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(2025, 6 MONTHS) LINK 🔗

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

VISITING Ph.D. AT SENSEABLE CITY RIO

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  • URBAN PHYSICS AUTUMN SCHOOL (2025, 40h), organised by Bert Blocken (Heriot-Watt University), Golem, ALBANIA. LINK 🔗
  • PRACTICAL GUIDE TO TRADING (2024, 51h), Interactive Brokers, Coursera online specialization. LINK 🔗
  • INTRODUCTION TO THE WRF MODEL (2024, 3.5h), Udemy. LINK 🔗
  • RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT SUMMER SCHOOL (2023, 60h), ETH ZĂŒrich. LINK 🔗
  • PYTHON (2022, 80h), University of Michigan (USA), Coursera online specialization. LINK 🔗
  • SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING FOR MEASURING URBAN HEAT ISLANDS AND CONSTRUCTING HEAT VULNERABILITY INDICES (2022, 6h), NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET). LINK 🔗
  • FUNDAMENTALS OF REMOTE SENSING (2022, 5h), NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET), no certificate provided. LINK 🔗
  • SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS (2022, 21h), Campinas State University, Campinas, BRAZIL. LINK 🔗
  • WEBINAR ELSEVIER: ENGINEERING LITERATURE REVIEW (2021, 2h), AGUIA, University of SĂŁo Paulo, BRAZIL. LINK 🔗
  • WEBINAR ELSEVIER: HIGH QUALITY SYSTEMATIC REVIEW WITH EMBASE (2021, 2h), AGUIA, University of SĂŁo Paulo, BRAZIL. LINK 🔗
  • WEBINAR ELSEVIER: CHOOSING THE BEST JOURNAL FOR PUBLISHING YOUR ARTICLE (2021, 2h), AGUIA, University of SĂŁo Paulo, BRAZIL. LINK 🔗
  • MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY AND FOCUS STACKING (2020, 3h), Udemy. LINK 🔗
  • BOTANICAL IDENTIFICATION (2020, 21h), BRASIL BIOMA. LINK 🔗
  • ECOLOGY: FROM CELLS TO GAIA (2020, 6h), Tomsk State University (RUSSIA), Coursera online course. LINK 🔗
  • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (2020, 18h), University of Copenhagen (DENMARK), Coursera online course.
  • MOUNTAINS 101 (2020, 18h), University of Alberta (CANADA), Coursera online course.
  • URBAN NATURE: CONNECTING CITIES, NATURE AND INNOVATION (2020, 13h), Lund University (SWEDEN), Coursera online course.
  • UNDERSTANDING PLANTS, PARTS I AND II (2020, 11h + 6h), Tel Aviv University (ISRAEL), Coursera online course.
  • INTRODUCTION TO LANDSCAPE DESIGN (2019, 48h), Escola de BotĂąnica (SP), with Oscar Bressane, landscape designer that accompanied Burle Marx in its expeditions. LINK 🔗
  • GREEN ROOFS AND VERTICAL GARDENS (2019, 20h), TIBÁ Institute of Intuitive Technology and Bioarchitecture. LINK 🔗
  • BAMBOO STRUCTURES (2018, 30h), with Jaime Peña (COLOMBIA), on extraction, processing, structural conception and project and execution of a bridge canopy in bamboo. LINK 🔗
  • BIOARCHITECTURE (2018, 40h), with Johan Van Lengen (NETHERLANDS), on earth structures, wood structures, ecological sanitation, earth based paint and low cost concrete structures. LINK 🔗
  • ROMAN ARCHITECTURE (2014, 54h), Yale University (EUA), Coursera online course. LINK 🔗
  • INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL PHILOSOPHY (2013, 24h), Ludwig-Maximilian University MĂŒnchen (GERMANY), Coursera online course. LINK 🔗

EDUCATION

(2012 — 2019, 8 YEARS) LINK 🔗

POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

B.Sc. CIVIL ENGINEERING

THESIS: “Habitability improvements in residential occupations at São Paulo city center”

Published in the University of Porto (PORTUGAL) 12th CITTA International Conference on Planning Research, see publications below.

