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PPGSR/UFRGS

Graduate Program in Remote Sensing at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

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Faculty

PPGSR/UFRGS’s faculty is currently made up of 22 professors, 20 of whom have active permanent links with the program.


Permanent Faculty

Andrea Lopes Iescheck

Cartographic Engineer. Doctor in Geodetic Sciences.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geodesy.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/4045429686858407
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8390-435X
mail andrea.iescheck@ufrgs.br

Claudia Robbi Sluter

Cartographic Engineer. Doctor in Applied Computing.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geodesy.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/7467359757638128
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6765-9526

mail robbi.sluter@ufrgs.br

Claudio Wilson Mendes Junior

Geographer. Doctor in Geosciences.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geodesy.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/1714820563825178
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1745-348X
mail claudio.mendes@ufrgs.br

Clódis de Oliveira Andrades Filho

Geographer. Doctor in Geosciences.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geodesy.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/5801114574367868
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8050-6719
mail clodis.filho@ufrgs.br

xp CNPq Research Productivity Fellow – Level C

Eliseu José Weber

Agronomist. Doctor in Plant Science.

Faculty at UFRGS, North Coast Campus, Interdisciplinary Department.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/2457905711340231
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4873-0232
mail eliseu.weber@ufrgs.br

Felipe Geremia Nievinski

Cartographic Engineer. Doctor in Aerospace Engineering.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geodesy.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/8920245600831468
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3325-1987
mail felipe.nievinski@ufrgs.br

xp CNPq Productivity, Technological Development and Innovative Extension Scholarship – Level C

Fernando Luis Hillebrand

Agronomist. Doctor in Remote Sensing and Geoprocessing.

Faculty at Federal Institute of do Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS), Rolante Campus.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/7463722965745775
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0182-8526

mail fernando.hillebrand@rolante.ifrs.edu.br

Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira

Geographer. Doctor in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation.

Faculty at UFRGS, North Coast Campus, Interdisciplinary Department.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/5149357364476181
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4197-5704
mail g.g.oliveira10@gmail.com
xp CNPq Research Productivity Fellow – Level 2

Laurindo Antonio Guasselli

Geographer. Doctor in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geography.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/3893113128772643
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8300-846X
mail laurindo.guasselli@ufrgs.br
xp CNPq Research Productivity Fellow – Level 2

Leonardo Cardoso Renner

Geologist. Doctor in Geology.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geodesy.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/9304583096464384
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9280-14

Luiz Felipe Velho

Cartographic Engineer. Doctor in Remote Sensing.

Faculty at the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS) – Porto Alegre Campus.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/7818635883355314
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9543-7544
mail luiz.velho@poa.ifrs.edu.br

Marciano Carneiro

Agronomist. Doctor in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Departament of Geodesy.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/5415825654839591
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4436-1935
mail marciano.carneiro@ufrgs.br

Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas

Geographer. Doctor in Remote Sensing.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geography.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/4106985091361715
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9879-2584
mail mfreitas@ufrgs.br

Mauricio Andrades Paixão

Environmental Engineer. Doctor in Water Resources.

Faculty at UFRGS, Hydraulic Research Institute.

latteshttp://lattes.cnpq.br/7539907849992694
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2936-7047
mail mauricio.paixao@ufrgs.br

Rita de Cássia Marques Alves

Meteorologist. Doctor in Meteorology.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geodesy.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/7123107007429083
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7804-8141
mail rita.alves@ufrgs.br

Roosevelt de Lara Santos Junior

Cartographic Engineer. Doctor in Geodetic Sciences.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geodesy.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/4522987683653059
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4390-8636.
mail rooseveltdelara@ufrgs.br

Péricles Luiz Picanço Junior

Cartographic Engineer. Doctor in Geodetic Sciences.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geodesy.

lattes https://lattes.cnpq.br/6290571450341942
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7982-902X
mail pericles.picanco@ufrgs.br

Sergio Florencio de Souza

Cartographic Engineer. Doctor in Geophysics.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geodesy.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/9046115271575289
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4720-6714
mail sergio.florencio@ufrgs.br

Tatiana Mora Kuplich

Biologist. Doctor in Remote Sensing.

Researcher at INPE, Southern Space Coordination.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/8997858562195060
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0657-4024
mail tatiana.kuplich@inpe.br

Tatiana Silva da Silva

Oceanographer. PhD in Oceanography.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Geosciences, Department of Geodesy.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/7879594145147672
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7234-0042
mail tatiana.silva@ufrgs.br


Collaborating Faculty

Daniel Capella Zanotta

Physicist. PhD in Remote Sensing.

Researcher at UNISINOS, Center for Exact and Technological Sciences.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/1023733288544345
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2959-6525
mail danielczanotta@gmail.com

Jose Eduardo da Silveira Costa

Physicist. Doctor in Physics.

Faculty at UFRGS, Institute of Physics, Department of Astronomy.

lattes http://lattes.cnpq.br/0516941410000104
orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0900-0299
mail edu@ufrgs.br

Events

Nov 4
14:00 - 17:00

Defesa de Dissertação – Lorenzo Mexias

Nov 6
09:00 - 12:00

Defesa de Dissertação – Fernanda Saretta

Nov 9
09:30 - 11:30

Defesa de Dissertação – Vitória Regina Figueiredo

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News

  • 2026 student admissions open
  • New high-speed Internet connection for research
  • Death notice
  • PPGSR/UFRGS spinoff startup receives State Researcher Award
  • Master’s and Doctorate call for applications
  • Study by PPGSR/UFRGS researchers reveals the largest event of soil and rock movements on hillsides in Brazil, triggered by recent rains in the state
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Location

PPGSR/CESPRM/UFRGS

Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500
Prédio 44202, Setor 5
Campus do Vale, Bairro Agronomia
Porto Alegre (RS), CEP 90501-90

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Contact

Phone: +55 (51) 3308-6221
WhatsApp: +55 (51) 3308-6221
Email: ppgsr@ufrgs.br

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