I am a social-environmental researcher interested in understanding how societies have interacted with their surrounding environment, past and present, and how that interaction has shaped and transformed each other. My research agenda includes examining how society values, social and cultural institutions, economic and market incentives, public policies, and governance arrangements mediate decision-making on land use and land cover changes, looking at their implications for forest loss and regrowth dynamics, natural resources management, and peoples' livelihoods.

Experience

  • 2025–2027
    Postdoctoral Researcher, Florida Atlantic University
  • 2021–2025
    Individual Consultant, UNESCO
  • 2020–2024
    Postdoctoral Researcher, Indiana University Bloomington
  • 2015–2020
    Doctoral student, Indiana University Bloomington
  • 2008–2010
    Master student, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

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