The paper was also winner of the Best Undergraduate Thesis “INOVATCC” in the III National Symposium of Urban Engineering and Management (SINGEURB), see publications below.

ADVISORS: Prof. Dr. Luiz Reynaldo Cardoso and Prof. Dr. Luciana Royer.

ABSTRACT: Complete retrofit project for social housing in SĂŁo Paulo city center investigating the hypothesis of relocating available financial resources from existent saturated social rent programs into habitability improvements in residential occupations.

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(2015 — 2017, 2 YEARS) LINK 🔗

ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING FACULTY

UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

DOUBLE DEGREE IN B. Sc. ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING

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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS

(2017 — 2018, 1 YEAR, APROX. 300h)

HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND HOUSING LABORATORY (FAU-USP)

TITLE: “Subdivision, edification and compulsory utilization: characteristics of São Paulo city center real estate”

SUPERVISOR: Prof. Luciana Royer.

ABSTRACT: Survey and systematic analysis of the present condition of former notified real estate that were not complying to the social function of private property, presenting the outcomes to São Paulo’s Public Prosecution (2018) and making of a scientific dissemination public notebook.

(2013 — 2014, 2 YEARS, APROX. 400h)

APPLIED MATHEMATICS (IME-USP)

TITLE: “Mathematical modelling of social evolution dynamics”

SUPERVISOR: Prof. Renato Vicente.

ABSTRACT: Evolution dynamics of altruism development in hunter-gatherer societies, involving anthropology, biological and social sciences, game theory and Python simulations, presenting a poster session in the 26th Annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference in Natal, RN, Brazil (2014).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

(2014 — 2015, 1 YEAR) EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR COURSERA BRAZIL PROJECT

Coordination of up to 500 volunteers in multidisciplinary teams for translating from English to Portuguese the online courses on universitary level from Coursera platform.

(2019 — 2019, 6 MONTHS, APROX. 240h)

MOVIMENTO 90 GRAUS

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE INTERNSHIP

Project and implementation of green roofs and vertical gardens.

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LANGUAGES

  • PORTUGUESE, native.
  • ENGLISH, fluent (2014: IELTS 8.5 de 9.0 LINK 🔗; 2020: TOEFL ITP 633/677 LINK 🔗).
  • SPANISH, intermediate.
  • GERMAN, A1. LINK 🔗

SHORT COURSES

(2019 — 2021)

OFICINA VERDII FOUNDER

Started my own business in Nature-based solutions for design, implementation and maintenance of vegetated roofs and rain gardens.

(2020 — 2022, 2 YEARS) LINK 🔗

POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

M.Sc. CIVIL ENGINEERING

GRADES RESULT: 10/10 (with Honors).

THESIS: “Nature Based Solutions for rainwater runoff management in São Paulo, Brazil: performance of green roofs with different substrate depths compared to conventional ceramic tile roofs.”

ADVISOR: Prof. Dr. Brenda Chaves Coelho Leite.

ABSTRACT: Investigation of two different masonry prototypes: a ceramic tiled roof and a vegetated roof in terms of water retention, peak runoff delay and peak runoff attenuation. Assembly of structure and sensors in four different scale models under same structural conditions besides different substrate depths for the investigation of variations in the same parameters of runoff conditions.

(2015, 1 YEAR)

DEVELOPER AND EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR

KHAN ACADEMY PROJECT

Implementation of a voluntary translation system for Khan Academy intermediate level online courses, initial coordination and training of the succeeding Executive Coordinator.

