Matheus Barros
PhD Researcher & Founder at leucaena.earth
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolMatheus Barros is a geospatial engineer and founder with 11 years of experience applying GIS, remote sensing and AI to environmental monitoring and policy. As a PhD researcher and founder of Leucaena Earth he develops deep-learning and remote-sensing pipelines to map invasive species and estimate forest carbon, blending research-grade methods with product-minded deployment. He has led geotechnology teams at Imaflora and Arcadis, building reproducible spatial workflows, PostGIS-backed data systems, WebGIS tools and large-scale Google Earth Engine image classifications for restoration, compliance and audit use cases. Comfortable in international, multidisciplinary settings, he combines fluency in Python, R and JavaScript with domain knowledge in environmental law and carbon markets to translate technical outputs into policy-relevant insights. A competitive Erasmus Mundus alumnus who has taught GIS labs and built operational platforms for environmental police and rural communities, he pairs academic rigor with practical tool-building. Currently based in São Paulo, he’s focused on scaling AI-driven geospatial solutions for sustainable land management.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Geospatial Technologies, Master of Science - MS, Geospatial Technologies at University of MünsterGeospatial Sciences Minor, Geospatial Analysis, Geospatial Sciences Minor, Geospatial Analysis at Humboldt State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geotechnologies and Artificial Intelligence applied to forest resources, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geotechnologies and Artificial Intelligence applied to forest resources at Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - ESALQ/USPMaster of Science - MS, Geospatial Technologies, Master of Science - MS, Geospatial Technologies at NOVA IMS Information Management SchoolGIS Specialization, Geographic Information Science and Cartography, GIS Specialization, Geographic Information Science and Cartography at University of California, DavisEngineer's degree, Environmental Engineering, Engineer's degree, Environmental Engineering at Universidade Federal de ItajubáPostgraduate Degree, Environmental Policy Specialization, Postgraduate Degree, Environmental Policy Specialization at UniaméricaGoogle Data Analytics Professional Certificate, Processamento de Dados e Tecnologia de Processamento de Dados, Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate, Processamento de Dados e Tecnologia de Processamento de Dados at Google pour les pros
Portuguese, English, Spanish, German, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese
Github Skills (3)
r-programming7
leaflet2
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
matheussiba/eimg_lx
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:18 pushes, 29 branches in 14 days
matheussiba/webmap302
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:6 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
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