Michelle Simões Reboita is a professor and researcher at the Federal University of Itajubá, Brazil, and is a coordinator of GPEPSA-UNIFEI, a study group in environmental practices. She has experience in synoptic meteorology and climate modelling, and is a member of the Regional Working Group on American Monsoons (WG-AMM), which is part of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP). She is also a member of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP – Italy). In collaboration with Prof. Rosmeri P da Rocha, she developed the first study on the simulation of cyclones using a regional climate model over the South Atlantic Ocean.