(2015 — 2016, 1 YEAR) LINK 🔗

UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, UK

EXCHANGE STUDY ABROAD YEAR IN M.Eng. CIVIL ENGINEERING

(2014 — 2015, 1 YEAR, APROX. 960h)

LEMANN FOUNDATION

LUCAS GOBATTI

LAST UPDATED: DECEMBER/2025

lucas.gobatti@eawag.ch

+41 799205783

Überlandstrasse 133, 8600, DĂŒbendorf, Switzerland

CREA: 5070885681

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ORCiD

LinkedIn

www.lucasgobatti.com

Google Scholar

SHORT CV >>

(2021—2021, 5 MONTHS, APROX. 200h) LINK 🔗

UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO

TEACHING ASSISTANT

Held a Teaching Assistant program in the PCC3100 Graphic Project Representation in the Department of Civil Engineering Construction of the University of SĂŁo Paulo Polytechnic School, tutoring students and reviewing the course textbooks for Simens NX CAD.

(2016, 2 MONTHS, APROX. 100h) LINK 🔗

UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING (UK)

TITLE: “Urban Night-Time Cooling”

SUPERVISOR: Prof. Virginia Stovin.

ABSTRACT: Analysis of urban microclimates and the effect of Green Roofs as well as training in M.Eng. subjects in Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).

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VOLUNTEER WORK

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(2013 — 2014) LINK 🔗

GLOBAL TRANSLATOR COMMUNITY (COURSERA)

Translation and review of short courses from relevant universities around the world from English to Portuguese as volunteer translator and proofreader.

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(2019, 1 MONTH) LINK 🔗

BIOARCHITECTURE APPRENTICE (TIBÁ INSTITUTE OF BIOARCHITECTURE)

Learned about earth construction, bamboo structures and ecologic water treatment.

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COMPLETE JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • ★ GOBATTI, L.; BACH, P.M.; MAURER, M.; LEITÃO, J.P. (2025). “IMPACT OF SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT ON URBAN TREE EVAPORATIVE COOLING AND HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT”. npj Urban Sustainability, Vol. 5, Springer Nature. LINK 🔗
  • ★ GOBATTI, L.; BACH, P.M.; SCHEIDEGGER, A.; LEITÃO, J.P. (2023). “USING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO INVESTIGATE BLUE-GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ESTABLISHMENT TIME FOR URBAN COOLING”. Sustainable Cities and Society, Vol. 97, Elsevier. LINK 🔗
  • ★ GOBATTI, L.; LEITE, B.C.C. (2023). “UNMANAGED VEGETATED ROOFS HYDROLOGICAL PERFORMANCE IN SUBTROPICAL AREAS: AN INVESTIGATION IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL”. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 874, Elsevier. LINK 🔗
  • ★ GOBATTI, L.; LEITE, B.C.C. (2022). “VEGETATED ROOFS RAINWATER MANAGEMENT EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN BRAZIL: A GEOREFERENCED EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW OF A CONTINENTAL-SIZE COUNTRY”. Cleaner Production Letters, Vol. 3, Elsevier. LINK 🔗
  • ★ GOBATTI, L.; MARTINS, J.R.S.; PEREIRA, M.C.S.; LEITE, B.C.C. (2022). “REAL-TIME SENSING AND LOW-COST EXPERIMENTAL SETUP FOR WATER QUANTITY INVESTIGATION IN NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS”. Blue-Green Systems, IWA Publishing, Vol. 4, No. 2. LINK 🔗

★ FIVE MOST RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

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  • LaTeX: typesetting system for document preparation. Self-instructed.
  • GIS: geographic information system. Trained at Spatial Analysis course, University of Sheffield, UK.
  • EXCEL: spreadsheet editor. LINK 🔗
  • AUTOCAD: CAD software. Self-instructed.
  • SIEMENS NX: CAD high-end for 3D modelling. Trained during the Teaching Assistant program at University of SĂŁo Paulo, BRAZIL.
  • PROGRAMMING: PYTHON, C. Trained during the Engineering course and the Undergraduate Research Project at IME, University of SĂŁo Paulo, BRAZIL.
  • ARDUINO: basics of electronic prototyping. Self-instructed.
  • SKETCHUP: 3D projects. Self-instructed.
  • OPENSTUDIO: energetic analysis of built environments in BIM. Trained during the graduate course Computational Simulation of Buildings Energetic Performance, University of SĂŁo Paulo, BRAZIL.
  • ENERGYPLUS: SketchUp for energetic analysis in BIM for buildings. Trained during the Computational Simulation of Buildings Energetic Performance course, University of SĂŁo Paulo, BRAZIL.
  • ENVI-MET: simplified CFD microclimate model. Self-instructed.
  • LIGHTROOM: image processing. Self-instructed.
  • ZERENE STACKER: focus stacking processing for photomicrography. Self-instructed.
  • PHOTOGRAPHY: autonomy on remote environments for nature photography and photomicrography of small species. Self-instructed.

