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Lecturer and Researcher, Urban Design and Town Planning, University of the Sunshine Coast

I am an urban designer with a background in architecture, urbanism, and building and city science (affiliate member of PIA and registered architect and urbanist in Brazil). I am interested in the production of high-quality well-designed public spaces which enhance the quality of life of the people using them. My research focuses on providing evidence to produce public open spaces that are thermally comfortable and economically effective, while promoting the good health of users and the natural environments that surround them. My main focus is, therefore, urban thermal comfort, urban microclimates, the relationship between urban economy and urban microclimates, the relationship between urban microclimates and people’s health, and the impacts of climate change on them all. Whenever possible, I work with industry, stakeholders and citizens to understand where my research can provide useful evidence for contemporary pressing issues.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Lecturer in Urban Design and Town Planning, University of the Sunshine Coast
  • 2017–2020
    Lecturer in Urban Design, James Cook University
  • 2011–2016
    Assistant Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University
  • 2014–2014
    Visiting Researcher, Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development (ILS)
  • 2008–2010
    Lecturer in Architecture and Urbanism, Universidade Federal do Tocantins