2023 - present Ph.D. in Geography - McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Dissertation: Developing standards for equity in transportation planning and policy
Supervisor: Antonio Páez - Expected defence: September 2027
Coursework: Discrete Choice Analysis; Applied Data Analysis; Reproducible Research Workflow; Transport Policy
Funded by the Mobilizing Justice Partnership (SSHRC)
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Feb - Oct 2024 Graduate Residency in Digital Scholarship - Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, McMaster University
2021 - 2023 M.Sc. in Remote Sensing - National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, Brazil, with a research stay at McMaster University
Thesis: Identifying urban and socio-environmental patterns in Amazon cities
Supervisors: Silvana Amaral (INPE), Carolina M. D. de Pinho (UFABC) and Antonio Páez (McMaster)
Coursework: Digital Image Processing; Detection and analysis of Land Use and Land Cover change patterns; Spatial Data Analysis; Additional coursework (Applied Computing): Artificial Intelligence; Geographical Databases
Funded by CNPq (Brazil) and Global Affairs Canada
2013 - 2019 B.Sc. in Environmental and Urban Engineering - Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Brazil
Thesis: Identification of precarious settlements in the Greater ABC region based on remote sensing data
Supervisor: Carolina M. D. de Pinho
2013 - 2017 B.Sc. in Science and Technology - Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Brazil
Experience
2023 - present PhD Researcher, Data-Driven Equity Standards - Mobilizing Justice Partnership, McMaster University
2024 - present MePLUS Program Facilitator - McMaster University
MePLUS (McMaster Equitable Pathways to Learning University Sciences) is a free, 10-month program of science workshops, mentorship and skill building for Black, Indigenous and Latinx high school students in Hamilton. I develop and lead workshops and organize the mentorship program. Program website
2023 - present Teaching Assistant - School of Earth, Environment & Society, McMaster University
Mar - Sep 2023 GIS Developer - DIGIMAP
Designed and implemented web-based mapping platforms for municipalities and private organizations.
2021 - 2023 Master’s Researcher - Earth Observation and Geoinformatics Division, INPE, Brazil
2018 - 2021 GIS and Remote Sensing Supervisor (Analyst until 2019) - Audsat, Brazil
Managed a team of six employees and multiple temporary workers in geospatial analysis projects.
2017 - 2018 Environmental Engineering Intern - Cabot Corporation, Brazil
2015 - 2017 Undergraduate Researcher - Mapping team, Evictions Observatory (Observatório de Remoções), UFABC
2015 Environmental Engineering Intern - City of São Paulo
Geoprocessing, municipal environmental licensing and related technical support.
Honours and awards
2025 Emerging Scholars Award - Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN) - CAD $1,200
2024 SEES Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Indigeneity Graduate Student Award - McMaster University - CAD $1,000
2022 Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) - Global Affairs Canada - CAD $11,100
Research funding
2023 - 2027 PhD Scholarship - Mobilizing Justice Partnership (SSHRC)
2021 - 2023 Master’s Scholarship - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil - CAD $7,300
2015 - 2017 Scientific Initiation Scholarship - Fundação de Apoio à Universidade de São Paulo - CAD $6,300
Methods and technical skills
- Statistical modelling: linear, logit, multinomial and ordinal regression models
- Machine learning: supervised and unsupervised classification
- Survey microdata: 2021 Census of Population, General Social Survey - Time Use (1986-2021) and National Survey on Transport Poverty, through the Statistics Canada Research Data Centre
- Programming and reproducible research: R (package development: AmazonULC, ActiveCA, CommuteCA), Python, literate programming
- GIS and remote sensing: QGIS; geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA); segmentation
Languages
Portuguese (native) - English (fluent) - Spanish (fluent reading and understanding; functional speaking and writing)
Service
Journal reviewing
Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (2026) - Transportation (2026) - Revista do Departamento de Geografia (USP) (2026) - Urban Planning (2026) - Journal of Transport Geography (2024) - Journal of Geographical Systems (2023)
Committees
2023 - 2024 Committee Member, SEES Grad Buddies Committee - McMaster University
International representative: answered incoming students’ questions and matched new graduate students with undergraduate “buddies”.
2023 - 2024 EDI Representative, SEES Graduate Student Collective - McMaster University
Event organization
Apr 2023 Conference Monitor, XX Brazilian Symposium on Remote Sensing (SBSR) - Florianópolis, Brazil
Technical support for invited speakers, registration and organization of oral presentations at Latin America’s largest GIS and remote sensing symposium.
Nov 2016 Organizer, National Seminar “Evictions, Resistance and Interventions” - Brazil
Shared the results of the Evictions Observatory; 19 papers presented by researchers from Brazilian universities.
Outreach and community
2023 - present Program Facilitator, Latin American Network at McMaster University (LANMU)
Project assistant; Organizer of the LANMU’s mentorship program.
2016 - 2017 Community Outreach Facilitator - Traditional Caiçara Community of Juréia, SP, Brazil
Taught geoprocessing fundamentals so residents could document the traditional use of their territory in the process to secure land titles.
2015 - 2016 Affirmative Action Monitor - UFABC Diversifica
2014 - 2019 Geography Teacher - Cursinho Comunitário Bonsucesso
Taught geography at a community course preparing public-school students for university entrance; organized field trips to museums and the city centre.
2014 - 2015 Community Outreach Facilitator - Quilombola Community of Poça, SP, Brazil
Taught fundamentals of cartography and built a topographical model of the territory with residents, supporting their land-titling process.
Additional training
- 2025 - Merge Program, McMaster English Language Development Office (200 h)
- 2023 - Python for SysAdmin Training, 4Linux (100 h)
- 2020 - Python and Spark for Big Data and Machine Learning, 4Linux (100 h)
- 2020 - Land Cover Change Classification using GEOBIA, INPE / SELPER (40 h)
- 2020 - Spatial Data Science and Applications, Yonsei University (20 h)
- 2016 - Orthorectification of aerial photographs, Federal University of ABC