Fabiane Acordes

• Support technical response to more than 20 disasters, incl. landslides, floods and flows in vale doItajaí in 2008, in the mountains region of Rio de Janeiro in 2011, as well as Brumadinho dam break in2019. • Author lectures on risk assessment and runs spatial analysis using VICON-SAGA software.

• Field assessments in areas susceptible and/or affected by disasters; • Organize disaster preparedness activities (mapping, drills, etc.); • Coordinate training and capacity building for local public authorities.

• Author an extension course (open to non-academics) on ‘Local resilience strategies’. • Develop and deliver lectures on three post-graduate subjects: ‘Fundamentals of DRM’, ‘Risk mapping for floods and landslides’ and ‘Implementation of a local Civil Defense body.

• Official representative of Paraná State selected to attend a 280h training course on Disaster RiskReduction strategies, including theoretical lectures, field trips and site visits. • JICA "8 steps" for developing a local DRR plan applied to Guaraniaçu municipality.

• Built quantification models for municipalities’ disaster preparedness. • Develop criteria for evaluating critical rainfall indices for landslides. • Author scientific papers and a video course: ‘Capacities for developing cities’ resilience’.

• Manage team consisting of another geologist, a maps engineer, a journalist and two interns. • Develop a flood risk map for the major water basins in Curitiba. • Implement an early alert system for extreme meteorological events. • Technical and managerial tasks: project scoping, reference terms and global liaison.

• 400h course focused in prevention strategies on Civil Defense and Protection • 94% avg. (∅1.3 German Standard)

• 720h course focused on new business models and practices for companies based on sustainabilityprinciples and values • Final paper course involved a SIGweb application for Disaster Risk Management in Curitiba • 95% avg. (∅1.3 German Standard)

• Thesis: development of “DETECTA” methodology to evaluate landslides risk in order to improve localcivil defense disaster response and preparedness • DETECTA methodology applied to local agents in Parana coastal cities • 3.73 GPA (∅1.2 German Standard)

• Exchange program for 14 months sponsored by the government, due to academic merit. • Emphasis on modeling an Oregon coastal landslide deposit using geophysical methods. • 3.54 GPA (∅1.3 German Standard)

• 5-years course with 3.800 class-hours, equivalent to the German Diplom. • Final thesis on geological mapping including risk analysis in the Vale do Ribeira region. • 80% avg. (∅2.3 German Standard)