Paula Loureiro Paulo

Paula Loureiro Paulo holds a degree in Chemical Engineering. She holds an MSc in Tropical Public Health Engineering from Leeds University, England and a PhD in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University and Research Centrum, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 

She is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Paula has been working in the field of Resource Oriented Sanitation for almost 20 years, with major  projects on grey and black water treatment using nature-based solutions and sustainability assessment of decentralised sanitation systems.

Ramiro Gonçalves Etchepare

Professor and Head of the Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation at the Federal University of Paraná. Environmental Engineer, Adjunct Professor, and Head of the Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation (DHS) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), as well as a member of the Graduate Program in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (PPGERHA). He holds a Master’s and PhD from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), with a research period at Delft University of Technology (TUD, Netherlands). His research specialization includes water and wastewater treatment, focusing on advanced physicochemical processes and oxidative technologies, as well as innovations in the use of air and ozone micro and nanobubbles (MNBs). He also conducts research on water reuse, sludge management, wastewater-based epidemiology, and health risk assessments. His recent relevant work includes the publication of scientific papers (H-index = 13), participation in the development of legislation – CERH/PR Resolution 122/2023 on water reuse in Paraná, the receipt of a public health award (ABES-2023), and a patent filing (INPI) in the field of nanotechnology (2022). Notably, he contributed to a pioneering water recycling study in Brazil, published in the “Guidelines for Water Reuse” (2012) by the US EPA.

Rayssa Vogeler Berquó Jacob

Sanitary and Environmental Engineer;

Master’s in Environmental Engineering (2023) in Small Domestic Wastewater Systems, at Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ);

PhD student in Environmental Engineering, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ);

General Secretary, Youth for Sanitation Network (JPS) at the Brazilian Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (ABES);

Member of Biotema Research Group.