SKILLS

GRADUATE RESEARCH GROUPS AND PROJECTS

(2020 — 2021) LINK 🔗

GIP-SbN: NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS RESEARCH GROUP (Translated) (POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL)

SUPERVISOR: Prof. Brenda Chaves Coelho Leite and Prof. Rodolfo Scarati Martins.

Founding member of the first Nature-based Solutions group in the University of São Paulo. Co-responsible for interventions in the University main campus drainage system using stormwater planters that became scientific experiments. Also responsible for the creation of laboratory experiments and physical models for vegetated roofs hydric, thermal and vegetation dynamics investigation under São Paulo’s tropical climate.

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(2021) LINK 🔗

INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO: PLANETARY HEALTH STUDY GROUP (Translated)

(UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL)

SUPERVISOR: Prof. Antonio Saraiva.

Participates of the “University of São Paulo Sustainability (Translated)” project, headed by the Institute of Advanced Studies, co-responsible for the implementation of a vegetated roof laboratory and rain garden laboratory for citizen education and interaction with the community around the campus.

RESEARCH FUNDING, GRANTS AND AWARDS

GRANTS OBTAINED AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

  • EARLY CAREER GRANT - UNI. OF ST. GALLEN LEADING HOUSE FOR THE LATIN AMERICAN REGION (2024) financed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI. “Mitigating heat in SĂŁo Paulo’s BrasilĂąndia peripheral district: can urban greenery alleviate thermal comfort impacts caused by the newly proposed denser zoning?”. Amount: CHF 4.000,00.

FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIPS

  • RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP GRANT - UNI. OF ST. GALLEN LEADING HOUSE FOR THE LATIN AMERICAN REGION (2025) “Innovative methodologies for quantifying the microclimate and drainage effects of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Latin American cities”. Amount: CHF 20.550,00.
  • GRANTEE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO CULTURE AND EXTENSION DEAN (2021). Notice 02/2021. “Stormwater planters as public policy for water quality improvement: investigation of diffuse pollution patterns in SĂŁo Paulo” (Translated). Aprox. amount: USD 16.000,00 (Converted from BRL).
  • GRANTEE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO CULTURE AND EXTENSION DEAN (2021). “Vegetated roof and wall prototypes for the investigation of thermal performance in buildings” (Translated). Aprox. amount: USD 21.000,00 (Converted from BRL).
  • GRANTEE SANTANDER BANK (2021). Notice 01/2021. “Vegetated roofs as public policy and social technology: investigation of hydric performance for rainwater management and creation of a technical guide” (Translated). Aprox. amount: USD 12.000,00 (Converted from BRL).
  • GRANTEE ENDOWMENT AMIGOS DA POLI (2021). “Rain gardens” (Translated). Aprox. amount: USD 1.000,00 (Converted from BRL).
  • GRANTEE SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS (2015-2016). Undergraduate Study Abroad SWG Reino Unido/UUK 195/2014. Aprox. amount: USD 31.000,00 (Converted from GDP).

AWARDS

  • NATURE SCIENCE IN SHORTS (2024). LINK 🔗
  • BEST UNDERGRADUATE THESIS (2021). III National Symposium of Urban Engineering and Management (SINGEURB). Alagoas Federal University, BRAZIL.
  • NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT BEST PHOTO (2018). Printed magazine. LINK 🔗

(2022 — PRESENT) LINK 🔗

HEAT-DOWN PROJECT (SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - ETH ZÜRICH DOMAIN)

SUPERVISOR: Prof. JoĂŁo Paulo Correia LeitĂŁo.

