Curriculum Vitæ

CINTIA BERTACCHI UVO Professor

Dept. of Water Resources Engineering

Lund University

Box 118, SE – 221 00 Lund, Sweden

Phone: +46 46 222 0435, Fax: +46 46 222 4435

e–mail: Cintia.Uvo@tvrl.lth.se

Education

Ph.D. Eng. – “Influence of sea surface temperature on rainfall and runoff in Northeastern South America: Analysis and modeling”, Department of Water Resources Engineering, Lund University, 1998.

MSc. – “The Intertropical Convergence Zone and its relationship to the precipitation on north – northeast Brazil”, National Institute for Space Research, São Paulo, Brazil, 1989.

B.Sc. (Meteorology, minor in statistics) University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 1983.

Major Research Fields

Interaction ocean–atmosphere–hydrology.

Climate variability and climate forecast.

Hydroclimatological processes.

Appointments

Department of Water Resources Engineering, Institute of Technology, Lund University, Sweden, 1998 – present.

Center for Weather Forecast and Climate Studies – CPTEC, National Institute for Space Research – INPE, Brazil, 1988 – 1998.

Institute for Flight Protection, Brazilian Air Force, Brazil. 1983 – 1988.

Professional Experience

Guest Researcher at the Institute for Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil, June 2007 – present. Study of the effects of climate variability on the cerrado region in central Brazil and the Upper Paraguay River basin. Seasonal climate and hydrological forecast.

Professor in Water Resources Engineering at the Department of Water Resources Engineering, Institute of Technology, Lund University, Sweden, May 2007. Study of climate variability and change on surface and urban hydrology.

Associate Professor at the Department of Water Resources Engineering, Institute of Technology, Lund University, Sweden, 2003 – 2007. Study of the effects of climate variability on spring discharge and hydro-electricity production in northern Europe. Seasonal hydrological forecast by data-driven downscaling of Global Circulation Models.

Postdoc at the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia University, USA, under the UCAR Visitor Scientist Program, Jan/2000 to Feb/2001. Study of the effects of North Atlantic Oscillation on winter precipitation over northern Europe. Downscaling of Global Circulation Models.

Assistant Professor at the Department of Water Resources Engineering, Institute of Technology, Lund University, Sweden, 1998 – 2003.

Head of the Division for Climate Forecast at the Center for Weather Forecast and Climate Studies – CPTEC, National Institute for Space Research – INPE, Brazil. Supervising work related to climate forecasting and dissemination of the forecast to final users and mass media, 1991 – 1995. Composed of about 10 people.

Climate research and climate monitoring. Center for Weather Forecast and Climate Studies – CPTEC, National Institute for Space Research – INPE, Brazil, 1988 – 1991.

Teacher. Institute for Flight Protection, Brazil. Full – time work on elaboration and teaching of courses related to meteorology and computer sciences, 1983 – 88.

Teaching and Pedagogical Experience

Supervision of 2 Doctor of Sciences Thesis:

Co-Supervision of 4 Doctor of Sciences Thesis:

Supervision of 1 Licentiate Work:

Supervision of 5 Master of Science Thesis:

Supervision of 8 degree project works:

Lecturing

I created, organized, coordinated and am/was the principal lecturer of this course of nine courses in graduation level at Lund University, Sweden; at the Institute for Hydraulics Research – IPH, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; and at the Institute for Flight Protection, Brazilian Air Force.

I am invited lector in two courses of graduation level at Lund University and in one of graduation level at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Languages

Native Portuguese.

Fluent English, Swedish, French.

Basic Italian and Spanish.