Environmental Engineer

Gabriela S. Luchetti Vieira

Research and technical solutions for complex environmental challenges. I work in forensic expertise, consulting and research, combining technical knowledge and artificial intelligence to develop environmental solutions.

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About me

Science and practice for the environment

My work brings together scientific knowledge and technical practice in the environmental field, focusing on the analysis of complex problems and on data-driven solutions.

I work with remote sensing, geoprocessing and environmental modelling, using geospatial data, artificial neural networks and programming in studies on climate change, forest conservation and carbon markets.

As an environmental forensic expert, I prepare judicial and extrajudicial technical reports and opinions on environmental damage and liabilities, licensing and environmental compliance.

Environmental studiesEnvironmental damage assessment and valuationForest conservationCarbon marketsRemote sensingArtificial intelligenceLand-use planningEnvironmental justiceEnvironmental forensics
  • Technical reviewer of the Global Environment Outlook 7 (UNEP, 2025)
  • 1st place at HackaUnesp 2024 (UNESP Innovation Agency)
  • Portuguese (native), English (B2) and Spanish (basic)
Gabriela at the International Congress of Environmental Engineering in Curitiba, in front of panels showing natural landscapes
Mangrove forest at the water's edge, with exposed aerial roots Gabriela on a riverside trail surrounded by vegetation Mangrove island seen from a boat
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Consulting and forensics

Feasible, ethical and sustainable environmental solutions for companies, public agencies and law firms, from licensing to forensic expertise.

  • Environmental forensics: court reports and expert assistance
  • Environmental licensing and permits
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA/RIMA)
  • Environmental studies
  • Water use rights (outorga)
  • Solid Waste Management Plans (PGRS)
  • Assessment and valuation of environmental damage
  • Geoprocessing and remote sensing
  • Carbon projects and GHG inventories
  • Zoning and protected-area management plans
  • Technical opinions and reports
  • Talks for schools and universities
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Gabriela during a field inspection with a GPS and clipboard, next to a bridge and vegetation
Field inspection
Background

Education and experience

Education

  1. 2026 – present

    PhD in Environmental Sciences CNPq

    São Paulo State University (UNESP)

    Urban carbon-flux modelling with artificial neural networks validated by eddy covariance: applications to environmental governance and climate-inequality analysis.

  2. 2024 – 2026

    MSc in Environmental Sciences

    São Paulo State University (UNESP)

    Estimating carbon-credit potential from avoided deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) using artificial neural networks. Read the dissertation (PT)

  3. 2024 – 2026

    Professional MSc in Environmental Technological Processes CNPq

    University of Sorocaba (UNISO)

    Ecological-Economic Zoning of the Sorocaba Metropolitan Region: scenario overlay as a public-management tool. Read the dissertation (PT)

  4. 2022 – 2023

    Postgraduate Specialisation in Environmental Impact Assessment and Licensing

    Senac University Centre, São Paulo

  5. 2016 – 2022

    BEng in Environmental Engineering

    São Paulo State University (UNESP)

Additional training
  • Remote Sensing Applied to Carbon Projects — UFES, 2026
  • Fuzzy Sets and Artificial Intelligence — CNPEM, 2025
  • Perception and Mapping of Geological Risk Areas — ENAP, 2025
  • Environmental Forensics and Valuation — IBAPE, 2025
  • Greenhouse Gas Inventory — Ambipar, 2024
  • Water Resources Management in São Paulo State — CETESB, 2021

Experience

  1. Present

    Founder and lead engineer

    GL Engenharia Ambiental

  2. 2025 – present

    Environmental forensic expert

    São Paulo State Court of Justice · expert assistant to the São Paulo State Treasury

  3. 2024 – 2026

    Environmental Engineer

    CarbonSpace · Ireland (remote)

    Geospatial analysis for carbon and climate projects: remote sensing, land-use monitoring and support for conservation initiatives.

  4. 2022 – 2024

    Environmental analyst

    Chemyunion Química

    Sustainability reports (2022 and 2023) and solid waste management programme.

  5. 2021 – 2022

    Intern

    Raízen Combustíveis S.A.

  6. 2019 – 2021

    Undergraduate research fellow

    Institute for Technological Research (IPT-SP) · FIPT fellowship

    Databases for contaminated-site management.

Teaching

Teaching what I apply in the field

Lecturer · Ambiental Pro

MBA in Artificial Intelligence Applied to the Environment

Courses: Computer Vision and AI for Geospatial Analysis; IoT and Real-Time Sensor Networks.

UNESP Sorocaba

Teaching internship

Department of Environmental Engineering: Geographic Information Systems; Geoprocessing; Topics in Environmental Auditing; Environmental Legislation.

Supervision and assessment

Supervision and committees

Supervision of an undergraduate research project on dengue-susceptible areas in Sorocaba (UNESP). Evaluator at the UNESP Undergraduate Research Congress (CIC) in 2025 and 2026, BEng thesis examination committee (UNESP, 2025) and judging committee of BRAGANTEC science fair, IFSP (2025 and 2026).

