Welcome to my webpage,

I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Resource Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, working with Prof. David Keiser.

Starting Fall 2025, I will join the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University Bloomington as an Assistant Professor.

I am an environmental & natural resource economist who studies how land and water policies affect sustainability and human well-being. My work focuses on three main areas: how forest governance and land rights support conservation and development, how water policies manage groundwater and pollution, and how environmental factors like air pollution and sunshine impact health and productivity.

I earned a Ph.D. in Natural Resource Economics and Environmental Informatics from Virginia Tech (USA) and hold degrees in Development Economics (from Brazil) and Mechanical Engineering (from India).