Thiago Lappicy is a Ph.D. candidate in Applied Geosciences and Geodynamics (PPGGAG) at the University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil, and a former visiting researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA/Caltech. He holds a B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering and an M.Sc. in Environmental Technology and Water Resources, both from UnB. His research focuses on the application of SWOT satellite data to inland waters in Brazil, including water surface elevation validation, river discharge estimation, hydrological modeling, and the integration of remote sensing observations with in situ monitoring networks.