Andréa Puzzi Nicolau

Andréa is a Geospatial Data Scientist mainly supporting geospatial activities for the NASA SERVIR-Amazonia hub. Andréa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil) and a Master’s degree in Earth System Science from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (US). Her expertise is on remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and geospatial analysis, with a focus on land cover and land use dynamics and crop mapping with optical and radar satellite data. Andréa has instructed several capacity building workshops focused on Google Earth Engine and Collect Earth Online to stakeholders in Latin America and Asia. She works collaboratively on a daily basis with international institutions, government agencies, academia, and NGOs to leverage satellite data and the power of geospatial analysis to address critical challenges in developing countries.