025, selected for the NASA Lifelines Ready for Impact program, proposing the development of an urban risk mapping system for all tropical countries. Former Research Scholar at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory/Columbia University, where he developed advanced methodologies for detecting informal settlements. Member of the Steering Committee of the International Geographical Union Urban Commission, co-coordinator of the Network Association of European Researchers on Urbanisation in the South (N-AERUS), and coordinator of urban area mapping in the MapBiomas project, bridging open and collaborative science with contemporary socio-environmental challenges (Source: Lattes Curriculum)