Engenheira Civil pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2002) – UFMG. Mestrado (2005) e Doutorado (2010) em Engenharia Civil – Tecnologia de Saneamento Ambiental e Recursos Hídricos pela COPPE/UFRJ. Pós-Doutorado na Universidade do Minho/Portugal (2021). Fundadora e Diretora-Executiva do Instituto Reúso de Água. Professora Associada do Departamento de Engenharia Sanitária e do Meio Ambiente da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – DESMA/UERJ. Docente e pesquisadora dos Programas de Pós-graduação em Engenharia Ambiental da UERJ, PEAMB (mestrado profissional) e DEAMB (doutorado). Membro do Comitê Consultivo do Movimento +Água do Pacto Global da ONU – Rede Brasil. Atua em projetos técnico-científicos de engenharia aplicados ao saneamento ambiental, esgotamento sanitário, tratamento de águas residuárias, reúso de água e controle de poluição das águas.
Civil Engineer from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, 2002). She holds a Master’s degree (2005) and a Ph.D. (2010) in Civil Engineering – Environmental Sanitation and Water Resources Technology from COPPE/UFRJ, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Minho, Portugal (2021).
She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Water Reuse Institute. She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (DESMA/UERJ), and a faculty member and researcher in UERJ’s Graduate Programs in Environmental Engineering, including PEAMB (professional master’s) and DEAMB (doctoral program).
She is a member of the Advisory Committee of the “+Water Movement” of the UN Global Compact – Brazil Network. Her work focuses on technical and scientific engineering projects applied to environmental sanitation, wastewater systems, wastewater treatment, water reuse, and water pollution control.
