Research Interests:
“Global Optimization Methods in Geophysical Inversion” 

Memberships/Distinctions:
Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI), board member
Consortium for Ocean Research and Education (CORE), board member
Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), member
American Geophysical Union (AGU), member
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), member
Society of Brazilian Geophysicists' Foreign Geophysicist Recognition Award recipient