CV

Education

• B.Sc. in Oceanography, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG, Brazil), 2015
• M.Sc. in Marine and Lacustrine Science and Management (VUB, UGent and UAntwerpen, Belgium), 2018;
• Ph.D in Geoscieces, Technical University of Delft (TU Delft, The Netherlands), 2023

Research experience

• Jun 2023 - ongoing: Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), Physical Oceanography Department
  • Topic: Relationship between ocean currents and coastal sea level
  • Main tasks:
    • Tide gauge data;
    • ADCP data processing and analysis;
    • Spectral analysis;
  • Supervisors: Dr. Chris Piecuch and Dr. Britt Raubenheimer
• Jan 2019 - Jun 2023: PhD Researcher
  • Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands
  • Thesis: Closing the regional sea-level budget since 1993
  • Main tasks:
    • Dealing with satellite altimetry and gravimetry data;
    • Argo data and ocean reanalysis and models outputs;
    • Big data analysis
    • Machine Learning
  • Promotors: Dr. Aimee Slangen and Dr. Riccardo Riva
• September 2016 – July 2018, MSc Thesis Research
  • VLIZ
  • Thesis: Quality Control of Sea Level Observations and Tidal Predictions Based on the IOC Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility
  • Main tasks:
    • Dealing with tide gauge data
    • Programing in R
    • Quality control of near-real time tide-gauge data

  • Promotors: Francisco Hernandez (VLIZ) and Dr. Soertaert (UGent)

  • July-October 2018: Research Intern
    • Ocean Observatory of Madeira (OOM), Funchal, Portugal
    • Duties included:
      • Turbulence data and processing analysis;
      • Assistance on cruise planning
      • Oceanographic cruise at the NRP Gago Coutinho for 20 days
      • Data collection with MicroRider, CTD, UnderwayCTD and WireWalker
    • Supervisor: Dr. Rui Caldeira
  • July-September 2017: Research Intern
    • Ocean Observatory of Madeira (OOM), Funchal, Portugal
    • Duties included:
      • Turbulence data and processing analysis;
      • Assistance on cruise planning
      • Oceanographic cruise at the B/O SOCIB for 18 days
      • Data collection with VMP-250, CTD, UnderwayCTD, Niskin bottles and ADCP
    • Supervisor: Dr. Rui Caldeira
  • June-August 2014: Research Intern
    • Rockland Scientific International (RSI), Victoria, Canada
    • Duties included:
      • Training in turbulence data and processing analysis;
      • Data collection with VMP-250
    • Supervisor: Dr. Emma Murowinski, Dr. Rolf Lueck

Publications

SWOT Satellite Reveals Devastating Flood Impact in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Simoes-Sousa, I. T., Camargo, C. M. L., Tavora, J., Piffer-Braga, A., Farrar, J. T., & Pavelsky, T. M. (2025). The May 2024 flood disaster in southern Brazil: Causes, impacts, and SWOT-based volume estimation. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2024GL112442. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112442

From Shelfbreak to Shoreline: Coastal Sea Level and Local Ocean Dynamics in the Northwest Atlantic

Camargo, C.M.L., Piecuch, C.G., Raunbenheimer, B. (2024). From the Shelfbreak to Shoreline: Coastal Sea Level and Local Ocean Dynamics in the Northwest Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(14). doi:10.1029/2024GL109583

Sea-level trend variability in the Mediterranean during the 1993-2019 period

Meli, M., Camargo, C.M.L., Olivieri, M., Slangen, A.B.A., & Romagnoli, C. (2023). Sea-level trend variability in the Mediterranean during the 1993-2019 period. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1150488.

How Can Nature Protect People Against Sea-Level Rise?

van Hespen, R., van Bijsterveldt, C.E.J., Camargo, C.M.L., Stoorvogel, M.M., & Bouma, T.J.: How Can Nature Protect People Against Sea-Level Rise?, Frontiers for Young Minds, 11:910803. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2023.910803, 2023.

Regionalizing the Sea-level Budget With Machine Learning Techniques

Camargo, C. M. L., Riva, R. E. M., Hermans, T. H. J., Schütt, E. M., Marcos, M., Hernandez-Carrasco, I., and Slangen, A. B. A.: Regionalizing the sea-level budget with machine learning techniques, Ocean Sci., 19, 17–41, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-17-2023, 2023

The evolution of 21st century sea-level projections from IPCC AR5 to AR6 and beyond

Slangen, A.B.A., Palmer, M.D., Camargo, C.M.L., Church, J.A., Edwards, T.L., Hermans, T.H.J., Hewitt, H., Garner, G.G., Gregory, J.M., Kopp, R.E., Santos, V.M., \& van de Wal, R.S.W. : The evolution of 21st century sea-level projections from IPCC AR5 to AR6 and beyond, Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 1-33, doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/cft.2022.8, 2022.

