Rachel Perez Palha is an Assistant Professor at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. She holds a BSc in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco and MSc and Ph.D. degrees in Management Engineering from UFPE. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at UFPE. She coordinates research related to construction management research, with a special focus on building information modeling (BIM) and sustainability.