Silvana Amaral

I am Brazilian, ecologist (UNESP - Rio Claro), master in Earth Observation/Remote Sensing (National Institute for Space Research - INPE) and doctor in Engineering /Spatial Information (POLI-USP, São Paulo). Since 1995, researcher at INPE`s General Earth Observation Coordination (OBT), Image Processing Division (DPI), interested in using geoinformation, Earth Observation/Remote Sensing, night-time lights, spatial analysis, and environmental modeling to study socio-environmental systems, mainly concerning biodiversity and forest conservation, urbanization processes and human spatial distribution, considering the Brazilian Amazon and São Paulo, Brazil.