Summary
Pablo De Melo is a botanist-turned-data scientist with nine years of experience blending field-based botanical research and applied data analytics, currently serving as Analista de Dados/Cientista de Dados at Amplo Engenharia. He holds advanced training in botany and forest engineering and has led development of electronic tools for conservation assessments at the Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora. His work spans floristics, herbarium curation, ex situ cultivation and specialized research on karst (calcário) vegetation, bringing domain expertise to biodiversity data pipelines. A former visiting professor and co-founder of an environmental tech startup, he combines scientific rigor with practical software solutions to streamline plant-risk evaluations. Based in Minas Gerais, he uniquely bridges hands-on botanical curation and computational tool-building for conservation decision-making.
9 years of coding experience
Doutorado Botânica/Biologia Vegetal, Doutorado Botânica/Biologia Vegetal at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Mestrado em Engenharia Florestal Botânica/Biologia Vegetal, Mestrado em Engenharia Florestal Botânica/Biologia Vegetal at Universidade Federal de Lavras
Licentiate degree Biologia/Ciências Biológicas - Geral, Licentiate degree Biologia/Ciências Biológicas - Geral at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Portuguese, English