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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
Institute of

WF Forestry

Dr. Emilin Joma da Silva


Institute of Forestry

Leuschnerstraße 91
21031 Hamburg-Bergedorf
Telephone
+49 40 739 62 337
Telephone
+49 40 739 62 337
Email
emilin.dasilva@thuenen.de

Scientist


Working Area

  • Forests and Society, Green Jobs

Regional Expertise

  • Europe and Latin America

Specialized in

  • Labor market in the forest and wood sector
  • Material flow analysis and use of bioresources
  • Timber industry in Europe and Latin America

Projects

Involved in

ongoing projects

completed projects

    Curriculum Vitae

    • Born in 1991 in Curitiba, Brazil
    • 2009 - 2014: Wood Industrial Engineering at the Federal University of Parana (Universidade Federal do Parana), Brazil. Bachelor thesis in portuguese
    • 03/2010 - 11/2010: Instruction and supervision of the Brazilian census "Censo Brasil - 2010" at the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE/Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics) in Curitiba, Brazil
    • 2015 - 2018: Master's degree in Wood Economics at the University of Hamburg. Topic of the master's thesis: "Wood utilization and sources in Brazil - a comprehensive market view on the basis of the Wood Resource Balance"
    • 10/2016 - 04/2018: Trainee in the field of economic valuation of forest assets, market study for the forest sector and wood industry at Consufor Advisory & Research in Curitiba, Brazil
    • 2018 - 4/2021: Scientist at the Institute for Wood Science at the University of Hamburg
    • since 05/2021: Scientist at the Institute of Forestry
      (until 30.11.2021 Thünen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics)
    • 2023: Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Hamburg. Title of the dissertation: "Analysis of raw material availability for the production of bio-based composites in South Africa"
    • Hobbies: Keeping Afro-Brazilian culture alive through music and capoeira
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