Jun 06
Paper Urban Water Journal
“Risk management framework for urban catchments under non-stationary analysis: Mitigation and adaptation scenarios in a Brazilian case study” was published in Urban Water Journal.
News
Updates on publications, positions, talks, courses, awards, and other research milestones.
2026
DOI
Jun 03
Paper Water Resources Management
“Modeling and Design Optimization of Looped Water Distribution Networks using MS Excel: Developing the Open-Source X-WHAT Model” was accepted for publication in Water Resources Management.
May 29
Paper Water Resources Research
“Identifying the State Dependence of Effective Material Properties in a Simplified Hydrologic Hillslope Model” was published in Water Resources Research.
May 17
Paper Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
“Field Scale Test Bed for Assessment of the Surface Runoff and Water Quality Performance of Permeable Pavements” was published in Journal of Hydrologic Engineering.
May 10
Paper Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
“LID-Design Atlas (LIDA): Mapping Hydrologic Performance and Cost Tradeoffs in Infiltration-Based LID Design” was published in Journal of Hydrologic Engineering.
Feb 27
Paper Water
“Flood Event Escalation and Urban Drainage Design Implications Under Nonstationary Rainfall in Sao Paulo State, Brazil” was published in Water.
Feb 20
Talk Stanford University
I gave a research talk at Stanford University titled “Designing Open-Source Tools for Simulating Hydrological Processes: Challenges and Lessons from Building from Scratch.” The talk covered my research in flood and water-quality modeling, dam-break simulation, and my Ph.D. work at the University of Sao Paulo.
Jan 31
Paper Brazilian Journal of Water Resources
“Assessing the Socioeconomic Benefits of the Agreste Water Supply System in Pernambuco, Brazil” was published in Brazilian Journal of Water Resources.
Jan 01
Position Stanford University
I started a new postdoctoral position at Stanford University at the Department of Earth System Science. Prof. Steve Gorelick is now my advisor.
Jan 01
Paper Brazilian Journal of Water Resources
“Hydrological-Hydrodynamic Modeling of Climate-Induced Urban Flooding of Design Storms Using HydroPol2D: A Case Study in Sao Carlos, Brazil” was published in Brazilian Journal of Water Resources.
Jan 01
Paper Brazilian Journal of Water Resources
“Accounting for spatial runoff variability in LID design for urban catchments: model and software development” was published in Brazilian Journal of Water Resources.
2025
Dec 11
Talk University of Arizona / LEO
I gave an invited talk at the University of Arizona on my Water Resources Research paper about identifying state-dependent effective material properties in simplified hydrologic hillslope models, with a focus on the Landscape Evolution Observatory.
Sep 12
Course University of Arizona
I taught Invited Lecture for the new master’s program of the University of Arizona - Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences at University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Sep 01
Paper Journal of Hydrology
“Spatio-temporal performance of 2D local inertial hydrodynamic models for urban drainage and dam-break applications” was published in Journal of Hydrology.
Aug 01
Paper International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
“Multiple Degrees of Human Instability Due to Urban Overland Flow Within the 21st Century: An Urban Watershed Case Study in Brazil” was published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
Aug 01
Paper Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
“Reformulating the Rational Method Considering Dissimilar Land Use Types” was published in Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering.
Jul 01
Paper Environmental Modelling & Software
“A Coupled Darcy-Richards Framework for Hydrological Modeling of Permeable Pavements, Green Roofs, and Bioretention Systems” was published in Environmental Modelling & Software.
Apr 03
Paper Natural Hazards
“Exploring the impact of rainfall temporal distribution and critical durations on flood hazard modeling” was published in Natural Hazards.
Jan 01
Paper Brazilian Journal of Water Resources
“A Simple Method for Designing Infiltration Low Impact Development Techniques Considering Effects of Urbanization and Climate Change” was published in Brazilian Journal of Water Resources.
2024
Nov 21
Talk University of Texas at San Antonio
I presented HydroPol2D short course for the graduate students of UTSA at University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
Nov 01
Paper Journal of Hydrology
“Real-time regulation of detention ponds via feedback control: Balancing flood mitigation and water quality” was published in Journal of Hydrology.
Nov 01
Paper Journal of Hydrology
“Developing an open-source flood forecasting system adapted to data-scarce regions: A digital twin coupled with hydrologic-hydrodynamic simulations” was published in Journal of Hydrology.
Oct 08
Talk University of Texas at San Antonio
I presented Invited Talk for a graduate course in Water Resources System Analysis at UTSA at University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
Oct 01
Talk Computational Methods in Water Resources
I presented work at the Conference on Computational Methods on Water Resources (CMWR) in Tucson, Arizona, including a poster and an oral presentation.
Sep 30
Conference Computational Methods in Water Resources
“Identifying the state dependence of effective material properties in a simplified hydrologic hillslope model” was presented at The Conference on Computational Methods on Water Resources (CMWR), Tucson.
