Awards
- Best Poster Presentation, 3rd Bioenergy Studies Symposium, Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Global Environment Facility (GEF), 2021
- Sir Geoffrey Vickers Memorial Award, International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), Berlin, Germany, 2015
- Medal of 150 Year Jubilee of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, awarded as a civil servant from the Minister of State, MAPA, Brasilia, Brazil, 2010
- MasterCana Prize Awardee, category 'Personality of the Year', Centre-South Region, Brazil, Jornal Cana, 2009
- MasterCana Prize Awardee, category 'The Most Influents of the Sector', National Level, Brazil, Jornal Cana, 2009
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Earth Charter Educator, UNESCO Chair on Education for Sustainable Development with the Earth Charter, 2023
- Chartered Engineer (Agronomist), Brazil's Federal Council of Engineering (CREA-PR/CONFEA).
- Member, Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC)
- Member, Paraná Institute of Engineering (IEP)
Links with Other Academic Bodies
- University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil, Assitant Professor (tenured) at the Centre for Sustainable Development (CDS)
- Member of the Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment (HACE) and Former Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, United States
- Academic Colaborator at the Center for Energy Economics and Management, IFP School, IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN), France
Fellowships
- Belfer Center Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Agriculture and Energy Policy, Harvard University and POET LLC, 2020 - 2021
- Giorgio Ruffolo Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Sustainability Science, Harvard University and Italy's Ministry of the Environment (MATTM), 2016 - 2017
- Doctoral Research Fellowship at Imperial College London, CAPES Foundation (Brazil), 2010 - 2014
- Master's Research Fellowship at the University of Sao Paulo (USP), PRH4, National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), 2001 - 2003
Editorial Boards
- Carbon Management (Taylor & Francis Group), Guest Advisor for the Special Collection on Negative Emissions Technology
- Carbon Management (Taylor & Francis Group), Member of the Editorial Board
- Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports (Springer Nature), Section Editor for Bioenergy