I am Geographer and Doctor in Ecology by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. Since 2016, I have worked as a professor at the Geography Department and in graduate programs in Environmental Systems Analysis and Modeling and Geography at UFMG's Geoscience Institute. I have experience in Physical Geography, Water Resources, Landscape Ecology, Biomonitoring, Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Statistics, and Environmental Planning.