Rafaela Flach - Curriculum
Education and Relevant Academic Experience
Jun-Aug 2015 |
Research Assistant in Linköping University, Sweden Consultancy on a research project that aimed at estimating phosphorus flows and phosphorus scarcity related to food production in Brazil, and relationship to international trade. |
Sep 2015 - Feb 2016 |
Visiting Researcher in Bonn University. Contributing to the project named "Forests in the Global Economy: Developing Multi-Scale Policy Scenarios", funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). |
Jan - Jul 2015 |
Internship and development of Master Thesis in partnership with the Stockholm Environment Institute, working with gloval trade models and crop impacts on local water resources in Brazil. Supervisor: Javier Godar. |
Apr - May 2014 |
Research expedition for natural greenhouse gas flux measurements in rivers in the Amazon Forest Region, under the supervision of professor David Bastviken. |
Jul 2013 - Jul 2015 |
Master Studies in Science for Sustainable Development at Linköping University, Sweden. Thesis Title: Global Markets, Local Impacts: A Spatially-ExplicitWater Footprint andVirtual Trade Assessment of Brazilian Soy Production. |
Jun - Aug 2011 |
Took a course on Pollution Control and Local Environmental Management in Nagoya, Japan. The training was offered by the Japan Internacional Cooperation Agency. |
Jan - Jun 2010 |
Internship at the Meteorological Institute of Paraná. Contributed to the development of a model for thunderstorm prediction, performed data quality assessments. |
2005–2010 |
Bachelor Studies in Environmental Engineering at the Federal University of Parana, Brazil. Performed undergraduate research in the UFPR's Climatology Laboratory, under the orientation of Professor Alice Grimm. |
Relevant Skills
Geographical Information Systems: ArcGIS, QGIS
Programming: Fortran, Bash scripting, Python, R, Matlab, LATEX
Languages
Portuguese: Native Speaker
English: Advanced (TOEFL IBT 111/120)
French: Basic (DELF A2)
German: Basic (Start Deutsch A1)