Trends and uncertainties of mass-driven sea-level change in the satellite altimetry era

Camargo, C. M. L., Riva, R. E. M., Hermans, T. H. J., and Slangen, A. B. A.: Trends and uncertainties of mass-driven sea-level change in the satellite altimetry era, Earth Syst. Dynam., https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-1351-2022, 2022.

The Effect of Wind Stress on Seasonal Sea-Level Change on the Northwestern European Shelf

Hermans, T. H. J., Katsman, C. A., Camargo, C. M. L., Garner, G. G., Kopp, R. E., & Slangen, A. B. A. (2022). The Effect of Wind Stress on Seasonal Sea-Level Change on the Northwestern European Shelf, Journal of Climate, 35(6), 1745-1759. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0636.1

Convection and heat transfer in island (warm) wakes

Azevedo, C. C., Camargo, C. M. L., Alves, J., & Caldeira, R. M. A. (2021). Convection and Heat Transfer in Island (Warm) Wakes, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(4), 1187-1203. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0103.1

Exploring Sources of Uncertainty in Steric Sea-Level Change Estimates

Camargo, C. M. L., Riva, R. E. M.,Hermans, T. H. J., & Slangen, A. B. A. (2020). Exploring sources of uncertaintyin steric sea‐level change estimates. Journal of Geophysical Research:Oceans,125, e2020JC016551. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016551

Drivers of Interannual Sea Level Variability on the Northwestern European Shelf

Hermans, T. H. J., Le Bars, D.,Katsman, C. A., Camargo, C. M. L.,Gerkema, T., Calafat, F. M., et al. (2020). Drivers of interannual sea level variability on the northwestern European shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,125, e2020JC016325. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016325

Talks at Scientific Conferences

The connection between coastal sea level and local ocean dynamics, and its relation to high-tide flooding along southern New England (U.S.)

May 23, 2024

Talk at EGU, Vienna, Austria

From shelfbreak to shoreline: What is the relationship between coastal sea level and local ocean dynamics?

February 23, 2024

Talk at OSM, New Orleans, U.S.

From Shelfbreak to Shoreline: Coastal Sea Level and Local Ocean Dynamics in the Northwest Atlantic (Invited)

May 04, 2023

Talk at AGU, Washington D.C., U.S.

Sea-level change along the South American Atlantic coastline

May 04, 2023

Talk at EGU, Vienna, Austria

Regionalizing the Sea-level Budget Using a Neural Network Approach

May 23, 2022

Talk at EGU, Vienna, Austria

Regional patterns of ocean mass sea-level change over the satellite altimetry era

April 19, 2021

Talk at EGU, Virtual

Revisiting the Global and Regional Steric Sea-level Trends in the Satellite Era

May 04, 2020

Talk at EGU, Virtual

Teaching

MSc Supervision - Sea-level variability Domains and Their Linkages

MSc Supervision - Present-Day Sea-level Change Along the South American Atlantic Coastline

Guest lecturer - The Value of the Oceans and Sea-level Change

Assignment tutorial and correction - The oceans and their role in climate and sea-level rise

Guest lecturer - Oceanographic Applications of Satellite Altimetry

Funding

• POGO Shipboard training (June 2018)
  • Funding agency: Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO)
  • Shipboard training aboard of R.V. James Cook
  • https://nf-pogo-alumni.org/programs/shipboard-training/porcupine-abyssal-plain-pap/
• ERASMUS+ Training (July-September 2018)
  • Funding agency: European Comission
  • Travel and living allowance for research internship at Oceanic Observatory of Madeira (OOM, Portugal)
• ISA/GSR training fellowship (2016-2018)
  • Funding agency: Global Sea Mineral Resources NV (GSR)
  • Fellowship for Master of Marine and Lacustrine Science and Management programme which starts in September 2016, organized by the Faculty of Science of Free University of Brussels, Antwerp University and Ghent University
  • https://www.isa.org.jm/news/isa-selects-candidates-contractor-training-programmes/
• Science Without Borders Scholarship (2013-2014)
  • Funding agency: CNPQ (Brazil)
  • One year exchange to University of British Columbia (Canada)

Service and leadership

• Vice-president of the WHOI Postdoc Association (2024-2025)
• Member of the NIOZ Colloquium Committee (2019-2022)
• Member of the Yerseke Young Scientist Representative Council (2020-2022)