Dr. Flávia De Souza Mendes

- Monitored the edge effect in forest fragmentation in the endangered Cerrado/Amazon Ecotone using optical and SAR satellite images - Organized, planned and executed fieldwork in a hotspot deforestation area - Supervised two master students in their work on forestry remote sensing - Published two articles in Remote Sensing Journals and presented my research findings in an international conferences - Successfully applied for travel grants – total amount: 6.500 Euros

- Designed and produced digital maps with geographic, biophysical and other data sources in Brazil for the project Siflor (http://projetosiflor.blogspot.com/) - Created a database of the maps with geographical, biophysical and other data sources - Worked with a group of students/researches and presented the results in monthly meetings

- Mapped agricultural area in Brazil using satellite images in the Cerrado biome for the project "Policies for Monitoring and Cerrado Biome" - Sustainable Cerrado Initiative – MMA” - Managed GIS data of the maps created in this project and wrote reports - Worked with a large group of researchers from several institutions - Helped team members to achieve the project deadlines

- Identified and mapped the land use change related to sugarcane and soybean (Soy Moratorium) framing - Mapped and monitored of remaining natural vegetation, agricultural and mining activities, and incompatibility of uses with environmental legislation, using images from remote sensing satellites - http://www.dsr.inpe.br/laf/ - Collaborated with researches and presented the project results in meetings

- Supervised the students and researchers in the Radiometry Laboratory - Organized training for teachers of primary and secondary in tools and remote sensing data - Created a database of students' personal information for education purposes

Thesis: “The potential of optical and SAR satellite images to monitor forest fragmentation and carbon storage in the Cerrado Biome of Mato Grosso”.

Thesis: Geobotanic by Remote Sensing: evaluation method for identification of Potential seepage in the Solimões Basin using data TERRA / ASTER.

Thesis: Influence of Soy Moratorium in land use change in the years 1996, 2006 and 2009 in the municipality of Santa Carmen-MT