Luana has over ten years of experience in tropical forest carbon balance, focused on understanding the role of the Amazon in the emission/absorption of Greenhouse Gases (mainly methane and carbon dioxide) and the impacts of climate change and anthropogenic activities on these balances. Her current research activities involve determine the methane and Amazon carbon balance in a period during which the forest is likely to experience a warming and increasingly variable climate, as well as increasing direct human pressure. Master and PhD in Sciences with emphasis on climate change and quantification of greenhouse gases by the University of São Paulo (USP). She is currently holding her second Post-Doctorate at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). She has experience in the Geosciences, with an emphasis on Atmospheric Chemistry, working mainly on the following themes: greenhouse gases, Amazon, tropical forest, climate change, methane and carbon dioxide.