Thiago Defensor de Castro Menezes
tdcmbr@hotmail.com
+55 (11) 8246 2038
23 March 1984
Profile | Young Brazilian professional, graduated Master of Business Economics at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (Diplom-Volkswirt, in German). Specialized in the fields of econometrics, marketing and energy market. I worked as a contract research assistant at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany. I am fluent in English, German and Portuguese. Conversational in Spanish. I live in São Paulo, Brazil, where I have been teaching economics as a private tutor to university students and German, as a foreign language, in a private language course. |
Aim | To work in the field of financial/business consultancy or energy consulting |
Education | Bachelor and Masters in Economic Science (Grade: 2.9 – pass), Freie Universität, Berlin (70th QS World Universities Ranking 2010) (2004–2010) · Thesis subject: 'An Analysis and Evaluation of the Production of Ethanol vs. Sugar in Brazil' (Grade: 2.0 – very good) · Specialised in econometrics and marketing Bachelor in Economic Science, Federal University of Pará, Brazil (2002-2004) · Attended for two years and left to study in Germany. I was required by the Freie Universität to restart the bachelor's course upon arriving in Berlin High School · Grupo Educacional Ideal (1999-2000), Belém, Pará, Brazil · Parkland High School (2000-2001), Winstom-Salem, North Carolina, USA |
Work Experience | Research Assistant at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (July 2010—March 2011) · Working on their 'Bio-fuel as Social fuel?' project to assess the social impact of bio-fuels · Responsible for research and translations Research Assistant in the Federal University of Pará, Brazil (2003) · Worked on the project 'Metodologias de Avaliação das intervenções municipais: estudo de caso das áreas Riacho Doce e Pantanal.' This was a paid research scholarship programme, aimed to analyse the developments of public policies in the slums “Riacho Doce” and “Pantanal” in the city of Belém, Brazil · Wrote the working paper on 'Local Development and Income and Work Generation' |
International Publications Translations | Article published in the Book of Proceedings at the ‘Nordic Bioenergy Conference 2011’, in Finland · “E2025 – Brazil’s Aspirations for a Massive Worldwide Substitution of Gasoline by 2025”; · Co-author, along with two German senior researchers. Article analyzing the Brazilian project of substituting 10% of the worldwide gasoline consumption through the consumption of Brazilian Ethanol by 2025. Translation from Portuguese into English of the Case Study TUCUNDUBA (2003) · Translated a study by the Federal University of Pará, Brazil, for Brazil's Federal Savings Bank's (CAIXA) program 'Best Practices in Urban and Local management Programme'. This study won best public policy awards in both Brazil and Dubai in 2002 | |
Language | Portuguese · Native speaker German · Fluent due to seven years living, working and attending university in Germany English · Fluent due to attending high school in the USA Spanish · Conversational: attended Spanish courses in Brazil | |
Interests | Piano, photography (competitions and exhibitions), swimming, tennis | |
Nationality Internet Presence | Brazilian | |
References | Academic: Prof. Dr. Manfred Nitsch Rüdesheimer Str. 54-56 — Raum K01A 14197 Berlin, Germany | Work: Dr. Kirsten Selbmann Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK) Projekt Biofuel as Social Fuel Telegrafenberg A 26 14473 Potsdam, Germany |