Jun 01
Paper International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
“Increasing flood awareness through dam-break serious games” was published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
Apr 10
Paper Hydrological Sciences Journal
“Improving pluvial flood mapping resolution of large coarse models with deep learning” was published in Hydrological Sciences Journal.
Jan 01
Position University of Arizona
I started a postdoctoral position at the University of Arizona.
2023
Dec 01
Award University of Sao Paulo
My PhD in Hydraulic Engineering was awarded by the University of Sao Paulo.
Dec 01
Position University of Sao Paulo
I completed my PhD at the University of Sao Paulo.
Nov 19
Conference ABRHidro
“Threats of Urban Flash Floods on Human Stability for The Next Century” was presented at XXV Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
Nov 19
Conference ABRHidro
“The Future of Water Security In Brazil: Separating The Impacts Of Climate Change And Water Demand” was presented at XXV Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
Nov 19
Conference ABRHidro
“Serious Game on Water Risks For Planetary Health: A New Model For Knowledge Co-Production” was presented at XXV Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
Nov 19
Conference ABRHidro
“RTC-Stormwater Model: Advances In Flood Modeling And Control Of Urban Drainage Devices” was presented at XXV Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
Nov 19
Conference ABRHidro
“River flow forecasting methods: A review” was presented at XXV Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
Nov 19
Conference ABRHidro
“Review of the Risk Index Applied to Dam Failure Simulation in Brazil” was presented at XXV Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
Nov 19
Conference ABRHidro
“Review of the Implementation of Model Predictive Control (MPC) In Urban Reservoirs” was presented at XXV Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
Nov 19
Conference ABRHidro
“Physically Distributed Modeling Based on Urban Watersheds: HydroPol2D Model Applied to Sao Carlos (SP)” was presented at XXV Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
Nov 19
Conference ABRHidro
“Physically Based Modeling of Large Basins - Challenges and Opportunities for Applying The HydroPol2D Model” was presented at XXV Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
Oct 01
Paper Journal of Hydrology
“HydroPol2D - Distributed Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model: Challenges and Opportunities in Poorly-Gauged Catchments” was published in Journal of Hydrology.
Sep 01
Paper Environmental Modelling & Software
“Modeling unsteady and steady 1-D hydrodynamics under different hydraulic conceptualizations: Model/software development and case studies” was published in Environmental Modelling & Software.
Sep 01
Paper Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
“A modeling framework for bioretention analysis: Assessing the hydrologic performance under system uncertainty” was published in Journal of Hydrologic Engineering.
Sep 01
Course University of Sao Paulo
I taught Tutorial of HydroPol2D with USP Graduate Students at USP - Hydraulics and Sanitation Engineering, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Aug 03
Conference International Low Impact Development Conference
“Hydrologic and Water Quality Treatment Performance of Four Permeable Pavement Surfaces” was presented at International Low Impact Development Conference.
Jul 06
Paper Water Resources Research
“Brazilian water security threatened by climate change and human behavior” was published in Water Resources Research.
Apr 01
Talk University of Sao Paulo
I presented Invited Talk for a Hydraulic Course using UFC system in USP - Sao Carlos at UFC Hydraulic System Course, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Mar 01
Paper Journal of Hydrology
“Generalizing rapid flood predictions to unseen urban catchments with conditional generative adversarial networks” was published in Journal of Hydrology.
2022
Dec 01
Paper Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
“Flood risk mitigation and valve control in stormwater systems: State-space modeling, control algorithms, and case studies” was published in Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.
Nov 29
Course Vanderbilt University
I taught Invited Class Presentation for Civil Engineering undergraduate course at Vanderbilt University at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennesse.
Nov 07
Conference Conference
“Assessing the role of cross-section shape for flood routing under compound flood events using a hydrodynamic model” was presented at Latin American Hydraulic Congress.
Nov 07
Conference Conference
“A Serious Game for societal risk perception of dam-break flood assessment using a hydrodynamic model” was presented at Latin American Hydraulic Congress.
Nov 01
Talk Talk
I presented Latin American Hydraulic Congress at IAHS, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil.
Oct 04
Paper Revista DAE
“Construction of Intensity-Duration-Frequency curves with future climate change scenarios for the city of Sao Carlos - SP aiming at the design of compensatory techniques” was published in Revista DAE.
Sep 19
Talk ABRHidro
I presented National Urban Water Meeting - Symposium on Revitalization of Urban Rivers at ENAU, BrasĂlia, Brazil.
Sep 19
Conference ABRHidro
“Bioretention Sizing via Process-Based Simulation: Generalized TC-Hydro Model Applied in Design Conditions” was presented at XIV National Meeting on Urban Waters and IV Symposium on Revitalization of Urban Rivers.
