Research Assistant

Bruna Pechini Bento

​Bento holds a Master degree in Remote Sensing from National Institute for Space Research (INPE). She has a Bachelor degree in Geography with emphasis in Environmental Analysis and Geoprocessing from State University of São Paulo (Unesp). During her bachelor studies, she has been an exchange student at Évora University, Portugal. Currently, Bento is a Research Assistant of the project “Tropical Deforestation and Economic Development” headed by Dr. Torfinn Harding and Dra. Liana Anderson (Research Project – KLIMAFORSK, Norwegian Research Council – Project No: 230860/F10). Bento’s research focuses on Environmental Registry of Rural Properties (known as CAR) in the Legal Amazon through Geographic information system (GIS).

Monique Rodrigues da Silva Andrade Maia​

have a degree in Marine Biology (2008-2011), specialization (2012-2013) in Geoprocessing and GIS in the Laboratory of Conservation Ecology (LEEC / UNESP-RIO CLARO), master's degree (2013-2015) in Ecology at National Research Institute of Amazonia (INPA-Manaus), research fellowship (2015-2018) INPA and National Institute of Space Research (INPE).
Research: Creating A Definite Database For Amazon Soils: Multifunction Data Integration And Analysis Of Pedogenetic Processes.
CNPq Lattes CV: lattes.cnpq.br/2373280617888834

​Sacha M. O. Siani

​holds Master’s degree in Remote Sensing from National Institute for Space Research, Brazil (2016) and bachelor’s degree in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering from University of Taubaté (2012). His research focuses on socioenvironmental issues and conservation policies, using geoinformation, remote sensing, spatial analysis and econometrics. Currently, Sacha works on the project ‘Tropical Deforestation and Economic Development’ (Research project – KLIMAFORSK, Norwegian Research Council – Project No: 230860/F10). The project is headed by Dr. Torfinn Harding and Dra. Liana Anderson.
Research: Tropical Deforestation and Economic Development (Project No: 230860/F10)
CNPq Lattes CV: lattes.cnpq.br/4266005890551672

Thais Michele Rosan

holds Master's degree in Remote Sensing from the National Institute for Space Research (2017) and degree in Geography from Sao Paulo State University (2014).  Research interested: tropical ecosystem, environmental change, forest degradation, fire dynamic and land-use land-cover change.
Research: Landscape characterization the functional diversity in Brazilian biomes based on hyperspectral images. (FAPESP Project No: 17/09353-4​)
CNPq Lattes CV: lattes.cnpq.br/4442882371327272