PhD candidate investigating the interrelation of water, heat and vegetation in urban Blue-Green Infrastructure.

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(2022 — PRESENT) LINK 🔗

EAWAG, ETH ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND

Ph.D. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

THESIS: “Street to city-scale Blue-Green Systems planning for human thermal comfort improvement: balancing evaporative cooling maximization and heat vulnerability mitigation.”

ADVISORS: Prof. Dr. Max Maurer, Dr. Peter M. Bach, Prof. Dr. JoĂŁo P. LeitĂŁo.

ABSTRACT: Microclimate modelling for investigating the interaction between water, heat and vegetation in urban Blue-Green Infrastructure.

PEER

REVIEWS

(BY NUMBER OF ARTICLES REVIEWED PER JOURNAL

PER YEAR)

  • URBAN CLIMATE (Elsevier): 2 (2025) LINK 🔗
  • CLIMATIC CHANGE (Springer): 2 (2025) LINK 🔗
  • RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (Elsevier): 1 (2025) LINK 🔗
  • SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY (Elsevier): 2 (2024), 3 (2025) LINK 🔗
  • WATER RESEARCH (Elsevier): 2 (2023) LINK 🔗
  • WATER RESEARCH X (Elsevier): 1 (2023), 1 (2024), 2 (2025) LINK 🔗
  • BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT (Elsevier): 1 (2024), 3 (2025) LINK 🔗
  • CITY AND ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS (Elsevier): 1 (2024) LINK 🔗
  • BLUE-GREEN SYSTEMS (IWA Publishing): 4 (2023), 1 (2024) LINK 🔗
  • URBAN WATER JOURNAL (Taylor & Francis): 2 (2023) LINK 🔗
  • SINGEURB: 1 (2023) LINK 🔗
  • SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (Elsevier): 1 (2023), 3 (2024) LINK 🔗
  • ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING (Elsevier): 3 (2024) LINK 🔗

IN THE MEDIA

  • EAWAG NEWS (2025). “TREES NEED WATER TO COOL THE CITY” LINK 🔗
  • D-BAUG NEWS (2025). “TREES NEED WATER TO COOL THE CITY” LINK 🔗
  • YOUTUBE (2025). “E SE IRRIGÁSSEMOS NOSSAS ÁRVORES URBANAS PARA RESFRIAR AS CIDADES?” (Published in Portuguese). GIP-SbN. LINK 🔗
  • GRAND CHALLENGERS PODCAST (2025). “THE NOTEBOOKLM MINISERIES #1” LINK 🔗
  • GRAND CHALLENGERS PODCAST (2025). “SPINOZA, SCIENCE, SPIRITUALITY” LINK 🔗
  • D-BAUG NEWS (2024). “D-BAUG SCIENCE VIDEO SELECTED BY NATURE AWARDS” LINK 🔗
  • D-BAUG NEWS (2024). “USING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO OPTIMISE URBAN COOLING” LINK 🔗
  • YOUTUBE (2024). “HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR URBAN VEGETATION TO REACH PEAK COOLING?” LINK 🔗
  • SRF (SCHWEIZER RADIO UND FERNSEHEN) 2 KULTUR (2023). “MIT GRÜN UND BLAU GEGEN DIE HITZE” (Published in German). Remo Vitelli, Wissenschaftsmagazin. LINK 🔗
  • NASA-ARSET (2023). September newsletter: participant highlights. LINK 🔗
  • EAWAG NEWS (2023). “USING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO OPTIMISE URBAN COOLING”. Andri Bryner. LINK 🔗
  • YOUTUBE (2023). “DESEMPENHO HIDROLÓGICO E DINÂMICA DA VEGETAÇÃO EM TETOS VEGETADOS COM VEGETAÇÃO ESPONTÂNEA” (Published in Portuguese). GIP-SbN. LINK 🔗
  • USPFM (2022). “VEGETAÇÃO NOS TETOS PODE SER UMA OPÇÃO INTERESSANTE PARA A GESTÃO DE ÁGUA NAS CIDADES” (Published in Portuguese). LINK 🔗
  • VIDA SIMPLES MAGAZINE (2018). “OLHAR PARA SENTIR” (Published in Portuguese). DĂ©bora Gomes, Horizontes, pp. 26-31, Ed. 194. LINK 🔗
  • VIDA SIMPLES MAGAZINE (2018). “O CAMINHO PARA O AUTOCONHECIMENTO” (Published in Portuguese). DĂ©bora Gomes. LINK 🔗

