Awarded as professor of the Escola Politécnica da UFRJ (Polytechnic School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) in 2024, for securing a research grant from BRICS STI Framework Programme - 6th coordinated call for BRICS multilateral projects 2023: “Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation”.
Project: "OceaEnAcqua: Response strategies for WEF system of fishing communities under climate change: Feasibility analysis of an offshore multi-functional floating platform integrating aquaculture-ocean energy-desalination" http://brics-sti.org/?p=new/36)