Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography and Climate Change
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Reconstructing the past to better understand the future

Dr. Patricia Piacsek
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Born in Rio de Janeiro, December 27, 1988.
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Ph.D. in Geosciences / Environmental Geochemistry - UFF (2020).
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One year of joined Ph.D. in Goettingen University (Germany)
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Master in Environmental Geochemistry - UFF (2014)
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Postgraduate in Environmental Management - AVM / UCAM (2014).
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Graduated in Biological Sciences - UFF (2011).
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Languages
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Portuguese - Native
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English - Advanced
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Spanish - Advanced
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French - Basic​
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Professional experience
PostDoc Position - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
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November 2024 - October 2026
Monsoon precipitation patterns in South America under different warming scenarios over the past 160,000 years and the Anthropocene epoch.
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PostDoc Position - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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March 2022 - February 2024
A multiproxy approach based on isotopic and elementary geochemical analyzes in speleothems collected in well-ventilated cave areas of Guatemala and Central Brazil.
PostDoc Position - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
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December 2020 - December 2021
Scholarship from INOVAUerj at the Laboratory of Radioecology and Global Change (LARAMG). I work on the project with the International Atomic Energy Agency with Andean sedimentary cores from Bolivia and Peru​
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Awards
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PAGES Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
(December 2021)
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Scholarship Doctorate Abroad modality - CAPES
(2017 - 2018)​​​​​​