SUPERVISION, EXAMINATION COMMITTEES, LECTURES AND PANELS

MSc THESES SUPERVISED

  • USING MOBILE PHONE DATA TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF BLUE-GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AS HEAT RETREAT LOCATIONS (2023 — 2025) Isabela B. Freire. LINK 🔗
  • THE HEAT IS ON: MODELLING THE IMPACT OF BLUE-GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ON ZURICH’S MICROCLIMATE (2024) Konstantina Papadopoulou. LINK 🔗 (Awarded the Mall-Umweltpreis Wasser for Outstanding Master’s Theses LINK 🔗)

BSc THESES SUPERVISED

  • HOW LONG TO REACH PEAK HEAT REDUCTION? FURTHER DEVELOPING THE CONCEPT OF COOLING ESTABLISHMENT TIME (2024 — PRESENT) Marina da N. Reuter LINK 🔗

PART OF EXAMINATION COMMITTEE

  • SOLUÇÕES BASEADAS NA NATUREZA NO AMBIENTE URBANO: UMA ANÁLISE DE CUSTOS DE INFRAESTRUTURAS VERDES PARA O COMBATE DE INUNDAÇÕES URBANAS (2022) Breno Zogaib et al. LINK 🔗

GUEST LECTURER

  • DESIGN STUDIO/SEMINAR WEEK, ETH ZĂŒrich, Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, Prof. Hubert Klumpner, Switzerland. Lectured (1h), participated in the reviews of student’s projects (4h), accompanied the students to a research stay in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil (7 days). LINK 🔗
  • CLIMATE/WATER/SOIL, ETH ZĂŒrich, Master in Landscape Architecture, Prof. Teresa GalĂ­-Izard, Switzerland. Lectured (1h) and accompanied the students to an excursion through Zurich’s BGI (1 day). LINK 🔗

PANELS

  • 14th SÃO PAULO INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE: ARCHITECTURES FOR AN OVERHEATED PLANET (2025). Coordinated the ‘Trees and Thermal Justice’ panel. LINK 🔗
  • SENSEABLE OPEN LAB — VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE (2025). Opening of the ‘Informality’ session from MIT Senseable City Lab. LINK 🔗

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(2025 — CURRENT) LINK 🔗

MSc LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE D-ARCH

LECTURER

Lecturing at the Water module in the course Climate / Water / Soil with Prof. JoĂŁo P. LeitĂŁo and Prof. Peter Molnar at the MSc program chaired by Prof. Teresa GalĂ­ Izard.

(2025) LINK 🔗

SENSEABLE CITY RIO (MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)

SUPERVISOR: Dr. FĂĄbio Duarte

Visiting PhD to transfer the tree planning and irrigation framework developed for Zurich to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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COMPLETE JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • LEITE, B.C.C.; HUTTENLOCHER, I.G.; GOBATTI, L. (2022). “LOW-MAINTENANCE SUBTROPICAL GREEN ROOFS: SPONTANEOUS VEGETATION AND SUBSTRATE DEPTH”. AGATHÓN International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design. Vol 11. LINK 🔗
  • PEREIRA, M.C.S.; GOBATTI, L.; SOARES, M.C.; LEITE, B.C.C.; MARTINS, J.R.S. (2021). “NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS - CURRENT FRAMEWORK OF BIORETENTION CELLS ADOPTION IN THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO” (Published in Portuguese). Revista LABVERDE. FAUUSP. SĂŁo Paulo, Vol. 11. LINK 🔗

