Collaborating Researcher at the Centro Clima (COPPE/UFRJ). She has a background in Architecture, a PhD in Energy and Environmental Planning (PPE/COPPE/UFRJ), and over thirty years of experience in research and consultancy on corporate and urban sustainability. She is interested in working with business, civil society, and government to adopt innovative management practices that contribute value to people and the planet beyond that to enable conditions for climate-resilient development. Her current work focuses on climate risk, adaptation, and resilience.

Doutor em Engenharia de Transportes, professor Associado do Programa de Engenharia de Transporte (PET) da COPPE/UFRJ e Coordenador do Laboratório de Transporte de Carga (LTC). Pesquisador 1A do CNPq, fundador e Presidente do Instituto Brasileiro de Transporte Sustentável (IBTS) e Coordenador do Programa de Logística Verde Brasil (PLVB). Possui consolidada experiência profissional em gestão da sustentabilidade em mobilidade e logística, transporte, uso de energia e impactos ambientais e projeções futuras para uso de energia e impactos ambientais nos transportes.

PhD in Transport Engineering, Associate Professor at Transportation Engineering Program (PET), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, and Coordinator of the Freight Transport Laboratory (LTC). Ten years of job experience in logistics (Ipiranga Brazilian Petroleum Company, SHV Energy and Coca-Cola). Top 5 transport researcher at the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), founder and President of the Brazilian Institute of Sustainable Transport (IBTS) and Coordinator of the Brazilian Green Logistics Program (PLVB). Consolidated academic and professional experience in mobility and logistics´ sustainability and future projections for energy use and environmental impacts in transport leading contribution on Brazilian Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions.