Quantifying pyrogenic carbon stocks, soil organic carbon, and fire-climate feedbacks in Amazonian forests

Aerial drone view across the Amazon Arc of Deforestation

Our Team

World-class fire and soil carbon scientists from the UK, Brazil, Australia, and the USA

Principal Investigators

Prof. Ted R. Feldpausch

PI (NERC, UK)
University of Exeter, UK

Prof. Plínio B. de Camargo

PI (FAPESP, Brazil)
University of São Paulo (CENA), Brazil

Co-Investigators

Prof. Kees Jan van Groenigen — University of Exeter, UK
Prof. Jos Barlow — Lancaster University, UK
Prof. Richard Betts — University of Exeter / Met Office, UK

Researcher Co-I

Dr. Lidiany Carvalho — University of Exeter, UK
Dr. Erika Berenguer — Lancaster University, UK

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. João Pompeu — INPE, Brazil
Dr. Wanderlei Bieluczyk — CENA, Brazil
Dr. Facundo Alvarez — CENA, Brazil
Dr. Karina Gonçalves — CENA, Brazil
Dr. Oscar Kennedy-Blundell — University of Exeter, UK

Postgraduate Researchers

Maurivan Barros Pereira  ·  Francisca Silvana Silva do Nascimento  ·  Amauri de Castro Barradas  ·  Lorena de Souza Fleury  ·  Gabriel Nunes  ·  Mario Lucas Medeiros Naval  ·  Jess Thomas  ·  Emily Doyle

Project Partners

Dr. Luiz Aragão (INPE)  ·  Dr. Jean Ometto (INPE)  ·  Prof. Luiz Martinelli (CENA)  ·  Prof. Michael Bird (James Cook University)  ·  Dr. Eleanor Burke (Met Office)  ·  Dr. Chantelle Burton (Met Office)  ·  Prof. Ben H. Marimon (UNEMAT)  ·  Prof. Beatriz S. Marimon (UNEMAT)  ·  Dr. Simone Reis (UFAC)  ·  Dr. Sonaira Silva (UFAC)  ·  Dr. Marcos Silveira (UFAC)  ·  Dr. Paulo Brando (Yale University)  ·  Dr. Joice Ferreira (Embrapa)  ·  Marcos Carvalho (UNEMAT)  ·  Dr. Kita Macário (UFF)  ·  Prof. Yadvinder Malhi (Oxford)  ·  Dr. Carlos Quesada (INPA)