About Marcelo Xavier
Water engineer, river, and flood risk specialist. Flood (2D) and CFD (3D) modeller. Experienced professional (+10 years) in multidisciplinary R+D projects in Europe and South America. Data Scientist and specialist of IoT
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Native or bilingual
Italian
Fluent
French
Conversational
Can work on-site
Valladolid (up to 50km)
Experience
- UVaData ScientistENVIRONMENTALAugust 2025 - Today (10 months)Valladolid, SpainR2 Researcher at OASIS Project (Optimization of Irrigation and River Ecosystem Services through Artificial Intelligence and Sensor Networks)
- Performed data analysis and data mining (meteorological data)
- Researcher in AI and ML for optimization of irrigation system.
- Sensors real time data was treated in a IoT project
- Lombardi GroupHydraulic Engineering SpecialistCIVIL ENGINEERINGJuly 2024 - November 2025 (1 year and 4 months)Quito, Ecuador
- Designed and modelled the floating barriers of the Toachi-Pilaton Hydropower Plant
- Modelled the flood events and assessed the flood hazard of Quito Metropolitan district (Machangara River)
- Evaluated the hydraulic capacity of instream structures
- Designed riverbank protections for flood an erosion control
- Evaluated sewage system capacity in extreme precipitations events
- UnipdMSCA Early-Stage ResearcherCIVIL ENGINEERINGOctober 2020 - November 2023 (3 years and 1 month)Padua, Province of Padua, Italy
- Researched hydraulics of the fishwaysBuilt 3D and 2D hydrodynamic models of fishways in rivers.
- Built 3D hydrodynamic models of fishlike high-resolution geometries.
- Prepared and presented research results in high reputed conferences.
- Written reports and scientific papers in the field of Ecohydraulics.
- Participated in interdisciplinary meetings within Biologists and Ecologists.
- Built a scientific network for research collaboration.
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Education
- PhDUniversità degli Studi di Padova2024PhD in Industrial Engineering - Ecohydraulics & Environmental
- MScEuroAquae+ Consortium2020MSc Hydroinformatics and Water Management