About Me.
I was born and raised in Manaus, a 2+ million people city in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. It was during my undergrad studies in Manaus that I learned that rivers have a story to tell. Since then, I couldn't stop thinking about the evolution of the Earth's surface and what hidden stories I could uncover by studying landscapes. Inspired in the Earth’s amazing scenery, I am intrigued by the processes that interact to create, sustain, and modify landscapes through time.
Below you'll find more about my path in this pursuit of speaking the language of landscapes. Click the box below to download my full CV.
Positions
2022 - Present
Queens College
City University of New York
Assistant Professor
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Doctoral Professor at the Earth and Environmental Science, CUNY Graduate Center
2018-2022
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
Assistant Professor (tenured in 2021)
Departmento de Geologia
Escola de Minas
2016-2018
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
Postdoctoral Researcher
Scripps EARTH
Focus: Geomorphology and Cosmogenic Isotopes
Advisor: Dr. Jane K. Willenbring
Publications
* denotes student author
Title | Authors | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|
Reconciling tectonic shortening, sedimentation and spatial patterns of erosion from 10Be paleo-erosion rates in the Argentine Precordillera. | Val, P.; Hoke, GD; Fosdick, JC; Wittmann H | 2016 | Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
Erosion of an active fault scarp leads to drainage capture in the Amazon region, Brazil | Val, P.; Silva, CL; Harbor, DJ; Morales, N; Maia, TFA; Amaral, FR | 2014 | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms |
Distribuição de knickpoints em bacias de drenagem na região de Manaus (AM) e seu potencial para o estudo neotectônico e evolução da paisagem na Amazônia. | Val, P.; Silva, CL; Santos, JM; Morales, N; Harbor | 2013 | Contribuições à Geologia da Amazônia |
Funding (selected)
2024
National Science Foundation
Division of Earth Sciences, Geomorphology and Land-Use Dynamics
2023
Instituto Serrapilheira
CAREER: Tectonically dead but geomorphologically alive: Investigating the role of hard rocks as triggers of widespread, long-term landscape change in continent interiors
U$750,499
DELTA H 2023
R$55,500
2023
PSC-CUNY
DEAR Amazon:
Detecting Erosion Acceleration in Response to deforestation and fires in the Amazon rainforest
U$6,000
Education
2012-2016
Syracuse University
PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Focus: Tectonic Geomorphology
100% Supported with a CAPES Fellowship
Advisor: Gregory D. Hoke
PhD committee: Paul Fitzgerald, Rob Moucha, Terry Jordan, William Ouimet
2009
Washington & Lee University
Exchange student in Environmental Sciences
Funded by the CAPES-FIPSE Program
Advisor: David Harbor
2006-2012
Universidade Federal do Amazonas
Bachelor of Science, Geology
Undergrad research experiences in Geomorphology, Neotectonics, Structural Geology
Advisor: Clauzionor L. Silva