M.Sc Sofia Helena Zanella Carra
Department: Technology Assessment
Program areas
Research areas
• Water productivity assessment of plant production and animal production
Publications
- Zanella Carra, S.; Drastig, K.; Palhares, J.; Anderson Bortolin, T.; Koch, H.; Schneider, V. (2023): Impact assessment of livestock production on water scarcity in a watershed in southern Brazil. Water. (22): p. 3955. Online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/22/3955
- Drastig, K.; Singh, R.; Telesca, F.; Jordan, J.; Zanella Carra, S. (2023): A review of nutritional water productivity (NWP) in agriculture: why it is promoted and how it is assessed?. Water. (24): p. 4278. Online: https://doi.org/10.3390/w15244278
- Zanella Carra, S.; Palhares, J.; Drastig, K.; Schneider, V.; Ebert, L.; Giacomelle, C. (2022): Water productivity of milk produced in three different dairy production systems in Southern Brazil. Science of the Total Environment. (01.07.2022): p. 157117. Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157117
- Zanella Carra, S.; Palhares, J.; Drastig, K.; Schneider, V. (2020): The effect of best crop practices in the pig and poultry production on water productivity in a Southern Brazilian watershed. Water. (11): p. 3014. Online: https://doi.org/10.3390/w12113014
Curriculum Vitae
• Since 2019 Doctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB). Research project: Evaluation of water productivity of plant production and livestock production in an experimental watershed located in Southern Brazil
• Since 2019 Ph.D student at the Faculty of Life Science, Humboldt-University zu Berlin
• 2019 Ph.D Scholarship holder, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD).
• 2015 Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil
• 2013 Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil
• 07/2016 – 05/2019 Technician, Environmental Sanitation Institute - University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil
• 02/2013 – 07/2016 Coordinator at the Environmental Department, Antônio Prado City, Brazil
• 07/2008 - 01/2013 Scientific Initiation, Environmental Sanitation Institute - University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil