
Emeritus Professor University São Paulo (Brazil) & Research Scientist, American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates).
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Senior Professor at the University of Sao Paulo and Research Fellow at the American University of Sharjah. Investigator CNPq Level 1A; Member elected of the International Sigma Xi Honor Society; Permanent member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Specialist in Large Scale Ocean Circulation, Ocean-Atmosphere Circulation and the Role of the Ocean in the Climate System. BS (1979) & MS (1981) in Physics at the University of Brasília (Brazil). PhD in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography at RSMAS/University of Miami (1990). Worked since July/1990 at the Oceanographic Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (IOUSP), until retirement as Full Professor, in Feb/2016. Currently, maintains the positions of Professor Collaborator and Coordinator of the IOUSP's Ocean Modeling and Observations Laboratory (LABMON). Since Sep/2018, has been a Research Fellow and Chair of the Research Committee of the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science, at the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He is a Member of the Committee on Ocean Sciences and Antarctica of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology; Member of the International GO-SHIP Scientific Committee; Member of Executive Committees of the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO) and of the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC) International Executive Committee. Throughout his career published over one hundred scientific papers and advised over 40 graduate student and post-doc fellows.
Education
1984 – 1990 PhD in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography. University of Miami, UMiami, United States. Title: Stationary Rossby Waves in Western Boundary Current Extentions, Year obtained 1990. Advisor: Donald B Olson. Scholarship holder: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, CNPq, Brazil. Keywords: Western Boundary Currents; Rossby Waves; Hydrodinamic Instabilities; Brazil-Malvinas Confluence. Major Area: Exact and Earth Sciences / Area: Oceanography / Subarea: Physical Oceanography / Specialty: Instabilities Hydrodynamics. Sectors of activity: Products and Services for the Defense and Protection of the Environment, Including Sustainable Development.
1979 – 1981 Master in Physics (CAPES Concept 4). University of Brasilia, UnB, Brazil. Title: Spinning Decomposition of Real Non-Riemannian Curvature Tensor, Year Obtained: 1981. Advisor: Colber Gonçalves de Oliveira. Scholarship holder: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, CNPq, Brazil. Keywords: Bi-Espinores; Curvature Tensioner; Unit Geometric Theories; General relativity. Major Area: Exact and Earth Sciences.
1976 – 1978 Graduation in Physics. University of Brasilia, UnB, Brazil.
Postdoctoral and Free Teaching
1995 Free teaching. University of São Paulo, USP, Brazil. Title: Ocean Circulation Studies in the Tropical Atlantic and in the Western Subtropical South Atlantic Region, Year obtained: 1995. Keywords: Tropical Atlantic; South Subtropical Atlantic; Numerical Modeling; CROWNS Project; Brazil Current. Major Area: Exact and Earth Sciences. Major Area: Exact and Earth Sciences / Area: Oceanography / Subarea: Physical Oceanography / Specialty: Origin of Water Bodies.
2009 – 2009 Post doctoral. Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, RSMAS, United States. Scholarship holder: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, CNPq, Brazil. Major Area: Exact and Earth Sciences / Area: Oceanography / Subarea: Physical Oceanography.
1999 – 2000 Post doctoral. Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, RSMAS, United States. Scholarship holder: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, CNPq, Brazil. Major Area: Exact and Earth Sciences
1999 – 1999 Post doctoral. Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, RSMAS, United States. Scholarship holder: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, CNPq, Brazil.
1996 – 1997 Post doctoral. Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, RSMAS, United States. Scholarship holder: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, CNPq, Brazil.
1994 – 1994 Post doctoral. University of Miami, UMiami, United States.
1993 – 1993 Post doctoral. University of Miami, UMiami, United States. Major Area: Exact and Earth Sciences
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Address:
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico, Departamento de Oceanografia Física. Pca. do Oceanografico 191, Cidade Universitaria, 05508900 - Sao Paulo, SP – Brasil.