CONFERENCE ORAL PRESENTATIONS

  • REUTER, M.N; GOBATTI, L.; VICENTE, R.; LEITÃO, J.P. (2025). “HOW LONG URBAN VEGETATION TAKES TO REACH PEAK COOLING?” Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern, SWITZERLAND.
  • FREIRE, I.B.; GOBATTI, L.; LEITÃO, J.P.; BEHNISCH, M. (2025). “USING MOBILE PHONE DATA AND GEOAI FOR HEAT RELIEF AREAS ALLOCATION.” International Land Use Symposium — Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Dresden, GERMANY.
  • REUTER, M.N.; GOBATTI, L; LEITÃO, J.P.; VICENTE, R. (2025). “HOW LONG DOES VEGETATION TAKE TO REACH PEAK COOLING IN SÃO PAULO (BRAZIL)?” EGU25 General Assembly, Vienna, AUSTRIA. LINK 🔗
  • GOBATTI, L.; BACH, P.M.; MAURER, M.; LEITÃO, J.P. (2025). “WET SOIL SINKS HEAT: SPATIAL PLANNING OF IRRIGATED TREES TO ADDRESS HEAT VULNERABILITIES.” EGU25 General Assembly, Vienna, AUSTRIA. LINK 🔗
  • GOBATTI, L.; BACH, P.M.; MAURER, M.; LEITÃO, J.P. (2024). “IS THERE ENOUGH WATER? INFLUENCE OF SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT ON THE EVAPORATIVE COOLING OF URBAN TREES.” ICUD International Conference of Urban Drainage, Delft, NETHERLANDS. LINK 🔗
  • GOBATTI, L.; PEREIRA, M.C.S.; COUTINHO, M.R.; HUTTENLOCHER, I.G.; BARROS, D.S.; SILVA, L.S.P; MARTINS, J.R.S.; LEITE, B.C.C. (2021). “CONCEPTION OF PHYSICAL MODELS FOR VEGETATED ROOFS VEGETATION DYNAMIC, HYDRIC AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION” (Published in Portuguese). University of SĂŁo Paulo 1st Culture and Extension Congress. SP, BRAZIL. LINK 🔗
  • PEREIRA, M.C.S.; GOBATTI, L.; SUCCI, M.M.D.; LIMA, I.L.P.; CARDOSO, C.G.; CARBONARO, D.A.; GERALDO, H.M.G.; SILVA, L.S.P.; LEITE, B.C.C.; MARTINS, J.R.S. (2021). “IMPROVING THE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO’S CAMPI RAINWATER MANAGEMENT THROUGH STORMWATER PLANTERS: NATURE-BASED SOLUTION DEVICE WITH EDUCATIONAL POTENTIAL” (Published in Portuguese). University of SĂŁo Paulo 1st Culture and Extension Congress. SP, BRAZIL. LINK 🔗
  • ENDO, F.; GOBATTI, L.; YANO, T.; ROYER, L.; CARDOSO, L. (2021). “PROJECT FOR HOUSING SUITABILITY USING FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF SOCIAL RENTING PROGRAMS IN A SÃO PAULO CITY CENTER RESIDENTIAL OCCUPATION” (Published in Portuguese). INOVATCC SINGEURB Federal University of Alagoas III National Symposium of Urban Engineering and Management. AL, BRAZIL. LINK 🔗
  • GOBATTI, L.; PEREIRA, M.C.S.; OSAWA, T.M.; MARTINS, J.R.S.; LEITE, B.C.C. (2021) “URBAN DRAINAGE AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS: BUILDING A RAIN GARDEN IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL” (Published in Portuguese). 19th Sanitary and Environmental Engineering National Meeting (ENASB), Viseu Polytechnic Institute. VISEU, PORTUGAL. LINK 🔗
  • GOBATTI, L.; COSTA, P. B.; ALVES, A. C. F.; SIQUEIRA, M. M.; PEREIRA, M.C.S.; MARTINS, J.R.S.; LEITE, B.C.S. (2021). “NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS: SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION OF NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS TOWARDS VEGETATED ROOFS INNOVATION” (Published in Portuguese). XXIV Water Resources Brazilian Symposium. MG, BRAZIL. LINK 🔗
  • PEREIRA, M.C.S.; DUARTE, B.P.S.; NOGUEIRA, F.F.; SILVA, F.P.; GOBATTI, L.; LEITE, B.C.C.; MARTINS, J.R.S. (2021). “LOW COST MONITORING EQUIPMENT FOR WATER BODIES SURVEILLANCE” (Published in Portuguese). XXIV Water Resources Brazilian Symposium. MG, BRAZIL. LINK 🔗
  • ENDO, F.; GOBATTI, L.; YANO, T.; ROYER, L.; CARDOSO, L. (2019). “SURVEY OF HABITABILITY IMPROVEMENTS IN RESIDENTIAL OCCUPATIONS AT SÃO PAULO CITY CENTER”. 12th CITTA International Conference on Planning Research. PORTO, PORTUGAL. LINK 🔗
  • GOBATTI, L.; ROYER, L.O. (2017). “PEUC IN SÃO PAULO CITY CENTER URBAN OPERATION: ‘REPÚBLICA SUL’” (Published in Portuguese). University of SĂŁo Paulo 25th International Symposium of Undergraduate Scientific and Technological Research. SP, BRAZIL. LINK 🔗

