Reinaldo Paul Pérez Machado

Professor Titular do Departamento de Geografia da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo. Possui graduação em Geografia - Universidad de La Habana, Cuba (1981), pós-graduação no International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences - ITC da Holanda (1990), Doutorado (2001) e Livre Docência (2012) em Geografia Humana pela Universidade de São Paulo. É docente do programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia Humana da FFLCH-USP (mestrado e doutorado). Realizou pós-doutorado na Universitat de Barcelona (2006-2007), e no Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN da Universidade de Columbia, em Nova Iorque (2009). Participante como Professor Convidado do Programa Erasmus Mundus na Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation - ITC da University of Twente em Holanda, na University of Lund, de Suécia (2010), e no University College Dublin (2017). Presidente do 2º CARTOGEO - Simpósio Internacional Caminhos Atuais da Cartografia na Geografia (2010). Atualmente pesquisador principal e coordenador do Atlas Socioambiental dos Lençóis Maranhenses. Especialista em Cartografia e Geotecnologias, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: geoprocessamento, cartografia digital, sistemas de informações geográficas, análise espacial, sensoriamento remoto e as aplicações das Tecnologias da Informação Geográfica nos temas sociais.

Undergraduated in Geography by Universidad de la Habana (1981), and graduated at the International Institute of Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences - ITC, in the Netherlands (1990), PhD in Sciences (Human Geography) at Universidade de São Paulo (2001), Associate Professor (2012) and Professorate at Universidade de São Paulo (2018). Pérez Machado has taken post-doctorate at Universitat de Barcelona (2006 - 2007), and at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN, at the Columbia University in New York (2009). Since 1994, he is an undergraduation and graduation professor at the Geography Department of Universidade de São Paulo. He has taken part as an Visiting Schollar at the Erasmus Mundus Program, at the Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation - ITC, University of Twente in the Netherlands, and at the University of Lund, in Sweden (2010). He was the Chairman of the Organizing Commission and of the Scientific Committee of the II International Symposium of Present Paths for Cartography in Geography - 2nd CARTOGEO, which has taken place at the Department of Geography of the University of São Paulo in 2010. He has got training and experience in Cartography, with emphasis on Urban Geography, and has worked mainly on the following subjects: geoinformatics, digital cartography, geographic information systems, spatial analysis, remote sensing, and practical uses of Geographic Information Technologies in social topics.