Sep 19
Conference ABRHidro
“Bidirectional Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model (2DCAWQ): Modeling Challenges in Basins with Scarce Data: Application in the Tijuco Preto - Sao Carlos Basin” was presented at XIV National Meeting on Urban Waters and IV Symposium on Revitalization of Urban Rivers.
Aug 23
Conference IEEE CCTA
“Model Predictive Control for Stormwater Reservoirs: Investigating Effects of Climate Change and Urbanization” was presented at IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA).
Jun 01
Paper Sustainability
“Modular design of bioretention systems for sustainable stormwater management under drivers of urbanization and climate change” was published in Sustainability.
Apr 27
Paper Journal of Hydroinformatics
“Can we scale digital twins of nature-based solutions for stormwater and transboundary water security projects?” was published in Journal of Hydroinformatics.
2021
Dec 13
Conference American Geophysical Union
“Expanding the 2-Dimensional Green-Ampt and Non-linear Reservoir Hydrological Model from SWMM to MATLAB” was presented at AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans.
Dec 13
Conference American Geophysical Union
“Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Predict Water Surface Elevation” was presented at AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans.
Dec 01
Talk UNESCO
I presented Nature-based solutions for sustainable stormwater: a model approach and sensitivity analysis for bioretention design using green and ampt and reservoir flood routing at UNESCO, EAU-MEGA, Second International Conference Water, Megacities and Global Changes., Paris, France.
Dec 01
Paper Journal of Environmental Engineering
“Different configurations of a bioretention system focused on stormwater harvesting in Brazil” was published in Journal of Environmental Engineering.
Dec 01
Conference UNESCO
“Nature-based solutions for sustainable stormwater: a model approach and sensitivity analysis for bioretention design using Green and Ampt and reservoir flood routing” was presented at Second International Conference of Water, Megacities, and Global Change, UNESCO.
Nov 21
Conference ABRHidro
“The role of raster resolution into overland flow and total suspended solids modeling in small urban catchments” was presented at Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
Nov 21
Conference ABRHidro
“Preliminary design of detention ponds using specific design discharge and orifice stage discharge relationship for different climate patterns” was presented at Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
Nov 19
Conference ABRHidro
I presented “Effect of raster resolution in water quality modeling using a fully distributed hydrologic-hydrodynamic modeling” at the Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Sep 01
Talk 2nd International Symposium on Water System Operations
I presented Real-Time Control of Stormwater Reservoirs for Flood Risk Mitigation at 2nd International Symposium on Water System Operations (2021), Bristol, UK.
Sep 01
Conference 2nd International Symposium on Water System Operations
“Real-Time Control of Stormwater Reservoirs for Flood Risk Mitigation” was presented at The 2nd International Symposium on Water System Operations.
Jun 03
Conference ASCE / EWRI
“Spatial Assessment of Overland Flow, Pollutant Concentration, and First Flush Using a 2D Non-Point Source Pollution and Hydrological Model for Urban Catchments” was presented at World Environmental and Water Resources Congress.
Jun 03
Conference ASCE / EWRI
“Permeable Pavement Hydrological Model to Assess the Long-Term Efficiency of Maintenance Using High-Resolution Temperature and Rainfall Data” was presented at World Environmental and Water Resources Congress.
Jun 01
Talk ASCE / EWRI
I presented World Environmental and Water Resources Congress at World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, 2021, Las Vegas, Nevada (Online).
Jun 01
Talk American Geophysical Union
I presented Expanding the 2-Dimensional Green-Ampt and Non-linear Reservoir Hydrological Model from SWMM to MATLAB® at American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, Lousiana.
Mar 08
Paper Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
“Low impact development practices in the context of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A new concept, lessons learned and challenges” was published in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology.
Feb 28
Paper Water
“Nature-based solutions and real-time control: Challenges and opportunities” was published in Water.
2020
Dec 08
Paper Revista DAE
“Statistical, visual and non-parametric analyses for the optimization of IDF curve fitting and construction of hydraulic works design abacuses: case study in Sao Carlos - SP” was published in Revista DAE.
Dec 01
Paper Journal of Environmental Management
“Towards urban resilience through sustainable drainage systems: A multi-objective optimisation problem” was published in Journal of Environmental Management.
2019
Dec 01
Talk ABRHidro
I presented Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources at Associação Brasileira de Recursos HĂdricos (ABRH), Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil.
Dec 01
Conference ABRHidro
“Impact of rainfall changes on the Pacaembu-SP detention reservoir: assessment of water security regarding flood risk” was presented at Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
Dec 01
Conference ABRHidro
“Analise da sensibilidade do potencial matricial em prototipo de biorretencao” was presented at Brazilian Symposium of Water Resources.
2017
Jan 01
Conference Conference
“Analysis of the Urban Drainage System: Case Study of the Stormwater Galleries at the intersection of Rua Governador Nei Braga and Avenida Brasil in the city of Umuarama-PR” was presented at XVII Safety, Health and Environment World Congress.