MY BACKGROUND
I am a geologist who graduated from the University of Brasilia in Brazil. There I focused on chemo-stratigraphy of carbonate rocks and structural analysis of deformed upper-crust rocks.
I also hold a Higher Education degree in Earth Science from the University of Derby in England. There I conducted research focused on geochemistry of mineral inclusions in mantle rocks from Oman.
I gained valuable research experience through two summer internships: one academic at the University of Montpellier in France, where I've studied the relationship between deformation and melt-rock interaction in mantle xenoliths from Hawaii; the other industrial at APERAM, a Belgian-French steel and alloys manufacturing company, where I've focused on lab. experiments on grain growth in a metal.
I earned a Ph.D. in Geodynamics from the University of Montpellier, as part of the project Complex RhEologies in Earth dynamics and industrial Processes (CREEP), in the scope of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. My research focused on numerically investigating the effects of olivine viscous anisotropy on the deformation of tectonic plates.
I recently finished a Postdoc at City College NY and Brown University in the USA. I studied (and publishing work continues) grain size evolution of quartz-rich rocks during exhumation in both laboratory and natural conditions.
Outside the fun-realm of research, I find immense joy in exploring the wild through hikes. I like immersing myself in the captivating adventures of novel books and historical/biography movies. Regardless of language, color, or creed, I am particularly drawn to music genres such as Blues, Jazz, Reggae, and Samba; I even (try) play(ing) keyboard, guitar, and harmonica sometimes. When it comes to 'graphic art', I like contemplating (post-) Impressionist paintings, for exemple Monet, Van Gogh, Caillebotte, and Sisley, which explore the light of the outdoors in such a unique way. I wholeheartedly embrace diversity as it greatly enriches my experiences, as it provides a window into different cultures and ways to see the world. .
EDUCATION
2017-2020
University of Montpellier, France
Ph.D degree, Computational Geodynamics
« Plate tectonics: intraplate strain localization due to viscous anisotropy in the lithospheric mantle »
2014 - 2015
University of Derby, England
Higher Education degree in Earth Science.
« Major elements of the melt inclusions in the mantle section of the Oman ophiolite using SEM/EDS: its geodynamic implications »
2010 - 2016
University of Brasília, Brazil
B.Sc. degree in Geology.
« Geology and aerogeophysics of the Almas TTG-Greenstone terrain, Tocantins, Central Brazil »
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Natural Deformation
Petro-structural and microstructural characterisation of mantle and crust massifs and xenoliths, shear zone and mylonites, ductile deformation history, melt-rock interaction.
Laboratory Experiments
Strain-Stress curves, grain-size evolution, viscoplasticity, recrystallization and deformation mechanisms, mechanical anisotropy.
Numerical Models
Anisotropy of physical properties, CPO and grain size evolution, recrystallization and grain-growth kinetics.
Geodynamics and Tectonics
Shear zone and strain localization, intraplate seismicity and mantle-crust mechanical coupling, lithospheric strength.