Introduction

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). The main research projects involves numerical weather forecasting, regional climate modeling, global climate change, mesoscale meteorology and extreme events.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3714-0870

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)