Lucas Vieira is a Data Science Analyst in the Forests, Land Use, and Agriculture Program at WRI Brasil, specializing in the development and implementation of data engineering solutions. As part of the Data and Monitoring Management team, he contributes to the organization, processing, and analysis of geospatial data. His work includes the development of tools and methodologies that support decision-making in projects related to forest restoration, sustainable land use, and environmental monitoring.

Lucas holds a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Vale do Acaraú State University in Northeast Brazil, where his research focused on determining carbon stock in secondary succession areas of the Caatinga biome and assessing the potential of native species for agroforestry systems. He also has a Master's degree in Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences from the University of Arkansas in the United States, where he investigated strategies to improve winter wheat productivity through plant breeding and fertilizer management. He completed his Ph.D. in Agronomy at São Paulo State University (Unesp), where he specialized in the application of linear mixed models to agricultural and biological experiments.

Currently, Lucas is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Data Science at the Virtual University of the State of São Paulo (Univesp). In his free time, he is dedicated to expanding his programming skills and developing tools for artificial intelligence, data processing, and database management.