Research Interests

• Tropical variability and climate dynamics
• Simple models and observations of tropical waves
• Clouds and convection
• Geophysical fluid dynamics

Education

• Ph.D., Mathematics and Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, May 2010
• M.S., Applied Mathematics, Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada (IMPA), Feb 2005
• B.S., Civil Engineering, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Dec 2002