2016–2021, Ph.D., Magna cum laude, in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), University of Miami.
Thesis: “Intensification of Loop Current Frontal Eddies and their Interactions with the Loop Current and Surrounding Flow”.
Advisor: Professor Lynn (Nick) Shay
2010–2015, B.A. in Oceanography, Best Student Award, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil.
Undergraduate thesis: “Validation of the ARMOR3D product in the South Atlantic using observations and numerical models”.
Advisor: Professor Antonio Fetter
Co-advisor: Professor Sabrina Speich (École Normale Supérieure, Paris)
Work Experience
Janauary 2024 - Present, Assistant Research Scientist at the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) at Florida State University (FSU)
September 2021 - December 2023, Postdoctoral Scientist at the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) at Florida State University (FSU) with Professor Eric Chassignet.
Project: Multi-institution Office of Naval Research (ONR) Task Force Ocean (TFO) grant “Modeling, characterizing, and predicting effects of internal gravity waves on acoustic propagation on basin to global scales”.
October 2015 – July 2016, Research Technician for the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), supervised by Rodney Johnson.
Project: “The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study”, funded by the National Science Foundation
Main Activities: BATS expeditions on the R/V Atlantic Explorer. Analysis of water masses, mixed layer depth variability, heat budget, and horizontal transport due to mesoscale processes at BATS.
Award, Honors, and Recognitions
Best 2022 Postdoc 5-Minute Research 5MR presentation – People’s Choice (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
XI Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium (PODS) in Kaua‘i, HI (selected participant).
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Scholar (2018) - the article about my research on the GoMRI website.
Student Award of Merit (2014) for having obtained the highest ranking in the Oceanography Undergraduate Program.
Media and Interviews
Gewin, Virginia. “A Scientific “Forced Marriage” Takes on the Mysteries of the Loop Current.” Issues in Science and Technology 40, no. 2 (Winter 2024): 63–69. https://doi.org/10.58875/ZXHB9598.
Co-organizer and early career chair of the 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting Session “Internal waves and their interactions with (sub)mesoscale circulation and seafloor topography”
Organizer of the Understanding Gulf Ocean Systems (UGOS) monthly seminar series, funded by the National Academy of Sciences (June 2023 – Present)
FSU Postdoctoral Association Member, Vice-President, and President (January 2022 – Present)
Duties: meetings with FSU provost, revisit policies, organize events and professional training for postdocs. Major achievement in 2022-2023: FSU is the first public university in Florida to approve 8-weeks paid parental leave.
Chair organizer of the 2023 FSU Postdoctoral Spring Event: Part 1 – “Academic & Industry CV Workshop”, Part 2 – “Improving mental health during your postdoc”.
Chair organizer of the 2022 FSU Postdoctoral Spring Event: “Planning your career after a postdoc: academic and non-academic paths.” A free, one-day event and open for postdocs of all institutions, with eleven speakers from academia, industry, and government, and over a hundred participants. Website: https://Fsupdaspringevent.github.io.
Continuos generation of maps of ocean heat content superposed with hurricane track forecast from the National Hurricane Center during hurricane season for storm crossing the Gulf of Mexico: http://isotherm.rsmas.miami.edu/heat/webstorms/idalia2023.php (2021 – Present).
V International Symposium of Climatology (SIC), organizer (scientific and logistic committee member)
XXIV National Week of Oceanography (SNO), organizer (scientific committee member)
Reviewer for the NSF Physical Oceanography program (2022)
Reviewer for Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Ocean Science, Journal of Climate, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Ocean Dynamics, Copernicus Journal.
Teaching experience
Introduction to Marine Science Laboratory, RSMAS, University of Miami (Teaching assistant/Fall 2018).
General Teaching Assistant for the Ocean Sciences department, University of Miami (Spring 2018).
Integrated Marine Program and College Training (IMPACT) Program: six weeks teaching physical oceanography to high-school students, RSMAS, University of Miami (Summer 2018).
Data Analysis in Oceanography, Oceanography department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil (Teaching assistant/Fall 2014).
Introduction to Oceanography, Oceanography department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil (Teaching assistant/Spring 2014).
Introduction to Oceanography, Geography department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil (Teaching assistant/Fall 2013).
Internships
February 2015 – August 2015, Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), supervised by Rodney Johnson.
June 2014, European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM), Brest, France, supervised by Prof. Sabrina Speich.
Fieldwork
October 2017, Post-hurricane Nate ocean survey on the NOAA WP-3D “Hurricane Hunter” aircraft in the Gulf of Mexico for deployment of ocean xBT, xCTD and xCP probes.
May 2017, Ten days aboard the R/V Walton Smith deploying Autonomous Profiling Explorer (APEX) floats in the Gulf of Mexico.
Multiple BATS and Hydrostation “S” expeditions aboard the R/V Atlantic Explorer for CTD profiles, water samples, sediment trap experiments, and deployment of Argo floats.
Outreach
2023 Gulf Coast Hurricane Awareness Tour (NOAA & NWS, May 2023)
Communicate with K-12 students and the local community about the role of the ocean in hurricane generation and intensification and raise awareness on hurricane preparedness.
Florida State University’s Women in Math, Science, and Engineering (WIMSE) program (April 2022 – Present).
Students for Students (Fall 2020)
This program connects RSMAS with the community through presentations and lessons given by Graduate students in Miami-Dade schools on marine and atmospheric science topics.
Integrated Marine Program and College Training (IMPACT) Program (Summer 2018)
The IMPACT Program provides high-school students with low-income and first-generation college-bound the opportunity to study meteorology, oceanography, and ecology, under the supervision of a graduate student for six weeks at the Rosenstiel School (University of Miami).
Ocean kids (2017-2019)
Yearly events where graduate students from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School share their love for science and ocean conservation with children from under-represented elementary schools.<\sub>