I am a researcher in Geographic Information Science with a PhD from Birkbeck, University of London. My background is in Architecture and Urban Planning, an area in which I hold a Master’s (2010 - 2013) and Bachelor’s (2005 - 2010) degree from the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil. I also have a background in Computer Science, which I have studied from 2001 to 2004.

My research interests are urban modelling and simulation, more specifically agent-based and cellular automata models applied to urban systems. I am also interested in urban morphology and spatial analysis, urban networks, accessibility measures and data visualization.

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My PhD research focused on individual-based accessibility and segregation in cities from a time geographic perspective, using individuals’ travel trajectories in space and time.

An agent-based simulation model, named AxS (Accessibility x Segregation), was developed to generate individual trajectories dynamically, employing standard datasets such as census and OD matrices and allowing for multiple perspectives of analysis by grouping individuals based on their attributes such as income, ethnicity, or gender.

Studies carried out using the AxS model for London (UK) and São Paulo (Brazil) metropolitan areas demonstrated how inequality in accessibility and segregation can be studied both at large metropolitan scales and at fine level of detail, using standard and readily available datasets.

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