Summary
Karolinne Coelho is a Reservoir Engineer at Petrobras with eight years of experience combining advanced computational mechanics and reservoir modeling for the Buzios deepwater asset. She holds a Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics from UNICAMP and has a track record of translating mathematical research into production-ready C++ and Python modules for finite element simulators. Her work spans mixed finite element formulations for fractured porous media, parallel solver integration with PETSc, and stochastic analysis—skills she applied both in academia and in industry-scale reservoir modeling. Notably, she implemented a NeoPZ module with pybind11 bindings and demonstrated code scalability on HPC clusters, bridging theory and high-performance software. Based in Rio de Janeiro, she brings a rare blend of rigorous proofs-driven research and practical engineering delivery to subsurface simulation challenges.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
PhD in Structural Engineering (Civil Engineering), Computational Mechanics, PhD in Structural Engineering (Civil Engineering), Computational Mechanics at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Civil Engineering, First place in entrance exam., Civil Engineering, First place in entrance exam. at Universidade Federal de Alagoas
University of São Paulo
Portuguese, English