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Italo Dos Reis Lopes

Research fellow

Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Sciences

Academic discipline: GEO/12 Oceanography and Physics of the Atmosphere

Curriculum vitae

Research Activity

Laboratory for Numerical Simulation of Climate and Marine Ecosystems (SINCEM) | Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi" (DIFA) | Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (UNIBO) – January 2022 to present

Project: High-resolution modeling of coastal flooding and its impacts, with the aim of understanding and reducing risk along our coasts in light of climate change.

Position: PhD scholarship (January 2022 – December 2024) | Research grant (January 2025 – present)*

▪ Flood modeling studies.

▪ Input data analysis and model evaluation.

▪ Most used tools: Python, QGIS, LISFLOOD-FP.

*PROGETTO INTERREG “Adriatic coastal areas science-based solutions for climate adaptation” (Subsidy Contract/Grant Agreement n. ITHR0200333) con durata di 30 mesi nell'ambito del Programma INTERREG VI A ITALIA CROAZIA

Ocean Instrumentation Laboratory (LIOc) | Naval and Ocean Engineering Department (DENO) | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) – March/2017 to December/2021

Project: Development of a waves and winds forecast system for the Guaíba island Terminal -RJ and Tubarão terminal - ES

Position: Graduation fellowship (March/2017 – February/2018) | Master’s fellowship (March/2018 – December/2021)

▪ Weather modelling studies.

▪ Data analysis of satellite and in situ data e assessment of the forecast system.

▪ Automatization of programs, reports and bad weather warnings both in local and cloud (Google Cloud) machines.

▪ Products development for decision makers in ports operation.

▪ Most used tools: Python, Climate Data Operator (CDO), LaTeX and WRF.

 

Mesoscale Prognostics Laboratory (LPM) | Meteorology Department | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) – March/2015 to August/2016

Project: Meteorology and wave climate characterization of the Espírito Santo Basin, north part of Campos Basin and Sergipe/Alagoas Basin

Position: Graduation fellowship

▪ Data analysis and evaluation of atmosphere reanalysis.

▪ Met-ocean variables climatology.

▪ Most used tools: Python, GrADS and Microsoft Excel.

 

Educational Media Division (DIMED) | Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ) – June/2011 to May/2013

Position: Scientific research fellowship

▪ Scripts for institutional videos.

▪ Production, recording and editing of TV-CEFET/RJ videos.

▪ Most used tools: Adobe photoshop and premiere.

 

Teaching experience

Professor in the Python for data analysis course. Dynamics of Cohesive Sediments Laboratory

(LDSC/UFRJ). 20h. September/2020

 

Education

 PhD in The Future Earth, Climate Changes and Societal Challenges (FRONTIERS) Program

2022-2025 The Future Earth, Climate Changes and Societal Challenges (FRONTIERS) Program | Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi" (DIFA) | Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (UNIBO)

Master’s degree in Ocean Engineering

2018 – 2021 Naval and Ocean Engineering Post-Graduation Program | Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute of Post-Graduation and Research in Engineering (COPPE) | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Meteorologist

2013 – 2017 Bachelor’s in meteorology | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Meteorology Technician

2010 – 2012 Meteorology Technician course| Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ)

 

Complementar Education

Introduction of WRF numerical modelling system course. Online. 60h. July/2020

V Workshop in weather and Climate modelling using the Eta model. Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA). 20h. April/2016

 

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