Hi, I'm Plinio. I'm a geophysicist and NSF funded postdoctoral associate at Institute for Rock Magnetism at University of Minnesota, USA.
The main focus of my research is understanding and utilizing the magnetic properties of cave (karst) environments, specifically speleothems. Magnetic minerals are found within the growth-layers of speleothems. They can record information about the evolution of Earth's magnetic field through time and variations in their magnetic properties can be used to understand changes in environmental and climatic conditions.
Selected work
Jaqueto, Plinio, Ricardo IF Trindade, Filipe Terra-Nova, Joshua M. Feinberg, Valdir F. Novello, Nicolás M. Stríkis, Peter Schroedl et al. "Stalagmite paleomagnetic record of a quiet mid-to-late Holocene field activity in central South America." Nature communications 13, no. 1 (2022): 1-10.
Jaqueto, Plinio, Ricardo IF Trindade, Joshua M. Feinberg, Janine Carmo, Valdir F. Novello, Nicolás M. Stríkis, Francisco W. Cruz, Marília H. Shimizu, and Ivo Karmann. "Magnetic mineralogy of speleothems from tropical-subtropical sites of South America." Frontiers in Earth Science 9 (2021): 634482.
Trindade, Ricardo IF*, Plinio Jaqueto*, Filipe Terra-Nova, Daniele Brandt, Gelvam A. Hartmann, Joshua M. Feinberg, Becky E. Strauss et al. "Speleothem record of geomagnetic South Atlantic Anomaly recurrence." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, no. 52 (2018): 13198-13203.
Jaqueto, Plinio, Ricardo IF Trindade, Gelvam A. Hartmann, Valdir F. Novello, Francisco W. Cruz, Ivo Karmann, Becky E. Strauss, and Joshua M. Feinberg. "Linking speleothem and soil magnetism in the Pau d'Alho cave (central South America)." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 121, no. 10 (2016): 7024-7039.
*Shared first authorship
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Education
2021 - PhD. in Geophysics - Universidade de São Paulo - Brazil - "Speleothem magnetism: environmental and geomagnetic records from Brazil" with 8 months internship at Institute for Rock Magnetism.
2016 - M.S. in Geophysics - Universidade de São Paulo - Brazil - "Magnetism of a speleothem from Midwest Brazil and paleoclimatic implications"
2012 - B.S. in Geophysics - Universidade de São Paulo - Brazil
Professional
2012-2014 - Laboratory technician - USPMAG - Universidade de São Paulo
During this period I gave training to students and visitors, and also maintenance on the equipment of the paleomagnetism laboratory