Talks
  • Predicting future land-use scenarios with Artificial Intelligence (2026)
  • The role of carbon markets in the pursuit of sustainability (2024)
  • Environmental impacts of industry and conscious consumption (2023)
  • Environmental education as a tool for transformation and sustainable development (2022)
Gabriela giving a talk on artificial intelligence, holding a microphone beside the projection screen
Talk on artificial intelligence
Gabriela speaking into a microphone during a panel discussion
Panel discussion
Gabriela presenting the Environmental Racism Index in front of an orange slide at the 7th Brazilian Congress on Fuzzy Systems
7th Brazilian Congress on Fuzzy Systems (2025)
Research output

Publications

  • 2025

    Book chapter

    Índice de Racismo Ambiental: proposta metodológica a partir da lógica fuzzy

    Vieira, G. S. L.; Souza, C. B. F.; Silva, D. P.; Mota Junior, V. D.; Roveda, J. A. F.; Roveda, S. R. M. M.

    Livro de Resumos do VII Congresso Brasileiro de Sistemas Fuzzy (CBSF 2025). Campinas: CNPEM / Aptor Software, v. 7, p. 58–64.

  • 2025

    Full paper

    Especificação de um experimento de ciência de dados para análise de áreas contaminadas

    Quille, R. V. E.; Vieira, G. S. L.; Freitas, L. G.; Corrêa, P. L. P.; Souza, S. N. A.; Barbosa, A. M.; Almeida, F. V.

    Anais do WCAMA 2025, Maceió/AL. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, p. 316–325.

  • 2025

    Extended abstract

    Dataset de poços de monitoramento de gases da USP Leste

    Quille, R. V. E.; Vieira, G. S. L.; Freitas, L. G.; Corrêa, P. L. P.; Souza, S. N. A.; Barbosa, A. M.; Almeida, F. V.

    Anais do WCAMA 2025, Maceió/AL. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, p. 352–355.

  • 2025

    Abstract

    Proposta simplificada do Zoneamento Ecológico-Econômico da Região Metropolitana de Sorocaba-SP: sobreposição de cenários como ferramenta de gestão pública

    Vieira, G. S. L.; Lourenço, R. W.; Yoshida, V. M. H.

    1º Encontro de Pesquisadores do Observatório de Desenvolvimento da RMS (EPO). Sorocaba: Uniso, v. 1, p. 14.

  • 2024

    Book chapter

    Avaliação dos efeitos da degradação vegetal no balanço de energia na APA de Itupararanga para 2015, 2019 e 2023

    Toledo, M. V. L.; Vieira, G. S. L.; Lourenço, R. W.

    Extremos climáticos: impactos atuais e riscos futuros. Belo Horizonte: Synapse Editora, p. 107–117.

  • 2024

    Full paper

    Métodos e técnicas de mapeamento de mudanças do uso da terra e seus impactos socioambientais

    Vieira, G. S. L.; Lourenço, R. W.; Yoshida, V. M. H.

    Anais do Congresso Nacional de Meio Ambiente de Poços de Caldas, v. 7.

  • 2024

    Full paper

    Análise temporal da autocorrelação espacial do Índice Paulista de Desenvolvimento Municipal para os anos de 2014 e 2022

    Vieira, G. S. L.; Melare, A. V. S.; Santos, H. G.; Silva, D. C. C. E.

    Livro de Memórias do Sustentare & WIPIS 2024, Campinas.

  • 2024

    Abstract

    Mapeamento do uso da terra e análise das mudanças na Região Metropolitana de Sorocaba

    Vieira, G. S. L.; Yoshida, V. M. H.; Lourenço, R. W.

    1º Colóquio Interdisciplinar PPGCF e PPGPTA, Sorocaba-SP.

  • 2024

    Technical note

    Proposta de Índice de Racismo Ambiental a partir do modelo de inferência fuzzy

    Vieira, G. S. L.; Souza, C. B. F.; Silva, D. P.; Roveda, J. A. F.; Roveda, S. R. M. M.; Mota Junior, V. D.

    Sorocaba: Instituto Dacor.

  • 2021

    Full paper

    A educação ambiental como ferramenta de conscientização ambiental para escolares da rede pública

    Vieira, G. S. L.; Simas, S. H. B. E.; Lourenço, R. W.

    9º Congresso Brasileiro de Extensão Universitária (CBEU), Belo Horizonte, v. 9.

  • 2020

    Extended abstract

    Benefícios da ciência dos dados aplicada à revitalização de brownfields no contexto de cidades inteligentes e sustentáveis

    Vieira, G. S. L.; Quille, R. V. E.; Freitas, L. G.

    Anais do Simpósio Brasileiro Online de Gestão Urbana, Bauru, v. 4.

Titles are shown in the original Portuguese. Full list on my Lattes CV and ORCID.

In the media

Press

Interviews and news stories about my research (in Portuguese).

News · UNESP2026

Pesquisadoras da Unesp Sorocaba apresentam soluções inovadoras para desafios ambientais no 5º Congresso Internacional de Engenharia Ambiental, em Curitiba

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Interview2025

Pesquisa do observatório da região metropolitana visa contribuir para o uso sustentável do solo

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Instituto Dacor2024

Instituto Dacor participa da criação de índice inédito sobre racismo ambiental

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Media2024

Índice de Racismo Ambiental (IRA): dados, raça e mudanças climáticas

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News · UNESP2024

Alunas de Sorocaba ficam em primeiro lugar no Hackaton Unesp

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Podcast2023

Inovando pelo futuro, ep. 05: consciência ambiental para um futuro mais sustentável

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Contact

Let's talk

Forensic expertise, consulting, research partnerships, lectures and talks.

E-mailluchetti.engambiental@gmail.com Phone and WhatsApp+55 44 99973-2805 LinkedInin/gabrielaluchetti Lattes CV5314682056632715 ORCID0009-0000-6152-7680