RESEARCHERS

Coordenadora

Sónia Carvalho Ribeiro

Dr. Sónia Carvalho Ribeiro is a professor in the Department of Cartography at UFMG, a member of the Graduate Program in Analysis and Modeling of Environmental Systems at the same institution, and a CNPq Research Productivity Fellow (Level 1D). She is an Associate Editor of the journal Land Use Policy, a member of IUFRO Landscape Ecology, and a contributor to the Assessment on Sustainable Use of Wild Species organized by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). She first joined the CSR as a Level A Young Talent Fellow under the Science Without Borders Program (2015–2017). She holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia (Norwich, England), a Master’s degree in Rural Development Management from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Portugal) and the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and a Bachelor’s degree in Forestry Engineering from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Portugal). She has been a member of the CSR Board of Directors since 2021 and of the CT-Modelagem since 2024.