Lorena Santos Bezerra Couto

PhD from the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo (IAU-USP), with an emphasis on the performance of building materials, I studied the aging of paints and their impact on the thermal and optical properties of the surface (2024). Part of my doctorate was carried out at the University of Perugia (UNIPG), in the laboratory of CIRIAF (Centro Interuniversitario di Richerca sull'Inquinamento e sull'Ambiente MAuro Felli), in Perugia, Italy (2023). Master's degree from the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo, focusing on the study of roof tiles and their thermal properties, especially solar reflectance (2019). Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Piauí (2011), I have a specialization in architectural projects, Master in Architecture, completed by the Postgraduate Institute (IPOG). I worked from 2012 to 2017 as the architect in charge of projects for the Armazém Paraíba department store chain. I was a lecturer on the Architecture and Urbanism course at the Centro Universitário Central Paulista (UNICEP) Porto Ferreira campus, between 2019 and 2023, teaching Architectural Design, Environmental Comfort, History of Architecture and Construction Materials, and also coordinator of the same course (2022-2023). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)