Research projects
2024-present: Using above-water radiometric measurements in Crow Pond to validate satellite retrievals from small eutrophic waters (The project is funded by The Trustees of the Prairie Fork Charitable Endowment Trust)
2023-present: Eco-evolutionary dynamics and its impacts on community structure and ecosystem functioning along gradients of river intermittence and anthropogenic impacts (This project is funded by CNPq/MCTI Nº 10/2023 - Faixa A - Grupos Emergentes)
2022-present: Retrospective Analysis of Anthropogenic Change in Midwest Reservoirs: Integrating Earth Observing Data with Statewide Reservoir Monitoring Programs (The project is funded under NASA ROSES contract #21RSWQ21-0005)
2021-present: Effects of wildfires and ash on freshwater biodiversity: ecological assessment using fish, amphibians, zooplankton, and macrophytes responses to the disorder
2020-2022: The invasion of golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) at hydroelectric reservoirs in the upper Uruguay River: effects and mechanisms of biological control
2016-2021: Community patterns and food web structure in temperate and subtropical freshwater systems with different trophic states
2016-2021: Dynamics of Trophic Parameters and High-Frequency Estimates of Aquatic Metabolism
2013-2016: Storage of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in Brazilian reservoirs
2011-2012: The use of submerged habitats by ichthyofauna in Guanabara Bay: oceanographic, biological and behavioral triggers
2010: PRONEX - the trophic flow and export of micropollutants in the coastal bays of Rio de Janeiro: analytical training and environmental monitoring
2010: Evaluating the contamination by micropollutants in the food web of Rio de Janeiro the bays
2010: Guiana Dolphin, Sotalia guianensis, as an indicator of the trophic flow of micropollutants in the Brazilian coast
2010: Guiana Dolphin, Sotalia guianensis, as a sentinel of environmental pollution by organochlorine compounds in the coastal bays of Rio de Janeiro
2009-2010: Guiana Dolphin, Sotalia guianensis, as a sentinel of environmental pollution by organochlorine compounds: a comparison between the state of Rio de Janeiro and other regions of the Brazilian coast
International and national collaborations
2023-present: RAdCor - Early Adopters Team
2021-present: ZIG project - Part of the data harmonization team
2021: Projeto Abrace o Rio Vermelho - Data analysis and visualization
2019: DayNNightZproject - Data provider
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Bowdoin’s Schiller Coastal Study, Maine, US
Ocean Optics Summer Class 2023
This is an intensive, four-week, cross-disciplinary, graduate-level workshop in Optical Oceanography located at the Bowdoin College’s SCSC, Orr's Island, ME. The major theme of the course is the calibration and validation of ocean color remote sensing.
Sponsored by NASA, the University of Maine, and Bowdoin College
Casco Bay, Maine, US
Little Dixie Reservoir, Missouri, US
Smithville Reservoir, Missouri, US
Guarda do Embaú, Brazil
Lagoa do Peri, Brazil
Lagoa da Conceição, Brazil
Fieldwork at Lagoa da Conceição
Florianópolis - SC, Brazil
Zooplankton grazing experiment
KU Leuven - Belgium
Leuven, Belgium
Leuven, Belgium
Laguna, Brazil
Brussels, Belgium
Parque São Joaquim, Brazil