Renato Ramos da Silva
Professor Renato Ramos da Silva holds a PhD in Meteorology from Duke University (North Carolina – USA), a master degree from INPE (National Institute for Space Research – Brazil) and a Bsc in Physics from University of São Paulo (USP – Brazil). Today he works as professor at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC – Brazil). He is the coordinator of the Climate and Meteorology Lab at UFSC. The main research projects involves numerical weather forecasting, regional climate modeling, global climate change, mesoscale meteorology and extreme events.
Professional career
2010 – Full professor at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis-SC (Brazil)
2008-2010 Researcher at Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador-BA (Brazil)
2006-2008 Researcher & Professor at Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém-PA (Brazil)
2001-2006 Research Assistant at Duke University, Durham(NC, USA)
1999-2000 Research Assistant at Rutgers, The New Jersey State University, New Brunswich (NJ, USA)
1997-1999 Researcher at Iowa State University (ISU), Ames (IA, USA)
1993-1997 Ceará State for Water Resources and Meteorology (FUNCEME), Fortaleza-CE (Brazil)
1991-1993 Master student at Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos-SP (Brazil)
1987-1990 Bsc student in Physics at University of São Paulo (IFSC-USP), São Carlos-SP (Brazil)