Leonardo José Silva da Costa

PhD student | XLI Cycle

Short bio

Environmental Engineering at the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG/2020) and obtained a Master's degree in Forest Sciences (UFCG/2022) at the same institution. He is currently a PhD student in Forest Sciences at São Paulo State University (UNESP/2026). His main areas of expertise are Soil Science and Geotechnologies, with a specific focus on the classification, surveying, and mapping of soils, as well as their management and conservation. His research activity concentrates on urban arboriculture using geoprocessing and on the ecology and carbon dynamics in tropical forest ecosystems.