CONFERENCE POSTER SESSIONS

  • FREIRE, I.B.; GOBATTI, L.; BEHNISCH, M.; LEITÃO, J.P. (2025). “TAKE REFUGE! USING MOBILE PHONE DATA TO EVALUATE BLUE-GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE’S ATTRACTIVENESS AS HEAT RETREAT LOCATIONS.” EGU25 General Assembly, Vienna, AUSTRIA. LINK 🔗
  • GOBATTI, L.; SANTOS, G.A.; DUARTE, D.H.; LEITÃO, J.P. (2024). “MITIGATING HEAT IN SÃO PAULO’S BRASILÂNDIA PERIPHERAL DISTRICT: CAN URBAN GREENERY ALLEVIATE THERMAL IMPACTS OF URBAN DENSIFICATION?”. 2.a ConferĂȘncia Brasil Suíça, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland. LINK 🔗
  • GOBATTI, L.; BACH, P.M.; MAURER, M.; LEITÃO, J.P. (2023). “STREET TO CITY SCALE BLUE-GREEN SYSTEMS PLANNING FOR HEAT VULNERABILITY MITIGATION”. Beating the Heat Conference, ETH ZĂŒrich, ZĂŒrich, Switzerland. LINK 🔗
  • TANAKA, C.M.; ZEINE, L.; GOBATTI, L.; VICENTE, R. (2014). “THE EMERGENCE OF ALTRUISM WHEN INTERGROUP CONFLICT IS FREQUENT: INSIGHTS FROM A TWO-LEVEL SELECTION APPROACH.” 26th Annual Human Behaviour and Evolution Society Conference. RN, BRASIL. LINK 🔗

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

  • GOBATTI, L. (2021). “PLANTING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA: HOW DECOLONIAL AND DIALECTICAL APPROACHES CAN MAKE PARADIGM SHIFTS FLOURISH.” Oxford Urbanists, University of Oxford, UK. LINK 🔗

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • RIBEIRO, A.; GOBATTI, L.; SINISGALLI, P. (2021). “STREET TREES AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES” (Published in Portuguese). In: FERREIRA, M. et al. “Eu, o meio ambiente e vocĂȘ: VERDE URBANO”. ISBN 978-65-89185-53-6. LINK 🔗

THESES

  • M.Sc. DISSERTATION — “Nature-based solutions for rainwater management in SĂŁo Paulo: hydrological performance and plant dynamics of vegetated roofs with different substrate depths.” University of SĂŁo Paulo, 2022. LINK 🔗
  • B.Sc. HABILITATION THESIS — “Projeto de adequação de uso para fins habitacionais com recursos do auxĂ­lio aluguel para ocupação no centro de SĂŁo Paulo” (Published in Portuguese). University of SĂŁo Paulo, 2019. LINK 🔗

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