Diego Jatobá holds a PhD in Earth System Science from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE/Brazil), an MSc in Meteorology from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), and a BSc in Mathematics from the Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR). With an interdisciplinary background, his work integrates climate science, modeling, and climate and environmental data analysis. He contributed to Brazil’s Fourth National Communication on Climate Change (UNFCCC, 2020), developing studies and tools to support national mitigation and adaptation planning. His previous research focused on modeling CO₂ emissions and removals across Brazilian biomes under different land-use change scenarios (Nexus). As an international researcher at ESA’s Φ-lab, in collaboration with UNICEF, his current research applies advanced ML techniques, combining EO data, climate reanalysis, and CMIP6/DestinE projections to predict heatwaves and improve UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) by accounting for Brazil’s diverse climate zones.
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